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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I**

Physical Activity

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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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%)
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
-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
GENDER
Male 124 29 25.5 17.2-36.1 26 18.0 11.6-26.9 32 23.9 16.7-33.0 13 12.0 6.4-21.4 24 20.6 13.5-30.1
Female 212 58 26.4 20.3-33.5 82 36.7 29.7-44.4 47 22.7 16.4-30.6 15 7.7 4.2-13.6 10 6.5 3.2-12.6
RACE
White 174 44 22.9 16.6-30.6 59 29.1 22.3-37.0 37 24.6 17.4-33.6 15 7.5 4.3-12.8 19 15.9 9.8-24.9
Other 160 43 29.1 20.9-39.0 47 25.5 18.3-34.2 42 22.2 15.8-30.1 13 12.1 6.4-21.7 15 11.1 6.5-18.4
AGE
18-44 113 25 21.2 13.4-31.8 34 26.3 18.1-36.5 26 21.4 13.7-31.9 12 13.0 6.9-23.2 16 18.2 10.9-28.9
45+ 222 62 29.6 22.9-37.4 74 28.5 22.4-35.5 52 24.3 18.3-31.5 16 7.5 4.0-13.6 18 10.1 6.1-16.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 191 46 21.1 15.2-28.5 59 25.1 18.8-32.6 47 26.2 19.1-34.7 18 11.9 6.7-20.3 21 15.8 9.9-24.1
Some College + 143 40 31.9 23.1-42.3 49 30.7 22.8-40.0 31 19.4 13.3-27.4 10 7.2 3.7-13.8 13 10.7 5.9-18.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 215 61 31.9 24.4-40.4 63 22.9 17.2-29.7 53 23.9 17.8-31.3 19 9.7 5.4-16.8 19 11.7 7.0-18.8
$50,000+ 76 15 16.5 9.5-27.0 28 36.6 25.5-49.3 17 19.8 12.0-30.8 5 8.9 3.7-20.2 11 18.2 10.0-31.0

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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, 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.

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