SCHS Home Search FAQs Guestbook

North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics Navigation Bar

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I**

Physical Activity

How many days per week do you do these moderate activities for at least 10 minutes at a time?

View results for a demographic group:
Select a different topic:
View results for a different geographical area:
  Total
Respond.^
1 day 2 days 3-4 days 5-6 days Everyday
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 13,333 684 5.0 4.6- 5.6 1,650 12.2 11.5-13.0 4,496 34.3 33.2-35.4 2,478 18.5 17.6-19.4 4,025 29.9 28.9-31.0
-Northeast Partnership I 355 19 6.5 3.9-10.5 53 16.6 12.2-22.2 128 35.7 30.0-41.9 46 10.9 7.8-15.0 109 30.3 24.8-36.5
GENDER
Male 127 5 5.6 2.2-13.4 21 18.1 11.6-27.2 47 36.5 27.3-46.8 13 8.7 4.7-15.5 41 31.1 22.4-41.4
Female 228 14 7.3 4.2-12.4 32 15.2 9.9-22.6 81 35.0 28.3-42.4 33 12.9 8.7-18.7 68 29.5 23.1-36.8
RACE
White 184 8 6.4 2.9-13.5 32 19.6 13.2-28.1 65 33.6 26.3-41.8 23 11.2 7.1-17.1 56 29.1 22.1-37.4
Other 169 11 6.5 3.4-12.1 21 13.7 8.4-21.5 62 37.7 29.1-47.1 22 10.5 6.3-17.0 53 31.6 23.5-41.0
AGE
18-44 117 12 10.4 5.5-18.7 18 17.1 10.0-27.6 47 38.1 28.3-49.0 8 5.3 2.4-11.2 32 29.1 20.1-40.1
45+ 237 7 3.6 1.6- 8.0 35 16.3 11.4-22.9 80 33.7 27.0-41.0 38 15.0 10.4-21.2 77 31.3 24.8-38.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 203 13 8.1 4.3-14.5 32 16.5 10.9-24.1 64 28.8 22.1-36.6 29 13.1 8.6-19.6 65 33.5 25.7-42.2
Some College + 150 6 4.4 1.9-10.0 21 16.9 10.6-25.9 64 45.1 35.8-54.6 16 7.6 4.4-12.9 43 26.0 18.9-34.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 225 13 7.3 3.9-13.1 33 15.4 10.5-22.2 83 36.3 29.0-44.3 33 12.0 8.0-17.7 63 28.9 21.9-37.1
$50,000+ 78 3 3.3 1.0-10.3 13 18.6 10.4-31.0 29 37.9 26.7-50.6 6 7.0 2.9-15.9 27 33.2 22.9-45.4

Back to Physical Activity.

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

*** 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.

BRFSS Home | Annual Questionnaires | Technical Notes

This page was generated on 16AUG06.

SCHS Home | Search | FAQs | Guestbook