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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 2,744 277 9.7 8.4-11.2 631 24.5 22.3-26.9 989 36.8 34.4-39.2 519 17.2 15.5-19.2 328 11.7 10.1-13.6
Female 3,228 477 15.4 13.8-17.2 977 31.7 29.6-33.8 1,156 35.5 33.4-37.7 370 10.5 9.2-12.0 248 6.9 5.9- 8.1
RACE
White 4,782 593 12.5 11.2-13.8 1,304 27.9 26.2-29.7 1,734 36.3 34.4-38.1 687 14.0 12.6-15.4 464 9.4 8.4-10.6
African American 854 115 10.6 8.5-13.2 213 23.5 19.2-28.3 296 38.2 33.6-43.1 151 18.4 15.2-22.2 79 9.3 6.9-12.3
Asian 43 7 12.5 5.5-25.9 15 25.5 14.3-41.2 10 35.3 20.1-54.2 9 20.9 10.2-38.1 2 5.9 1.0-27.4
Native American 101 19 14.1 8.2-23.1 26 31.5 21.2-44.1 34 32.2 21.3-45.3 13 11.4 5.4-22.3 9 10.9 4.6-23.7
Other Minorities 172 17 8.0 4.6-13.6 45 31.4 21.8-42.9 60 28.5 20.4-38.3 28 12.3 7.8-18.8 22 19.8 10.0-35.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 212 18 7.0 3.4-13.6 58 29.9 22.0-39.1 94 43.2 34.4-52.4 19 7.5 4.3-12.7 23 12.5 6.8-21.7
-English Speaking 96 8 4.2 1.9- 9.0 20 26.9 16.5-40.6 44 44.2 32.3-56.7 11 8.9 4.5-16.6 13 15.9 8.0-29.1
-Spanish Speaking 116 10 8.2 3.5-18.2 38 31.2 21.2-43.4 50 42.7 31.4-55.0 8 6.9 3.2-14.4 10 10.9 4.4-24.5
Non-Hispanic 5,755 736 12.3 11.2-13.5 1,549 27.3 25.7-28.9 2,048 35.8 34.1-37.5 869 15.0 13.7-16.3 553 9.6 8.6-10.8
AGE
18-24 406 41 10.1 6.9-14.5 115 28.3 22.8-34.5 144 33.1 27.5-39.3 65 16.3 12.1-21.7 41 12.2 8.2-17.7
25-34 1,125 134 10.5 8.6-12.8 329 29.4 26.3-32.8 442 40.5 37.0-44.1 148 12.6 10.5-15.0 72 7.0 5.4- 9.1
35-44 1,433 202 13.7 11.7-15.9 410 27.7 24.9-30.6 562 40.2 37.2-43.4 174 11.9 10.1-14.1 85 6.5 5.0- 8.4
45-54 1,241 157 13.1 10.8-15.7 358 28.5 25.6-31.7 413 32.8 29.6-36.1 180 14.5 12.3-17.0 133 11.1 9.2-13.4
55-64 948 114 12.1 9.9-14.8 216 22.5 19.4-25.9 310 32.7 29.2-36.3 175 19.0 16.1-22.3 133 13.7 11.3-16.6
65-74 561 68 12.5 9.6-16.2 125 23.4 19.6-27.7 175 30.1 25.8-34.7 112 20.0 16.4-24.3 81 13.9 10.9-17.6
75+ 238 35 15.1 10.3-21.7 53 23.0 16.9-30.6 92 36.8 29.6-44.5 30 11.1 7.5-16.1 28 14.0 9.1-20.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 481 72 12.6 8.7-17.8 104 25.9 19.5-33.4 136 31.0 24.9-37.8 80 14.1 9.6-20.2 89 16.5 12.0-22.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,546 219 13.5 11.4-15.9 377 26.0 22.8-29.4 488 30.8 27.6-34.2 269 17.3 14.9-19.9 193 12.5 10.0-15.5
Some Post-H.S. 1,481 179 11.5 9.5-13.9 388 25.2 22.4-28.4 557 39.0 35.6-42.5 213 14.9 12.4-17.9 144 9.4 7.5-11.6
College Graduate 2,462 284 11.2 9.8-12.8 738 30.3 28.1-32.6 964 39.7 37.4-42.2 326 12.4 10.9-14.0 150 6.3 5.2- 7.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 388 61 12.5 9.0-17.0 83 24.9 18.9-31.9 117 34.9 27.9-42.6 76 17.4 12.3-24.2 51 10.4 7.4-14.5
$15,000- 24,999 797 113 13.7 10.6-17.7 182 25.3 20.8-30.3 282 36.6 31.7-41.9 128 13.6 10.8-16.9 92 10.8 8.2-14.1
$25,000- 34,999 769 113 13.0 10.3-16.3 203 26.5 22.2-31.3 228 29.0 24.8-33.6 132 16.9 13.7-20.8 93 14.6 10.2-20.5
$35,000- 49,999 951 109 11.2 8.9-14.0 279 30.5 26.5-34.9 340 35.1 31.3-39.1 127 14.2 11.6-17.3 96 9.0 6.9-11.6
$50,000-74,999 996 123 11.5 9.2-14.2 266 25.2 21.9-28.8 373 37.5 33.5-41.8 151 16.3 13.1-20.2 83 9.5 7.3-12.1
$75,000+ 1,454 173 12.4 10.3-14.7 429 29.4 26.6-32.4 585 41.0 37.9-44.2 171 10.7 8.9-12.7 96 6.6 5.1- 8.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,108 149 12.3 9.9-15.2 283 26.2 22.4-30.3 349 29.9 26.1-33.9 192 17.3 14.2-20.9 135 14.3 10.9-18.5
No 4,764 596 12.1 10.9-13.4 1,303 27.9 26.2-29.8 1,755 37.5 35.7-39.4 679 13.8 12.5-15.1 431 8.7 7.6- 9.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 925 88 8.7 6.7-11.1 196 22.9 19.3-27.1 317 35.6 31.7-39.7 194 20.4 17.4-23.8 130 12.4 10.1-15.1
Non-Veteran 5,044 666 12.6 11.4-13.9 1,411 28.2 26.5-30.0 1,826 36.3 34.5-38.2 695 13.5 12.2-14.9 446 9.4 8.2-10.7

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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.

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