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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership**

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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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
-Northeastern Partnership 832 172 18.5 15.5-21.9 275 32.6 28.4-37.1 228 28.0 24.2-32.1 78 10.4 8.1-13.4 79 10.5 8.1-13.4
GENDER
Male 317 54 15.6 11.4-20.9 87 29.6 23.1-37.1 89 27.2 21.5-33.7 39 13.0 9.1-18.1 48 14.6 10.6-19.8
Female 515 118 21.8 17.9-26.3 188 35.9 31.1-41.0 139 28.9 24.3-33.8 39 7.6 5.3-10.6 31 5.8 3.9- 8.5
RACE
White 534 106 18.1 14.4-22.5 178 32.5 27.3-38.2 140 27.8 23.1-33.0 54 9.7 7.1-13.2 56 11.8 8.7-15.9
African American 261 62 21.5 16.0-28.1 83 31.4 24.1-39.7 78 29.0 22.3-36.7 21 12.0 7.4-18.9 17 6.2 3.7-10.2
Other Minorities 34 4 8.3 2.6-23.5 12 38.4 22.0-58.0 9 24.5 12.3-42.9 3 10.6 3.2-29.6 6 18.2 8.1-36.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 24 2 2.2 0.5- 9.8 10 37.5 18.6-61.2 10 53.2 29.9-75.2 0 0.0 . - . 2 7.0 1.7-25.3
Non-Hispanic 808 170 19.2 16.1-22.8 265 32.4 28.1-37.0 218 26.8 23.1-30.9 78 10.9 8.4-14.0 77 10.7 8.2-13.7
AGE
18-24 30 4 12.4 4.0-32.2 11 45.0 25.5-66.2 8 23.7 10.6-44.8 3 7.1 2.1-21.5 4 11.8 4.2-28.7
25-34 106 15 13.2 7.4-22.5 36 29.6 21.0-40.0 30 30.7 21.4-41.8 13 14.5 8.1-24.8 12 12.0 6.6-20.9
35-44 144 28 16.0 10.7-23.4 44 29.6 21.5-39.2 43 30.7 22.4-40.6 14 13.3 7.5-22.5 15 10.4 6.1-17.1
45-54 189 44 23.7 17.4-31.4 62 31.8 24.6-40.1 46 21.7 15.9-28.8 18 10.1 6.0-16.4 19 12.7 7.8-20.2
55-64 169 37 21.3 15.1-29.2 57 30.8 23.6-39.2 50 33.6 25.9-42.2 12 6.1 3.2-11.5 13 8.1 4.5-14.2
65-74 115 20 16.4 9.6-26.6 38 32.4 23.3-43.0 36 35.2 25.3-46.5 13 10.1 5.6-17.4 8 5.9 2.9-11.8
75+ 74 24 31.1 20.7-43.8 26 32.7 22.2-45.2 12 17.6 9.6-30.2 4 9.3 3.3-23.7 8 9.3 4.5-18.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 132 35 21.5 14.6-30.4 48 32.1 22.9-43.0 27 23.9 15.8-34.4 9 11.6 5.7-21.9 13 10.9 6.1-18.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 310 58 16.5 12.1-22.0 94 30.3 23.3-38.5 92 29.0 22.9-36.1 29 9.9 6.4-15.0 37 14.2 9.8-20.2
Some Post-H.S. 193 31 17.4 11.2-26.0 70 37.6 28.9-47.1 56 25.6 18.5-34.4 18 10.4 5.9-17.7 18 9.0 5.2-15.2
College Graduate 195 47 21.6 16.0-28.5 63 30.9 24.0-38.8 52 31.6 24.2-40.0 22 10.8 6.9-16.6 11 5.1 2.6- 9.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 118 36 31.2 21.8-42.4 47 37.5 27.1-49.3 22 22.4 14.1-33.7 5 3.5 1.3- 9.1 8 5.4 2.3-12.0
$15,000- 24,999 159 29 22.4 14.3-33.4 55 36.6 26.2-48.4 46 22.6 15.7-31.4 14 7.9 4.1-14.7 15 10.5 5.7-18.4
$25,000- 34,999 110 18 12.3 7.2-20.3 36 35.9 24.0-49.9 32 26.0 16.5-38.6 12 14.8 7.8-26.3 12 10.9 5.8-19.8
$35,000- 49,999 111 19 16.8 10.4-26.1 37 31.0 22.0-41.7 29 26.9 18.7-37.0 16 14.8 8.2-25.0 10 10.6 5.4-19.6
$50,000-74,999 113 28 18.3 12.0-26.8 30 27.5 18.9-38.3 36 33.1 23.4-44.6 6 7.3 2.9-17.2 13 13.7 7.8-23.0
$75,000+ 109 21 18.7 11.8-28.4 35 29.4 21.0-39.4 30 27.7 19.4-37.9 13 14.9 8.5-25.0 10 9.3 4.2-19.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 284 68 23.5 17.9-30.3 92 30.9 23.8-38.9 77 28.0 22.0-34.9 26 9.1 5.9-13.8 21 8.5 5.3-13.3
No 533 99 16.2 12.8-20.4 178 33.0 27.9-38.6 150 28.5 23.8-33.8 51 11.1 8.1-15.1 55 11.0 8.1-14.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 120 17 11.9 7.0-19.5 29 24.1 16.2-34.2 36 26.8 18.7-36.9 20 19.8 12.2-30.6 18 17.4 10.5-27.4
Non-Veteran 709 155 19.9 16.5-23.9 245 34.3 29.6-39.4 190 27.8 23.7-32.4 58 8.7 6.4-11.6 61 9.2 6.9-12.3

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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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