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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

Physical Activity

How many days per week do you do these vigorous activities for at least 10 minutes at a time?

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  Total
Respond.^
1 day 2 days 3-4 days 5-6 days Everyday
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,075 1,352 21.5 20.1-23.0 1,366 22.0 20.6-23.5 2,157 36.2 34.6-38.0 721 11.8 10.8-12.9 479 8.4 7.4- 9.6
-Mecklenburg County 349 73 19.2 14.7-24.7 68 18.6 13.9-24.3 145 43.9 37.4-50.7 46 14.2 10.0-19.8 17 4.1 2.3- 7.2
GENDER
Male 154 33 20.5 14.0-29.1 26 16.5 10.3-25.4 65 43.4 34.1-53.3 21 14.9 9.0-23.7 9 4.7 2.1- 9.8
Female 195 40 17.4 12.5-23.6 42 21.5 15.6-28.9 80 44.7 36.3-53.3 25 13.2 8.3-20.1 8 3.3 1.6- 7.0
RACE
White 279 58 19.8 14.6-26.3 50 17.6 12.9-23.5 121 44.3 37.1-51.7 38 14.9 10.0-21.5 12 3.4 1.8- 6.6
Other 68 15 17.6 10.0-29.1 18 22.1 11.3-38.7 22 41.7 27.3-57.6 8 12.3 5.5-25.3 5 6.3 2.1-17.2
AGE
18-44 165 30 16.2 10.6-24.1 31 17.9 11.7-26.4 77 48.0 38.7-57.5 22 14.3 8.7-22.7 5 3.5 1.4- 8.5
45+ 181 41 23.7 17.3-31.4 37 19.9 14.2-27.1 67 37.2 29.6-45.4 24 14.1 9.1-21.3 12 5.2 2.7- 9.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 52 14 21.9 10.2-40.8 11 21.4 9.0-42.7 20 41.6 24.7-60.7 2 8.6 1.5-36.4 5 6.5 2.0-19.1
Some College + 297 59 18.5 14.1-23.9 57 17.9 13.5-23.3 125 44.5 37.8-51.5 44 15.6 11.2-21.3 12 3.5 1.8- 6.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 96 15 9.2 5.0-16.3 25 26.0 15.5-40.4 36 45.1 31.5-59.5 11 10.9 5.3-21.1 9 8.8 4.0-18.1
$50,000+ 207 43 20.5 15.0-27.3 39 16.8 12.0-23.0 91 44.9 37.0-53.0 28 15.4 9.8-23.5 6 2.4 0.9- 6.1

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*This question was asked only of respondents who reported doing vigorous 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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