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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

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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  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 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 II 367 66 16.0 12.3-20.5 132 36.1 30.2-42.4 105 29.8 24.3-35.9 32 9.8 6.5-14.5 32 8.4 5.6-12.2
GENDER
Male 136 19 12.7 7.9-19.8 46 33.7 24.8-43.9 41 30.3 21.8-40.4 15 12.7 7.2-21.4 15 10.6 6.1-17.7
Female 231 47 19.3 14.3-25.6 86 38.5 31.3-46.3 64 29.2 22.7-36.5 17 6.9 4.1-11.4 17 6.1 3.6-10.2
RACE
White 247 45 17.8 13.1-23.7 90 36.6 29.8-43.9 64 26.9 20.9-33.8 22 8.3 5.0-13.3 26 10.5 6.7-15.9
Other 119 21 13.3 8.1-21.0 42 35.4 25.1-47.3 40 34.0 24.0-45.5 10 12.2 6.3-22.4 6 5.1 2.1-11.9
AGE
18-44 120 16 10.2 6.1-16.8 41 34.2 24.5-45.3 38 32.4 23.1-43.4 13 13.9 7.8-23.6 12 9.3 5.0-16.8
45+ 244 50 20.9 15.6-27.4 91 38.0 31.1-45.4 65 27.1 21.1-34.0 18 6.4 3.8-10.4 20 7.6 4.6-12.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 194 39 18.9 13.4-25.9 69 32.0 24.8-40.1 53 30.4 22.8-39.3 12 7.9 4.1-14.5 21 10.9 6.7-17.2
Some College + 173 27 12.7 8.5-18.7 63 40.8 31.6-50.6 52 29.0 21.6-37.7 20 12.0 7.1-19.8 11 5.5 2.8-10.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 221 33 13.7 9.4-19.6 91 41.6 33.8-50.0 57 25.8 19.1-33.9 20 9.5 5.6-15.6 20 9.4 5.6-15.2
$50,000+ 101 26 21.7 14.4-31.3 27 26.1 17.9-36.3 34 36.2 26.2-47.6 8 10.5 4.6-22.0 6 5.6 2.3-13.2

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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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