BRFSS 2005 - North Carolina: (Now, thinking about the moderate physical activities you do when you are not working in a usual week, do you do moderate activities for at least 10 minutes at a time such as brisk walking,bicycling, vacuuming, gardening, or anything else that causes small increases in breathing or heart rate?*)

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Physical Activity-WHITE FEMALES

Now, thinking about the moderate physical activities you do when you are not working in a usual week, do you do moderate activities for at least 10 minutes at a time such as brisk walking,bicycling, vacuuming, gardening, or anything else that causes small increases in breathing or heart rate?*

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
TOTAL	8,163	6,698	83.9	82.9-84.9	1,465	16.1	15.1-17.1
AGE
18-24	314	280	88.9	83.7-92.5	34	11.1	7.5-16.3
25-34	964	859	89.3	86.8-91.4	105	10.7	8.6-13.2
35-44	1,410	1,251	88.4	86.2-90.3	159	11.6	9.7-13.8
45-54	1,536	1,300	84.9	82.6-86.9	236	15.1	13.1-17.4
55-64	1,558	1,281	82.9	80.5-85.0	277	17.1	15.0-19.5
65-74	1,240	957	77.9	75.0-80.5	283	22.1	19.5-25.0
75+	1,101	737	68.3	64.9-71.5	364	31.7	28.5-35.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	999	649	70.5	66.6-74.1	350	29.5	25.9-33.4
H.S. or G.E.D.	2,444	1,961	81.5	79.4-83.4	483	18.5	16.6-20.6
Some Post-H.S.	2,165	1,826	86.7	85.0-88.3	339	13.3	11.7-15.0
College Graduate	2,539	2,251	88.6	86.9-90.1	288	11.4	9.9-13.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	905	646	75.2	71.2-78.8	259	24.8	21.2-28.8
$15,000- 24,999	1,344	1,047	78.7	75.4-81.6	297	21.3	18.4-24.6
$25,000- 34,999	949	791	83.0	79.5-86.0	158	17.0	14.0-20.5
$35,000- 49,999	1,137	998	89.2	87.1-91.0	139	10.8	9.0-12.9
$50,000-74,999	1,120	1,007	89.7	87.4-91.6	113	10.3	8.4-12.6
$75,000+	1,380	1,242	90.3	88.3-91.9	138	9.7	8.1-11.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	2,577	1,770	73.0	70.8-75.0	807	27.0	25.0-29.2
No	5,472	4,840	88.4	87.3-89.5	632	11.6	10.5-12.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	136	121	89.7	82.4-94.1	15	10.3	5.9-17.6
Non-Veteran	8,026	6,576	83.8	82.8-84.8	1,450	16.2	15.2-17.2

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*If a respondent reported less than 10 mins activity/week for the next phy. activity quest., that respondent was counted in NO category

^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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