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 MALES

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	4,736	3,853	83.1	81.7-84.5	883	16.9	15.5-18.3
AGE
18-24	196	171	86.8	79.8-91.6	25	13.2	8.4-20.2
25-34	577	500	85.3	81.2-88.7	77	14.7	11.3-18.8
35-44	843	703	84.4	81.4-87.1	140	15.6	12.9-18.6
45-54	952	781	82.4	79.2-85.1	171	17.6	14.9-20.8
55-64	940	748	81.0	77.9-83.8	192	19.0	16.2-22.1
65-74	710	573	82.3	78.9-85.2	137	17.7	14.8-21.1
75+	504	366	74.1	69.3-78.3	138	25.9	21.7-30.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	628	435	71.3	65.9-76.2	193	28.7	23.8-34.1
H.S. or G.E.D.	1,370	1,077	81.2	78.4-83.8	293	18.8	16.2-21.6
Some Post-H.S.	1,085	904	85.9	82.9-88.5	181	14.1	11.5-17.1
College Graduate	1,647	1,432	87.4	85.3-89.3	215	12.6	10.7-14.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	344	228	66.5	58.7-73.6	116	33.5	26.4-41.3
$15,000- 24,999	645	491	78.2	73.7-82.1	154	21.8	17.9-26.3
$25,000- 34,999	585	456	78.3	73.3-82.5	129	21.7	17.5-26.7
$35,000- 49,999	760	646	86.1	82.8-89.0	114	13.9	11.0-17.2
$50,000-74,999	790	686	88.8	85.9-91.2	104	11.2	8.8-14.1
$75,000+	1,071	938	88.5	85.9-90.7	133	11.5	9.3-14.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	1,403	994	71.8	68.5-74.9	409	28.2	25.1-31.5
No	3,246	2,795	87.3	85.7-88.7	451	12.7	11.3-14.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	1,746	1,383	81.6	79.2-83.7	363	18.4	16.3-20.8
Non-Veteran	2,986	2,467	83.8	82.0-85.5	519	16.2	14.5-18.0

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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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