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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Onslow 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
-Onslow County 179 15 6.7 3.8-11.7 45 22.8 16.4-30.7 66 41.3 31.5-51.8 32 20.3 13.3-29.6 21 9.0 5.5-14.4
GENDER
Male 92 4 2.7 1.0- 7.4 21 18.7 11.4-29.2 37 45.5 32.2-59.5 20 24.8 14.9-38.2 10 8.3 4.1-16.0
Female 87 11 14.5 7.5-26.0 24 30.7 20.8-42.8 29 33.0 22.9-45.1 12 11.5 6.2-20.3 11 10.3 5.5-18.6
RACE
White 150 12 7.0 3.8-12.7 36 20.7 14.3-29.2 56 41.8 31.1-53.5 27 21.1 13.3-31.7 19 9.3 5.5-15.4
Other 29 3 4.9 1.3-17.1 9 35.6 18.3-57.6 10 37.8 20.5-59.0 5 15.3 6.0-33.6 2 6.5 1.5-23.9
AGE
18-44 112 12 7.6 4.0-13.9 28 22.6 15.1-32.5 47 45.1 33.2-57.7 18 19.3 11.2-31.1 7 5.4 2.4-11.9
45+ 67 3 3.9 1.1-12.3 17 23.2 14.0-35.9 19 28.4 18.0-41.8 14 23.6 13.5-38.1 14 20.9 12.1-33.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 70 5 5.2 2.1-12.5 14 18.1 9.8-30.9 29 49.7 33.5-66.0 11 18.0 9.1-32.4 11 9.0 4.3-17.9
Some College + 109 10 8.0 3.9-15.9 31 26.8 18.4-37.3 37 34.1 24.5-45.2 21 22.2 13.0-35.3 10 8.9 4.5-16.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 104 6 5.9 2.4-13.8 20 18.5 11.4-28.7 35 34.6 24.4-46.5 24 26.5 16.7-39.5 19 14.3 8.5-23.1
$50,000+ 60 9 11.8 5.9-22.4 20 30.5 19.5-44.2 23 43.7 30.3-58.0 7 12.6 5.4-26.4 1 1.5 0.2- 9.7

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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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