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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Onslow 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
-Onslow County 181 35 14.0 9.4-20.2 31 16.2 10.3-24.5 72 38.9 30.3-48.3 29 16.7 11.1-24.5 14 14.2 6.5-28.3
GENDER
Male 94 16 9.3 5.3-15.8 12 12.8 6.0-25.3 37 38.6 27.2-51.6 18 19.2 11.5-30.4 11 20.0 8.9-39.1
Female 87 19 23.1 14.0-35.6 19 22.8 14.5-34.1 35 39.4 28.7-51.3 11 11.8 6.3-21.2 3 2.9 0.8- 9.3
RACE
White 151 30 14.0 9.1-21.0 26 16.8 10.3-26.3 60 37.9 28.5-48.2 22 15.1 9.4-23.3 13 16.2 7.4-32.0
Other 30 5 13.5 5.5-29.7 5 12.3 4.5-29.4 12 45.5 26.8-65.6 7 27.1 11.9-50.4 1 1.7 0.2-11.2
AGE
18-44 112 15 10.0 5.6-17.3 17 15.6 8.7-26.4 49 39.2 28.8-50.8 21 18.4 11.4-28.2 10 16.8 7.2-34.4
45+ 69 20 27.0 17.2-39.7 14 18.1 10.6-29.2 23 37.9 25.6-52.1 8 11.4 5.6-21.9 4 5.6 1.7-16.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 71 16 13.3 7.1-23.5 9 12.0 5.4-24.6 25 35.5 22.5-51.1 17 24.3 14.1-38.7 4 14.9 3.4-46.4
Some College + 110 19 14.5 8.8-23.1 22 19.8 11.6-31.8 47 41.9 31.4-53.1 12 10.2 5.2-18.9 10 13.6 6.8-25.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 105 27 17.8 11.4-26.5 16 17.6 9.3-30.7 41 35.9 26.0-47.2 13 17.5 9.9-29.2 8 11.2 5.1-22.9
$50,000+ 61 7 9.8 4.5-20.0 11 14.7 7.8-25.8 24 45.7 32.2-59.9 14 21.3 12.3-34.5 5 8.5 3.2-20.6

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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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