BRFSS 2005 - North Carolina Counties and Regions: (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?*)

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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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
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
COUNTY/REGIONS***
Alamance	341	75	20.1	15.6-25.5	134	36.4	30.4-42.8	89	26.1	20.5-32.5	27	9.6	6.1-15.0	16	7.8	3.9-15.2
Buncombe	348	70	15.8	12.0-20.4	120	33.6	27.1-40.9	111	35.1	28.5-42.3	31	10.7	7.3-15.5	16	4.8	2.5- 8.9
Cabarrus	312	70	23.9	18.1-30.8	112	32.6	26.7-39.2	79	26.2	20.3-32.9	32	11.3	7.2-17.1	19	6.1	3.8- 9.7
Catawba	323	65	18.3	13.9-23.7	107	32.3	26.2-39.0	94	30.6	24.5-37.5	38	12.2	8.5-17.1	19	6.6	3.7-11.6
Cumberland	337	64	19.5	14.6-25.6	124	35.4	29.1-42.3	101	30.6	24.8-37.0	27	7.8	4.7-12.8	21	6.7	3.9-11.1
Davidson	324	77	22.7	17.5-28.8	112	30.9	25.3-37.1	91	28.3	22.1-35.3	23	11.2	6.6-18.3	21	7.0	4.1-11.6
Durham	356	88	26.5	21.1-32.7	118	31.6	26.2-37.5	108	29.0	23.6-35.1	24	8.2	5.2-12.9	18	4.7	2.8- 7.7
Forsyth	351	69	17.0	13.1-21.9	118	32.9	27.1-39.3	113	33.4	27.3-40.1	28	7.2	4.8-10.6	23	9.4	5.2-16.4
Gaston	337	73	19.7	15.2-25.0	108	29.7	24.2-35.8	99	29.5	23.9-35.7	40	14.8	9.3-22.8	17	6.4	3.6-11.1
Guilford	367	68	16.7	12.8-21.4	137	36.8	30.8-43.2	113	32.2	26.4-38.7	24	6.8	4.2-10.7	25	7.6	4.8-11.7
Iredell	322	62	18.2	13.7-23.8	115	38.7	32.3-45.6	91	24.5	19.5-30.2	37	12.0	8.3-17.1	17	6.5	3.7-11.2
Johnston	283	66	19.7	14.8-25.6	92	28.0	21.8-35.2	69	27.7	21.0-35.4	33	15.9	10.6-23.2	23	8.7	5.3-13.9
Mecklenburg	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
New Hanover	356	58	14.4	10.9-18.9	132	38.9	32.8-45.4	116	32.8	27.1-39.1	29	6.9	4.6-10.3	21	6.9	4.0-11.7
Onslow	312	45	12.5	8.9-17.2	113	32.9	26.9-39.6	100	32.6	26.4-39.4	33	15.2	9.0-24.6	21	6.8	4.0-11.3
Orange	352	71	18.0	13.9-23.0	124	36.2	29.9-43.0	116	33.4	27.6-39.7	24	7.8	5.0-12.1	17	4.6	2.7- 7.7
Pitt	337	63	19.2	14.5-25.1	128	36.8	30.9-43.2	91	25.1	20.0-30.8	32	11.8	7.9-17.3	23	7.1	4.2-11.5
Randolph	337	75	18.8	14.7-23.6	97	28.7	23.1-35.0	103	32.9	26.8-39.6	34	11.1	7.4-16.2	28	8.6	5.7-12.8
Robeson	301	78	23.9	18.5-30.4	91	28.7	22.7-35.6	81	29.4	22.7-37.2	25	8.3	5.3-12.9	26	9.6	5.9-15.2
Rowan	325	84	23.1	17.8-29.5	90	25.7	19.8-32.7	100	37.9	31.0-45.4	31	8.3	5.6-12.2	20	4.9	3.0- 7.9
Union	313	67	19.8	15.2-25.3	114	37.0	30.9-43.4	103	34.3	28.3-40.7	21	6.4	4.0-10.0	8	2.6	1.2- 5.6
Wake	701	156	21.1	17.8-24.8	226	31.3	27.1-35.8	231	35.3	30.8-40.0	59	8.1	6.0-10.7	29	4.3	2.8- 6.5
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico	369	49	11.7	8.3-16.3	121	38.5	31.8-45.6	127	30.7	25.3-36.7	45	12.0	8.5-16.7	27	7.1	4.6-10.8
Northeast Partnership II	367	66	16.0	12.3-20.5	132	36.1	30.2-42.4	105	29.8	24.3-35.9	32	9.8	6.5-14.5	32	8.4	5.6-12.2
Northeast Partnership I	336	87	25.9	20.6-32.1	108	27.5	22.4-33.2	79	23.3	18.3-29.2	28	9.8	6.3-15.0	34	13.5	9.4-19.0
Franklin/Nash/Wilson	305	71	20.8	16.0-26.5	105	29.1	23.5-35.4	84	30.7	24.2-38.1	24	9.8	5.2-17.6	21	9.6	5.9-15.2
