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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 4,624 778 15.7 14.4-17.1 1,320 28.6 26.9-30.4 1,486 33.0 31.2-34.9 599 13.2 11.9-14.6 441 9.5 8.4-10.8
Female 8,277 1,885 22.4 21.3-23.5 3,087 37.6 36.2-38.9 2,318 28.3 27.1-29.6 590 7.0 6.3- 7.7 397 4.8 4.2- 5.4
RACE
White 10,167 2,056 18.7 17.8-19.7 3,479 33.6 32.3-34.8 3,020 30.7 29.5-31.9 950 10.0 9.3-10.9 662 7.0 6.3- 7.8
African American 2,000 457 20.1 18.0-22.3 671 32.7 29.9-35.7 568 30.0 27.1-33.0 185 10.9 9.1-13.0 119 6.4 5.1- 7.9
Asian 89 26 37.4 25.9-50.6 25 22.7 14.5-33.9 23 24.4 15.5-36.2 12 11.1 5.6-20.6 3 4.4 1.1-15.3
Native American 218 52 22.2 16.0-30.0 74 33.4 25.9-41.9 49 25.5 18.5-34.0 19 9.1 5.3-15.2 24 9.8 6.1-15.4
Other Minorities 385 64 19.4 13.5-27.3 139 31.1 25.4-37.4 132 33.3 27.1-40.2 22 6.0 3.2-11.0 28 10.2 6.3-16.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 454 70 13.9 10.4-18.4 173 34.7 29.3-40.6 154 33.7 28.0-39.9 26 8.2 4.6-14.4 31 9.4 6.0-14.5
-English Speaking 183 34 15.8 10.2-23.6 57 31.0 23.3-39.9 66 34.2 25.9-43.6 13 8.4 4.0-16.7 13 10.6 5.7-18.8
-Spanish Speaking 271 36 13.1 8.9-18.9 116 36.4 29.4-44.1 88 33.5 26.3-41.6 13 8.2 3.7-17.2 18 8.9 4.8-15.8
Non-Hispanic 12,439 2,591 19.5 18.6-20.4 4,232 33.2 32.1-34.3 3,646 30.4 29.3-31.5 1,163 10.1 9.4-10.8 807 6.9 6.3- 7.6
AGE
18-24 622 116 15.0 11.9-18.8 194 32.3 27.6-37.3 196 32.1 27.5-37.1 68 12.0 9.0-15.8 48 8.6 6.0-12.2
25-34 1,883 359 18.4 16.3-20.6 701 34.8 32.2-37.4 552 31.8 29.1-34.5 169 9.0 7.5-10.7 102 6.1 4.8- 7.7
35-44 2,538 501 19.4 17.6-21.2 896 34.0 31.8-36.3 771 30.9 28.8-33.2 222 10.2 8.7-11.9 148 5.5 4.5- 6.6
45-54 2,570 556 20.4 18.5-22.3 873 33.2 31.0-35.4 765 30.6 28.4-32.8 215 8.9 7.6-10.4 161 7.0 5.8- 8.4
55-64 2,397 506 20.8 18.9-22.9 815 33.6 31.3-35.9 683 28.1 25.9-30.3 235 9.9 8.6-11.4 158 7.6 6.4- 9.1
65-74 1,700 336 19.0 16.9-21.3 528 29.0 26.6-31.6 512 30.7 28.1-33.4 181 11.4 9.7-13.3 143 9.9 8.2-11.9
75+ 1,137 281 22.7 20.0-25.7 378 32.7 29.5-36.2 306 27.7 24.6-31.0 97 9.5 7.5-11.9 75 7.3 5.6- 9.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,537 355 18.6 16.2-21.2 523 31.5 28.1-35.1 377 27.8 24.4-31.6 153 11.0 8.7-13.8 129 11.1 8.4-14.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 3,779 801 19.2 17.5-21.0 1,202 31.4 29.4-33.5 1,101 29.7 27.7-31.9 370 10.9 9.6-12.4 305 8.8 7.7-10.0
Some Post-H.S. 3,302 667 19.3 17.7-21.1 1,160 34.1 31.9-36.3 952 29.6 27.5-31.8 311 10.5 9.0-12.1 212 6.6 5.5- 7.8
College Graduate 4,264 837 19.2 17.8-20.7 1,517 34.9 33.2-36.7 1,367 33.2 31.4-35.0 351 8.3 7.3- 9.4 192 4.4 3.7- 5.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,282 392 28.5 25.3-31.9 409 31.9 28.4-35.5 297 24.6 21.4-28.1 112 9.4 7.3-12.1 72 5.6 4.0- 7.8
$15,000- 24,999 2,138 446 19.3 17.1-21.6 710 32.0 29.2-34.9 596 28.5 25.7-31.5 226 11.3 9.3-13.6 160 8.9 7.2-11.0
$25,000- 34,999 1,609 322 19.4 16.6-22.6 527 29.9 27.0-33.0 483 32.4 29.1-35.8 155 9.8 8.0-11.9 122 8.5 6.8-10.5
$35,000- 49,999 1,921 359 18.0 16.0-20.3 678 34.0 31.3-36.8 579 30.4 27.7-33.2 178 10.7 9.0-12.7 127 6.9 5.6- 8.4
$50,000-74,999 1,923 361 18.3 16.2-20.6 641 32.8 30.1-35.6 629 32.4 29.7-35.1 181 10.0 8.5-11.8 111 6.6 4.9- 8.8
$75,000+ 2,400 421 17.0 15.3-18.9 867 36.6 34.3-39.0 795 33.4 31.1-35.8 192 8.2 6.9- 9.7 125 4.7 3.8- 5.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 3,433 858 23.3 21.3-25.3 1,108 31.5 29.4-33.7 932 27.7 25.7-29.8 324 10.2 8.8-11.7 211 7.4 6.2- 8.8
No 9,264 1,755 17.8 16.9-18.8 3,244 34.1 32.8-35.4 2,811 31.4 30.1-32.7 843 9.8 9.0-10.7 611 6.9 6.2- 7.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,747 268 12.8 11.1-14.7 491 28.9 26.2-31.7 573 34.1 31.2-37.1 224 13.0 11.2-15.0 191 11.3 9.6-13.3
Non-Veteran 11,149 2,394 20.2 19.2-21.2 3,914 33.9 32.8-35.2 3,229 30.0 28.8-31.2 965 9.5 8.7-10.3 647 6.4 5.7- 7.1

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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.

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