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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

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 II 133 33 25.2 17.1-35.4 34 23.1 15.9-32.4 44 33.4 24.0-44.2 9 6.0 2.8-12.2 13 12.3 6.5-22.3
GENDER
Male 67 17 26.6 16.0-40.7 15 21.1 12.5-33.3 24 36.9 24.4-51.6 4 4.5 1.3-14.2 7 10.9 4.9-22.5
Female 66 16 22.5 13.0-36.1 19 27.1 15.9-42.2 20 26.6 16.2-40.3 5 8.7 3.5-20.0 6 15.1 5.1-37.0
RACE
White 87 23 26.5 17.2-38.5 23 25.6 16.4-37.6 28 30.8 20.9-42.9 6 5.5 2.3-12.2 7 11.7 4.5-27.0
Other 46 10 23.3 10.9-43.0 11 19.7 9.7-35.7 16 37.0 20.8-56.8 3 6.7 1.8-21.9 6 13.3 5.6-28.5
AGE
18-44 62 13 20.1 11.0-33.8 18 24.2 14.5-37.6 18 32.8 20.0-48.9 6 7.8 3.2-18.1 7 15.0 6.6-30.8
45+ 69 20 33.9 21.2-49.6 16 22.0 12.7-35.5 24 32.4 21.4-45.8 3 3.2 1.0- 9.8 6 8.4 3.7-18.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 69 23 27.8 17.3-41.3 14 22.5 12.6-36.8 21 36.6 22.8-53.0 4 4.6 1.6-12.1 7 8.6 3.9-17.9
Some College + 64 10 22.4 11.4-39.4 20 23.8 14.4-36.7 23 29.8 19.1-43.4 5 7.5 2.6-19.7 6 16.4 6.7-35.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 74 21 28.3 17.0-43.3 13 13.3 6.9-24.3 26 37.6 23.9-53.5 5 5.3 2.1-12.9 9 15.5 7.0-31.0
$50,000+ 41 9 26.5 13.5-45.3 15 32.1 18.9-48.8 15 34.9 20.8-52.2 2 6.6 1.4-26.8 0 0.0 . - .

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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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