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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

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 II 131 13 7.6 4.1-13.5 30 27.2 18.4-38.2 47 31.5 23.0-41.5 23 15.7 10.1-23.7 18 18.0 10.2-29.9
GENDER
Male 66 3 3.9 1.1-12.8 12 19.7 10.7-33.5 27 36.8 25.0-50.6 12 15.6 8.6-26.5 12 23.9 12.8-40.3
Female 65 10 14.5 7.5-26.2 18 41.7 26.7-58.4 20 21.2 12.9-32.9 11 15.9 8.3-28.5 6 6.6 2.5-16.4
RACE
White 85 9 7.4 3.7-14.3 20 28.9 18.3-42.5 31 33.8 23.2-46.2 13 14.5 7.9-25.0 12 15.5 8.0-27.9
Other 46 4 7.8 2.6-20.8 10 24.9 12.0-44.4 16 28.3 15.7-45.6 10 17.4 8.8-31.5 6 21.6 8.3-45.5
AGE
18-44 61 5 4.8 1.9-11.3 15 28.9 17.2-44.4 25 34.7 22.6-49.2 7 9.9 4.4-20.6 9 21.7 10.4-39.9
45+ 68 8 12.1 5.5-24.8 14 23.2 12.2-39.7 22 27.3 17.2-40.4 15 24.8 14.8-38.4 9 12.6 6.1-24.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 69 11 12.6 6.5-23.0 16 25.1 14.6-39.6 20 24.7 14.7-38.2 11 15.2 8.0-26.9 11 22.5 10.7-41.2
Some College + 62 2 2.0 0.4- 8.9 14 29.5 16.6-46.9 27 39.1 25.9-54.1 12 16.3 8.7-28.5 7 13.1 5.4-28.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 74 10 9.8 5.0-18.2 21 35.9 22.6-52.0 23 24.9 15.3-37.9 10 12.9 6.3-24.5 10 16.5 6.5-35.8
$50,000+ 40 3 7.1 1.9-23.7 4 9.8 3.6-24.1 18 41.9 26.2-59.4 9 19.3 9.7-34.8 6 21.9 9.8-42.0

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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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