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	374	77	22.5	16.4-30.1	135	32.1	26.6-38.2	103	30.8	24.7-37.7	34	8.4	5.7-12.0	25	6.2	4.0- 9.5
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	307	67	19.8	15.3-25.3	103	31.0	25.5-37.0	87	29.8	24.3-36.0	28	11.7	7.7-17.4	22	7.7	4.8-12.0
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	342	77	20.1	15.7-25.4	100	29.1	23.7-35.2	98	30.3	24.4-36.9	34	10.1	6.9-14.6	33	10.3	7.1-14.8
Chatham/Lee/Moore	388	75	17.2	13.4-21.9	132	35.4	29.6-41.6	116	31.1	25.7-37.0	39	10.6	7.5-14.7	26	5.8	3.8- 8.7
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	469	93	17.6	13.9-22.0	168	37.2	31.5-43.2	126	26.2	21.3-31.8	46	8.6	5.9-12.4	36	10.4	6.9-15.5
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	348	67	19.7	15.0-25.4	119	34.2	28.4-40.5	85	23.4	18.5-29.1	41	12.5	8.5-18.1	36	10.2	7.0-14.6
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	315	63	19.7	15.0-25.3	123	34.0	28.1-40.4	82	27.0	20.7-34.3	30	13.7	8.7-20.8	17	5.7	3.3- 9.7
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	370	71	16.3	12.5-21.0	131	37.6	31.5-44.2	107	28.6	23.1-34.8	31	9.4	5.9-14.6	30	8.1	5.2-12.3
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	585	104	16.9	13.5-21.0	173	27.8	23.2-32.9	186	32.5	27.6-37.7	72	12.5	9.3-16.5	50	10.4	6.8-15.4
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP**
Yes	832	172	18.5	15.5-21.9	275	32.6	28.4-37.1	228	28.0	24.2-32.1	78	10.4	8.1-13.4	79	10.5	8.1-13.4
No	12,069	2,491	19.2	18.3-20.1	4,132	33.3	32.1-34.4	3,576	30.7	29.6-31.9	1,111	9.9	9.2-10.7	759	6.9	6.2- 7.6
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	4,050	795	18.5	16.9-20.3	1,412	33.6	31.7-35.6	1,168	29.8	28.0-31.8	379	10.5	9.2-11.9	296	7.6	6.6- 8.7
Piedmont	7,326	1,570	19.9	18.8-21.1	2,493	33.7	32.2-35.2	2,174	30.7	29.2-32.2	655	9.2	8.4-10.2	434	6.5	5.7- 7.3
Western NC	1,525	298	17.6	15.4-19.9	502	31.0	28.0-34.1	462	31.4	28.4-34.6	155	11.7	9.6-14.1	108	8.3	6.3-10.9
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)****
Mountain AHEC	933	174	16.5	13.9-19.6	293	29.7	25.8-33.8	297	33.3	29.3-37.5	103	11.9	9.4-14.9	66	8.5	5.9-12.1
Northwest	2,424	517	19.9	18.0-22.0	808	32.2	29.8-34.6	706	29.4	27.1-31.9	231	10.4	8.8-12.2	162	8.1	6.5- 9.9
Charlotte	1,964	426	20.3	18.2-22.6	706	36.6	33.8-39.5	566	28.2	25.7-30.9	177	9.9	8.0-12.2	89	5.0	3.8- 6.5
Greensboro	1,700	340	17.3	15.2-19.6	602	35.9	32.8-39.1	510	30.9	27.8-34.1	138	8.7	7.1-10.7	110	7.3	5.7- 9.2
Southern Regional	1,263	263	20.9	17.2-25.0	430	32.9	29.4-36.7	366	30.7	26.9-34.7	114	8.4	6.5-10.6	90	7.2	5.5- 9.3
Coastal	667	124	17.5	14.3-21.1	233	33.5	29.4-37.9	203	30.8	26.7-35.1	60	10.3	7.6-13.9	47	7.9	5.6-10.9
Wake	1,844	425	21.4	19.2-23.9	586	30.5	27.7-33.4	549	33.0	30.0-36.1	166	8.9	7.4-10.7	118	6.2	4.9- 7.7
Area L	463	99	20.0	16.1-24.6	164	30.9	26.2-36.1	131	30.5	25.3-36.2	36	11.1	6.7-17.6	33	7.6	5.1-11.1
Eastern	1,643	295	16.4	14.3-18.7	585	36.1	33.0-39.4	476	28.8	26.1-31.7	164	11.2	9.2-13.5	123	7.5	6.1- 9.3

