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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 203 38 18.2 12.6-25.4 48 19.9 14.5-26.8 81 43.1 34.4-52.2 19 9.7 5.8-15.7 17 9.2 5.4-15.1
GENDER
Male 92 17 20.4 12.3-31.9 17 14.7 8.7-23.8 40 42.7 31.8-54.2 9 11.2 5.5-21.6 9 11.0 5.4-21.0
Female 111 21 15.6 9.4-24.7 31 25.9 17.1-37.2 41 43.6 30.3-57.8 10 8.0 4.1-14.9 8 7.0 3.3-14.3
RACE
White 180 32 15.9 10.7-23.2 40 20.1 14.2-27.6 76 44.9 35.6-54.6 19 11.2 6.7-18.0 13 7.8 4.2-14.2
Other 22 6 33.1 14.5-59.2 7 17.2 7.1-36.1 5 31.7 12.8-59.4 0 0.0 . - . 4 18.0 6.5-40.8
AGE
18-44 93 16 16.9 9.7-28.0 21 17.9 10.9-28.2 38 46.3 33.4-59.7 10 10.3 5.0-20.1 8 8.5 4.0-17.0
45+ 108 22 20.4 13.1-30.4 27 23.3 15.8-32.9 41 36.8 27.5-47.3 9 9.1 4.7-17.2 9 10.3 4.9-20.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 26 8 29.1 12.9-53.2 6 23.3 9.3-47.5 8 34.6 16.7-58.3 1 3.5 0.5-21.5 3 9.4 2.9-27.0
Some College + 176 30 15.9 10.7-23.1 42 19.3 13.9-26.2 72 44.5 35.1-54.4 18 11.1 6.6-18.2 14 9.1 5.1-15.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 64 19 27.3 15.8-42.9 12 12.2 6.2-22.6 20 39.4 22.4-59.5 7 12.1 5.2-25.6 6 9.0 3.5-21.3
$50,000+ 113 16 14.8 8.6-24.4 27 21.1 14.4-30.0 51 45.8 35.9-56.0 9 8.1 3.8-16.5 10 10.2 5.2-18.9

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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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