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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I**

Physical Activity

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

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  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 6,075 1,352 21.5 20.1-23.0 1,366 22.0 20.6-23.5 2,157 36.2 34.6-38.0 721 11.8 10.8-12.9 479 8.4 7.4- 9.6
-Northeast Partnership I 128 38 30.5 22.1-40.6 27 19.0 12.4-27.9 45 32.6 24.1-42.4 7 6.7 2.6-16.1 11 11.1 5.5-21.1
GENDER
Male 66 22 33.8 22.4-47.4 10 11.9 5.7-23.0 24 34.4 23.2-47.7 4 8.1 2.6-22.4 6 11.9 4.8-26.6
Female 62 16 24.3 14.6-37.7 17 32.9 20.5-48.3 21 29.1 18.5-42.5 3 4.1 1.1-14.6 5 9.7 3.7-23.0
RACE
White 66 24 37.7 25.4-51.8 12 16.2 8.6-28.4 24 31.9 21.0-45.3 4 10.4 3.4-27.5 2 3.8 0.9-14.1
Other 62 14 23.0 12.9-37.7 15 22.0 12.3-36.2 21 33.3 21.1-48.2 3 2.9 0.7-10.6 9 18.9 8.7-36.1
AGE
18-44 54 13 20.4 11.0-34.6 11 21.7 11.5-37.1 18 28.7 17.5-43.4 4 9.7 2.9-27.3 8 19.5 9.3-36.5
45+ 73 25 42.0 29.4-55.6 16 16.4 9.7-26.3 27 37.3 25.6-50.6 2 2.1 0.4- 9.4 3 2.3 0.7- 7.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 59 21 37.0 23.7-52.7 12 15.6 8.3-27.4 16 23.8 13.8-37.8 2 7.2 1.5-28.3 8 16.4 7.1-33.5
Some College + 69 17 24.4 15.0-37.1 15 22.2 12.6-36.2 29 40.9 28.6-54.5 5 6.3 2.3-15.8 3 6.1 1.8-19.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 76 24 32.7 21.2-46.8 14 14.3 8.0-24.1 27 32.3 21.3-45.6 4 7.4 1.9-24.4 7 13.4 5.4-29.6
$50,000+ 37 10 29.3 16.1-47.2 9 26.1 12.9-45.6 12 26.8 14.8-43.6 3 8.0 2.5-22.6 3 9.7 3.1-26.3

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*This question was asked only of respondents who reported doing vigorous 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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