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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

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
-New Hanover County 356 58 14.4 10.9-18.9 132 38.9 32.8-45.4 116 32.8 27.1-39.1 29 6.9 4.6-10.3 21 6.9 4.0-11.7
GENDER
Male 118 16 12.5 7.4-20.2 44 42.1 31.9-53.1 42 31.3 22.5-41.7 10 7.0 3.6-13.2 6 7.1 2.7-17.6
Female 238 42 16.2 11.7-21.9 88 36.1 29.3-43.6 74 34.2 27.1-42.0 19 6.9 4.2-11.2 15 6.7 3.8-11.5
RACE
White 308 49 13.8 10.1-18.6 114 39.3 32.7-46.2 100 32.6 26.7-39.2 25 6.5 4.2-10.0 20 7.7 4.4-13.3
Other 48 9 17.8 8.9-32.5 18 37.0 21.5-55.6 16 33.9 18.6-53.6 4 9.0 3.1-23.8 1 2.3 0.3-14.6
AGE
18-44 118 23 14.8 9.4-22.6 45 42.8 32.2-54.1 36 28.7 19.9-39.5 6 5.1 2.2-11.1 8 8.6 3.6-19.0
45+ 237 35 14.2 10.0-19.8 86 35.3 28.9-42.4 80 36.5 29.6-44.0 23 8.5 5.4-13.2 13 5.4 3.0- 9.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 106 15 12.2 6.8-21.2 40 40.0 28.5-52.7 36 36.0 25.0-48.7 7 3.7 1.6- 8.4 8 8.1 3.5-17.7
Some College + 250 43 15.6 11.4-21.0 92 38.4 31.5-45.8 80 31.1 25.0-38.1 22 8.7 5.5-13.5 13 6.2 3.0-12.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 170 34 17.3 11.8-24.7 58 38.2 29.0-48.4 57 31.4 23.7-40.2 12 5.2 2.6-10.1 9 7.9 3.2-18.2
$50,000+ 139 19 13.2 8.2-20.4 51 36.8 28.2-46.4 48 35.6 26.8-45.5 13 9.1 5.1-15.7 8 5.3 2.6-10.8

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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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