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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

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
-New Hanover County 162 14 5.9 3.3-10.5 43 30.8 21.8-41.5 69 42.2 33.0-52.0 27 16.0 10.4-23.9 9 5.0 2.5-10.0
GENDER
Male 66 4 4.6 1.6-12.6 15 31.7 18.7-48.2 31 46.2 32.4-60.6 10 10.0 5.0-19.2 6 7.4 3.2-16.4
Female 96 10 7.5 3.8-14.1 28 29.7 19.1-43.1 38 37.5 26.2-50.4 17 23.0 13.6-36.3 3 2.2 0.7- 7.1
RACE
White 147 13 5.7 3.1-10.2 38 30.8 21.4-42.2 65 44.7 34.8-55.0 23 13.6 8.5-21.0 8 5.2 2.4-10.7
Other 15 1 7.9 1.1-40.3 5 30.2 9.3-64.6 4 21.8 6.4-53.2 4 36.2 12.8-68.7 1 3.9 0.5-24.1
AGE
18-44 72 6 5.6 2.4-12.8 23 38.1 24.8-53.4 32 40.3 27.5-54.5 8 12.3 5.7-24.4 3 3.8 1.2-11.6
45+ 90 8 6.5 3.1-13.1 20 19.6 12.5-29.5 37 45.2 33.9-57.0 19 21.8 13.7-32.9 6 7.0 3.0-15.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 30 3 4.3 1.2-13.9 10 41.0 21.8-63.5 10 40.4 21.0-63.2 5 11.3 4.0-27.8 2 3.0 0.7-11.9
Some College + 132 11 6.5 3.3-12.2 33 27.3 17.8-39.5 59 42.8 32.8-53.5 22 17.7 11.0-27.2 7 5.7 2.6-12.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 63 6 4.4 1.8-10.2 14 25.0 13.2-42.3 28 48.0 32.6-63.8 12 18.4 9.6-32.2 3 4.2 1.2-14.0
$50,000+ 75 8 10.2 4.9-20.2 19 29.3 18.0-43.9 34 43.4 31.2-56.4 9 10.6 5.3-20.2 5 6.4 2.5-15.5

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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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