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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange County

Physical Activity

On days when you do moderate 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 12,901 2,663 19.2 18.3-20.1 4,407 33.2 32.1-34.4 3,804 30.6 29.5-31.7 1,189 10.0 9.3-10.7 838 7.1 6.5- 7.7
-Orange County 352 71 18.0 13.9-23.0 124 36.2 29.9-43.0 116 33.4 27.6-39.7 24 7.8 5.0-12.1 17 4.6 2.7- 7.7
GENDER
Male 126 27 20.5 13.9-29.3 30 24.8 17.4-33.9 49 37.1 28.1-47.1 13 11.7 6.6-19.9 7 5.9 2.8-12.2
Female 226 44 15.9 11.4-21.7 94 45.9 37.1-54.9 67 30.2 23.2-38.3 11 4.6 2.3- 8.8 10 3.5 1.7- 6.9
RACE
White 304 60 18.0 13.6-23.4 106 37.2 30.3-44.7 100 31.6 25.7-38.3 22 8.4 5.2-13.1 16 4.8 2.7- 8.2
Other 46 10 17.6 8.1-34.0 17 27.8 16.2-43.6 16 46.8 29.9-64.4 2 4.3 0.9-18.1 1 3.4 0.5-20.8
AGE
18-44 141 24 14.9 9.5-22.5 62 43.6 33.6-54.2 43 34.0 25.2-44.0 7 4.7 1.9-11.0 5 2.8 1.1- 6.8
45+ 208 46 21.0 15.5-27.7 61 27.7 21.5-34.9 73 33.6 26.8-41.2 16 10.9 6.5-17.9 12 6.8 3.5-12.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 60 14 19.6 10.6-33.2 21 30.8 19.4-45.0 17 30.3 17.2-47.8 4 11.5 4.1-28.3 4 7.9 2.9-19.8
Some College + 291 57 17.7 13.3-23.3 103 37.6 30.4-45.3 99 34.2 28.0-41.1 19 6.6 4.0-10.8 13 3.9 2.1- 7.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 128 24 15.1 9.2-23.6 48 40.6 28.5-54.0 43 36.6 26.0-48.6 6 4.0 1.6- 9.6 7 3.8 1.6- 8.7
$50,000+ 175 37 18.1 13.0-24.7 59 34.0 26.7-42.2 59 32.8 25.5-41.0 12 10.0 5.6-17.5 8 5.0 2.4-10.4

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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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