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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

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
-Mecklenburg County 691 152 22.0 18.5-25.9 245 36.2 31.9-40.7 220 29.9 26.0-34.1 53 8.6 6.1-12.1 21 3.3 1.9- 5.9
GENDER
Male 240 45 17.7 12.8-23.9 81 36.0 29.0-43.7 79 31.5 24.9-38.8 26 10.7 6.9-16.3 9 4.1 1.7- 9.6
Female 451 107 25.8 21.2-31.0 164 36.3 31.4-41.5 141 28.5 24.1-33.2 27 6.8 3.9-11.7 12 2.7 1.4- 5.0
RACE
White 500 107 21.8 17.7-26.6 174 36.3 31.3-41.7 168 30.9 26.5-35.8 40 9.3 6.2-13.8 11 1.6 0.9- 3.0
Other 187 44 22.4 16.2-30.1 71 36.5 28.5-45.2 49 26.1 18.6-35.4 13 7.2 3.9-12.8 10 7.8 3.5-16.5
AGE
18-44 266 54 20.0 14.9-26.2 105 38.9 32.1-46.2 76 27.3 21.4-34.2 19 9.1 5.2-15.6 12 4.6 2.1- 9.8
45+ 417 96 23.8 19.3-28.9 136 33.0 28.1-38.3 142 32.9 28.0-38.1 34 8.3 5.7-12.0 9 2.1 1.1- 4.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 156 45 29.0 20.9-38.8 58 34.1 25.0-44.7 35 25.2 16.5-36.5 8 3.4 1.7- 7.0 10 8.2 3.5-18.0
Some College + 533 106 19.8 16.1-24.2 187 37.0 32.2-41.9 184 31.1 26.9-35.6 45 10.2 7.1-14.6 11 1.9 0.9- 3.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 271 65 23.4 17.7-30.2 93 31.7 25.3-38.8 78 28.1 21.5-35.8 22 10.2 5.7-17.5 13 6.7 3.2-13.4
$50,000+ 331 58 17.1 12.9-22.3 121 38.9 33.0-45.1 118 33.2 27.8-39.1 27 9.2 5.9-14.2 7 1.5 0.7- 3.3

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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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