Total
Respond.^

10-20 minutes

21-30 minutes

31-60 minutes

1-2 hours

More than 2 hours

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

COUNTY/REGIONS***

Alamance

341

20.1

15.6-25.5

134

36.4

30.4-42.8

26.1

20.5-32.5

9.6

6.1-15.0

7.8

3.9-15.2

Buncombe

348

15.8

12.0-20.4

120

33.6

27.1-40.9

111

35.1

28.5-42.3

10.7

7.3-15.5

4.8

2.5- 8.9

Cabarrus

312

23.9

18.1-30.8

112

32.6

26.7-39.2

26.2

20.3-32.9

11.3

7.2-17.1

6.1

3.8- 9.7

Catawba

323

18.3

13.9-23.7

107

32.3

26.2-39.0

30.6

24.5-37.5

12.2

8.5-17.1

6.6

3.7-11.6

Cumberland

337

19.5

14.6-25.6

124

35.4

29.1-42.3

101

30.6

24.8-37.0

7.8

4.7-12.8

6.7

3.9-11.1

Davidson

324

22.7

17.5-28.8

112

30.9

25.3-37.1

28.3

22.1-35.3

11.2

6.6-18.3

7.0

4.1-11.6

Durham

356

26.5

21.1-32.7

118

31.6

26.2-37.5

108

29.0

23.6-35.1

8.2

5.2-12.9

4.7

2.8- 7.7

Forsyth

351

17.0

13.1-21.9

118

32.9

27.1-39.3

113

33.4

27.3-40.1

7.2

4.8-10.6

9.4

5.2-16.4

Gaston

337

19.7

15.2-25.0

108

29.7

24.2-35.8

29.5

23.9-35.7

14.8

9.3-22.8

6.4

3.6-11.1

Guilford

367

16.7

12.8-21.4

137

36.8

30.8-43.2

113

32.2

26.4-38.7

6.8

4.2-10.7

7.6

4.8-11.7

Iredell

322

18.2

13.7-23.8

115

38.7

32.3-45.6

24.5

19.5-30.2

12.0

8.3-17.1

6.5

3.7-11.2

Johnston

283

19.7

14.8-25.6

28.0

21.8-35.2

27.7

21.0-35.4

15.9

10.6-23.2

8.7

5.3-13.9

Mecklenburg

691

152

22.0

18.5-25.9

245

36.2

31.9-40.7

220

29.9

26.0-34.1

8.6

6.1-12.1

3.3

1.9- 5.9

New Hanover

356

14.4

10.9-18.9

132

38.9

32.8-45.4

116

32.8

27.1-39.1

6.9

4.6-10.3

6.9

4.0-11.7

Onslow

312

12.5

8.9-17.2

113

32.9

26.9-39.6

100

32.6

26.4-39.4

15.2

9.0-24.6

6.8

4.0-11.3

Orange

352

18.0

13.9-23.0

124

36.2

29.9-43.0

116

33.4

27.6-39.7

7.8

5.0-12.1

4.6

2.7- 7.7

Pitt

337

19.2

14.5-25.1

128

36.8

30.9-43.2

25.1

20.0-30.8

11.8

7.9-17.3

7.1

4.2-11.5

Randolph

337

18.8

14.7-23.6

28.7

23.1-35.0

103

32.9

26.8-39.6

11.1

7.4-16.2

8.6

5.7-12.8

Robeson

301

23.9

18.5-30.4

28.7

22.7-35.6

29.4

22.7-37.2

8.3

5.3-12.9

9.6

5.9-15.2

Rowan

325

23.1

17.8-29.5

25.7

19.8-32.7

100

37.9

31.0-45.4

8.3

5.6-12.2

4.9

3.0- 7.9

Union

313

19.8

15.2-25.3

114

37.0

30.9-43.4

103

34.3

28.3-40.7

6.4

4.0-10.0

2.6

1.2- 5.6

Wake

701

156

21.1

17.8-24.8

226

31.3

27.1-35.8

231

35.3

30.8-40.0

8.1

6.0-10.7

4.3

2.8- 6.5

Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico

369

11.7

8.3-16.3

121

38.5

31.8-45.6

127

30.7

25.3-36.7

12.0

8.5-16.7

7.1

4.6-10.8

Northeast Partnership II

367

16.0

12.3-20.5

132

36.1

30.2-42.4

105

29.8

24.3-35.9

9.8

6.5-14.5

8.4

5.6-12.2

Northeast Partnership I

336

25.9

20.6-32.1

108

27.5

22.4-33.2

23.3

18.3-29.2

9.8

6.3-15.0

13.5

9.4-19.0

Franklin/Nash/Wilson

305

20.8

16.0-26.5

105

29.1

23.5-35.4

30.7

24.2-38.1

9.8

5.2-17.6

9.6

5.9-15.2

Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne

374

22.5

16.4-30.1

135

32.1

26.6-38.2

103

30.8

24.7-37.7

8.4

5.7-12.0

6.2

4.0- 9.5

Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender

307

19.8

15.3-25.3

103

31.0

25.5-37.0

29.8

24.3-36.0

11.7

7.7-17.4

7.7

4.8-12.0

Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance

342

20.1

15.7-25.4

100

29.1

23.7-35.2

30.3

24.4-36.9

10.1

6.9-14.6

10.3

7.1-14.8

Chatham/Lee/Moore

388

17.2

13.4-21.9

132

35.4

29.6-41.6

116

31.1

25.7-37.0

10.6

7.5-14.7

5.8

3.8- 8.7

Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly

469

17.6

13.9-22.0

168

37.2

31.5-43.2

126

26.2

21.3-31.8

8.6

5.9-12.4

10.4

6.9-15.5

Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

348

19.7

15.0-25.4

119

34.2

28.4-40.5

23.4

18.5-29.1

12.5

8.5-18.1

10.2

7.0-14.6

Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes

315

19.7

15.0-25.3

123

34.0

28.1-40.4

27.0

20.7-34.3

13.7

8.7-20.8

5.7

3.3- 9.7

Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln

370

16.3

12.5-21.0

131

37.6

31.5-44.2

107

28.6

23.1-34.8

9.4

5.9-14.6

8.1

5.2-12.3

Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)

585

104

16.9

13.5-21.0

173

27.8

23.2-32.9

186

32.5

27.6-37.7

12.5

9.3-16.5

10.4

6.8-15.4

NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP**

Yes

832

172

18.5

15.5-21.9

275

32.6

28.4-37.1

228

28.0

24.2-32.1

10.4

8.1-13.4

10.5

8.1-13.4

12,069

2,491

19.2

18.3-20.1

4,132

33.3

32.1-34.4

3,576

30.7

29.6-31.9

1,111

9.9

9.2-10.7

759

6.9

6.2- 7.6

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

4,050

795

18.5

16.9-20.3

1,412

33.6

31.7-35.6

1,168

29.8

28.0-31.8

379

10.5

9.2-11.9

296

7.6

6.6- 8.7

Piedmont

7,326

1,570

19.9

18.8-21.1

2,493

33.7

32.2-35.2

2,174

30.7

29.2-32.2

655

9.2

8.4-10.2

434

6.5

5.7- 7.3

Western NC

1,525

298

17.6

15.4-19.9

502

31.0

28.0-34.1

462

31.4

28.4-34.6

155

11.7

9.6-14.1

108

8.3

6.3-10.9

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)****

Mountain AHEC

933

174

16.5

13.9-19.6

293

29.7

25.8-33.8

297

33.3

29.3-37.5

103

11.9

9.4-14.9

8.5

5.9-12.1

Northwest

2,424

517

19.9

18.0-22.0

808

32.2

29.8-34.6

706

29.4

27.1-31.9

231

10.4

8.8-12.2

162

8.1

6.5- 9.9

Charlotte

1,964

426

20.3

18.2-22.6

706

36.6

33.8-39.5

566

28.2

25.7-30.9

177

9.9

8.0-12.2

5.0

3.8- 6.5

Greensboro

1,700

340

17.3

15.2-19.6

602

35.9

32.8-39.1

510

30.9

27.8-34.1

138

8.7

7.1-10.7

110

7.3

5.7- 9.2

Southern Regional

1,263

263

20.9

17.2-25.0

430

32.9

29.4-36.7

366

30.7

26.9-34.7

114

8.4

6.5-10.6

7.2

5.5- 9.3

Coastal

667

124

17.5

14.3-21.1

233

33.5

29.4-37.9

203

30.8

26.7-35.1

10.3

7.6-13.9

7.9

5.6-10.9

Wake

1,844

425

21.4

19.2-23.9

586

30.5

27.7-33.4

549

33.0

30.0-36.1

166

8.9

7.4-10.7

118

6.2

4.9- 7.7

Area L

463

20.0

16.1-24.6

164

30.9

26.2-36.1

131

30.5

25.3-36.2

11.1

6.7-17.6

7.6

5.1-11.1

Eastern

1,643

295

16.4

14.3-18.7

585

36.1

33.0-39.4

476

28.8

26.1-31.7

164

11.2

9.2-13.5

123

7.5

6.1- 9.3

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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, Edgecombe, 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.

*** 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.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

****Learn about the NC Area Health Education Centers Program

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