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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

Physical Activity

On days when you do vigorous 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 5,972 754 12.0 11.0-13.2 1,608 27.4 25.8-29.0 2,145 36.3 34.6-38.0 889 14.5 13.3-15.8 576 9.8 8.7-11.0
-Mecklenburg County 345 41 11.0 7.9-15.1 114 31.0 25.2-37.4 135 43.4 36.8-50.3 36 10.1 6.8-14.7 19 4.5 2.4- 8.2
GENDER
Male 153 13 6.3 3.4-11.1 52 32.9 24.4-42.6 58 43.9 34.4-53.9 20 11.7 6.9-19.0 10 5.3 2.3-11.8
Female 192 28 17.6 12.0-25.2 62 28.3 21.9-35.7 77 42.8 34.4-51.6 16 7.9 4.6-13.3 9 3.4 1.7- 6.8
RACE
White 276 33 11.6 8.0-16.5 92 33.8 27.0-41.2 110 42.1 35.0-49.7 25 7.2 4.7-10.9 16 5.3 2.7-10.1
Other 67 8 9.2 4.2-19.1 21 21.9 13.1-34.4 24 47.1 32.1-62.7 11 19.5 9.8-35.2 3 2.2 0.6- 7.9
AGE
18-44 165 19 10.7 6.7-16.7 47 27.6 20.0-36.7 79 49.9 40.5-59.3 15 8.9 4.8-15.8 5 3.0 0.9-10.0
45+ 178 22 11.5 7.5-17.4 67 37.1 29.5-45.4 56 32.6 25.1-41.1 21 12.3 7.9-18.8 12 6.4 3.5-11.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 52 10 13.2 6.4-25.3 11 17.3 6.9-37.0 22 54.9 36.2-72.4 5 11.5 3.7-30.7 4 3.2 1.0- 9.8
Some College + 293 31 10.4 7.1-15.0 103 34.4 28.2-41.2 113 40.6 34.0-47.5 31 9.7 6.6-14.1 15 4.8 2.4- 9.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 96 11 8.6 4.4-15.9 29 25.5 16.0-38.0 42 54.2 40.5-67.4 9 9.5 3.7-22.5 5 2.2 0.8- 5.7
$50,000+ 204 22 10.8 6.9-16.6 73 33.9 26.7-41.8 77 39.3 31.6-47.6 22 10.7 6.9-16.4 10 5.3 2.2-12.0

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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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