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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

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
-New Hanover County 163 31 20.3 13.1-30.1 37 16.9 11.7-23.6 64 41.8 32.5-51.8 18 10.8 6.1-18.6 13 10.2 5.4-18.6
GENDER
Male 66 12 24.0 12.8-40.5 18 19.8 11.9-31.0 23 38.7 25.7-53.7 6 7.2 2.9-16.6 7 10.3 4.2-23.0
Female 97 19 16.0 9.7-25.2 19 13.5 8.2-21.6 41 45.4 33.2-58.2 12 15.0 7.2-28.7 6 10.1 3.9-23.7
RACE
White 148 28 19.4 12.1-29.6 34 17.8 12.2-25.3 57 42.7 32.8-53.2 17 10.7 5.8-18.8 12 9.3 4.8-17.4
Other 15 3 27.3 7.5-63.7 3 8.7 2.5-26.6 7 34.7 14.1-63.2 1 11.8 1.6-51.8 1 17.4 2.6-62.6
AGE
18-44 73 14 20.2 10.5-35.4 14 13.0 7.2-22.3 29 41.8 28.7-56.2 7 10.4 4.3-23.0 9 14.7 7.1-27.9
45+ 90 17 20.4 12.3-32.0 23 22.9 15.0-33.3 35 41.9 30.9-53.7 11 11.5 6.0-21.0 4 3.3 1.2- 8.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 30 8 24.2 10.6-46.3 5 10.9 4.1-26.1 13 46.1 25.7-67.9 1 9.1 1.3-42.6 3 9.7 2.8-28.6
Some College + 133 23 19.0 11.1-30.4 32 18.8 12.8-26.9 51 40.4 30.5-51.2 17 11.4 6.7-18.9 10 10.4 4.9-20.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 64 12 14.7 7.6-26.5 16 17.0 9.5-28.7 24 43.7 28.8-59.9 7 12.2 4.7-28.4 5 12.3 4.7-28.4
$50,000+ 75 16 20.6 12.2-32.8 16 18.4 10.9-29.3 30 45.1 32.4-58.4 9 11.8 5.5-23.4 4 4.1 1.3-12.1

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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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