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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange County

Physical Activity

How many days per week do you do these moderate 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 13,333 684 5.0 4.6- 5.6 1,650 12.2 11.5-13.0 4,496 34.3 33.2-35.4 2,478 18.5 17.6-19.4 4,025 29.9 28.9-31.0
-Orange County 355 6 2.2 0.8- 5.5 52 11.9 8.7-16.1 110 30.4 25.0-36.4 78 23.0 18.1-28.7 109 32.5 26.2-39.4
GENDER
Male 128 3 3.8 1.2-11.3 14 9.8 5.6-16.7 42 31.4 23.3-40.8 32 25.9 18.2-35.5 37 29.1 21.1-38.5
Female 227 3 0.8 0.2- 2.7 38 13.7 9.4-19.5 68 29.6 22.8-37.5 46 20.4 14.9-27.4 72 35.4 26.6-45.4
RACE
White 306 4 1.3 0.4- 4.6 41 12.0 8.5-16.7 92 28.1 22.7-34.4 74 25.3 19.9-31.6 95 33.3 26.5-40.9
Other 47 2 8.0 2.0-27.4 11 12.2 6.2-22.5 17 44.1 27.8-61.7 4 8.6 2.5-25.8 13 27.1 14.9-44.1
AGE
18-44 141 1 1.2 0.2- 8.2 18 10.0 5.9-16.4 41 29.2 21.2-38.7 41 28.7 20.8-38.2 40 30.9 21.3-42.5
45+ 211 5 3.3 1.1- 9.3 33 13.4 9.2-19.1 68 31.9 25.3-39.3 37 17.0 12.1-23.3 68 34.4 27.4-42.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 61 1 3.6 0.5-21.2 11 12.9 6.4-24.1 19 38.4 24.4-54.5 7 11.0 4.8-23.2 23 34.2 21.5-49.6
Some College + 293 5 1.9 0.6- 5.4 41 11.8 8.3-16.5 91 28.8 23.2-35.1 71 25.7 20.1-32.3 85 31.8 24.8-39.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 131 4 2.9 0.8- 9.9 23 12.9 7.9-20.5 34 24.4 16.3-34.9 33 27.6 18.8-38.7 37 32.1 20.4-46.7
$50,000+ 175 2 2.2 0.5- 8.6 20 10.3 6.4-16.1 64 34.6 27.3-42.7 34 19.3 13.6-26.7 55 33.6 26.2-42.0

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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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