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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I**

Physical Activity

On days when you do vigorous 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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  Total
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 5,972 754 12.0 11.0-13.2 1,608 27.4 25.8-29.0 2,145 36.3 34.6-38.0 889 14.5 13.3-15.8 576 9.8 8.7-11.0
-Northeast Partnership I 125 23 17.1 10.7-26.1 25 14.5 9.4-21.6 38 33.3 24.3-43.8 23 21.1 13.3-31.8 16 14.0 8.3-22.8
GENDER
Male 65 12 18.3 10.0-31.2 8 8.1 3.8-16.2 21 35.2 23.5-49.1 13 21.3 11.4-36.2 11 17.0 9.2-29.5
Female 60 11 14.5 7.7-25.8 17 27.4 16.8-41.4 17 29.4 17.7-44.7 10 20.7 11.1-35.4 5 7.9 3.1-18.5
RACE
White 65 11 13.9 7.1-25.4 12 11.9 6.4-21.0 22 40.3 27.4-54.7 9 15.4 7.0-30.6 11 18.5 10.1-31.6
Other 60 12 20.5 10.7-35.8 13 17.3 9.5-29.4 16 25.8 14.8-41.0 14 27.3 15.3-43.7 5 9.2 3.2-23.5
AGE
18-44 51 9 18.8 9.5-33.9 8 10.3 4.9-20.5 21 38.5 24.5-54.6 9 24.4 12.2-42.9 4 8.0 2.9-19.8
45+ 73 14 15.6 8.2-27.4 17 19.0 11.3-30.1 17 28.5 17.9-42.1 13 16.4 9.2-27.7 12 20.5 11.2-34.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 57 13 17.8 9.4-31.2 11 14.5 7.5-26.1 15 28.0 16.3-43.7 11 23.9 11.8-42.5 7 15.9 7.2-31.5
Some College + 68 10 16.4 8.2-30.3 14 14.5 8.2-24.4 23 38.2 25.8-52.3 12 18.6 10.4-30.9 9 12.3 6.1-23.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 75 18 23.8 14.0-37.4 14 13.7 7.6-23.3 20 24.4 14.7-37.6 14 23.4 12.5-39.5 9 14.8 7.2-28.1
$50,000+ 37 4 10.0 3.5-25.5 9 15.8 7.8-29.4 12 40.3 24.3-58.7 7 20.2 9.7-37.6 5 13.7 5.5-30.0

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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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