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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

Physical Activity

How many days per week do you do these moderate 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 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 II 383 20 6.0 3.5-10.3 45 11.3 8.2-15.5 140 35.3 29.7-41.4 63 16.2 12.4-20.8 115 31.1 25.6-37.2
GENDER
Male 141 7 5.4 2.3-11.9 17 10.3 6.0-17.1 42 30.5 22.2-40.3 25 15.8 10.3-23.3 50 38.1 29.0-48.1
Female 242 13 6.7 3.1-13.7 28 12.4 8.3-18.2 98 40.2 33.3-47.7 38 16.6 11.8-22.8 65 24.1 18.7-30.4
RACE
White 255 16 7.3 3.8-13.6 24 9.3 6.1-14.1 90 32.9 26.8-39.6 48 20.7 15.5-27.2 77 29.7 23.6-36.7
Other 127 4 4.2 1.5-11.3 21 14.3 8.6-22.8 49 38.8 28.6-50.1 15 9.4 5.3-16.2 38 33.3 23.6-44.7
AGE
18-44 125 6 5.6 2.0-14.8 9 7.0 3.3-14.3 46 36.6 27.1-47.2 19 15.1 9.4-23.5 45 35.7 26.2-46.4
45+ 255 14 6.5 3.5-11.6 36 14.9 10.5-20.8 92 33.9 27.5-40.9 44 17.2 12.6-22.9 69 27.6 21.5-34.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 205 10 5.5 2.6-11.3 29 14.1 9.3-20.7 78 35.7 28.1-44.1 28 12.6 8.4-18.4 60 32.2 24.9-40.3
Some College + 178 10 6.6 2.9-14.6 16 8.1 4.7-13.4 62 34.9 26.9-43.9 35 20.4 14.2-28.4 55 29.9 21.9-39.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 228 14 8.1 4.2-15.0 31 12.5 8.3-18.4 69 30.8 23.6-39.0 39 15.7 11.0-21.8 75 33.0 26.0-40.8
$50,000+ 104 4 3.3 1.0-10.8 7 8.6 3.9-17.8 47 42.6 32.5-53.5 19 18.6 11.7-28.3 27 26.8 18.0-38.0

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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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