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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)**

Physical Activity

On days when you do moderate activities for at least 10 minutes at a time,how much total time per day do you spend doing these activities?*

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  Total
Respond.^
10-20 minutes 21-30 minutes 31-60 minutes 1-2 hours More than 2 hours
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,901 2,663 19.2 18.3-20.1 4,407 33.2 32.1-34.4 3,804 30.6 29.5-31.7 1,189 10.0 9.3-10.7 838 7.1 6.5- 7.7
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 585 104 16.9 13.5-21.0 173 27.8 23.2-32.9 186 32.5 27.6-37.7 72 12.5 9.3-16.5 50 10.4 6.8-15.4
GENDER
Male 197 26 12.1 7.7-18.3 45 20.9 14.7-28.7 66 32.9 25.0-42.0 37 19.0 12.9-27.0 23 15.2 8.4-25.8
Female 388 78 20.8 16.1-26.4 128 33.2 27.1-40.1 120 32.1 26.3-38.5 35 7.3 4.9-10.8 27 6.5 4.1-10.2
RACE
White 529 94 16.6 13.1-20.7 159 28.9 24.0-34.4 163 31.4 26.4-36.8 67 12.3 9.3-16.2 46 10.8 7.0-16.4
Other 56 10 20.7 9.1-40.4 14 15.9 7.2-31.4 23 44.3 26.4-63.8 5 13.9 3.1-45.0 4 5.3 1.7-15.0
AGE
18-44 205 34 15.7 10.7-22.5 57 26.6 19.2-35.7 72 33.4 25.5-42.4 28 14.1 8.9-21.6 14 10.2 4.6-21.2
45+ 378 70 18.1 13.9-23.2 116 29.0 23.8-34.7 112 31.4 25.9-37.4 44 11.0 7.9-15.1 36 10.6 7.4-14.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 256 48 17.4 12.3-24.0 73 24.6 18.2-32.3 78 31.4 24.2-39.7 32 14.6 9.4-21.9 25 12.1 6.3-22.2
Some College + 329 56 16.5 12.3-21.8 100 30.7 24.5-37.8 108 33.4 27.2-40.3 40 10.6 7.3-15.0 25 8.8 5.5-13.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 359 70 19.3 14.6-25.0 104 24.7 19.5-30.6 108 33.1 26.8-40.1 49 15.3 10.8-21.3 28 7.7 5.0-11.6
$50,000+ 144 23 13.4 8.4-20.7 43 31.8 22.4-43.1 52 31.2 22.5-41.4 13 8.7 4.8-15.4 13 14.8 6.1-31.6

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*This question was asked only of respondents who reported doing moderate activities at least 10 minutes at a time.

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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