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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 203 21 8.2 5.0-13.0 62 34.1 25.7-43.6 75 36.1 28.6-44.5 29 13.8 9.1-20.5 16 7.8 4.3-13.5
GENDER
Male 92 8 7.4 3.4-15.3 22 25.6 16.7-37.0 35 37.3 27.0-48.9 16 17.7 10.4-28.7 11 12.0 6.1-22.0
Female 111 13 9.0 4.9-16.0 40 43.9 30.6-58.0 40 34.8 24.4-46.9 13 9.4 5.0-16.9 5 3.0 1.1- 7.4
RACE
White 180 18 7.6 4.6-12.4 54 35.0 25.8-45.4 69 37.4 29.3-46.4 25 12.0 7.8-18.1 14 8.0 4.3-14.4
Other 22 3 12.0 3.1-36.7 8 29.0 13.1-52.6 6 28.2 11.8-53.4 4 26.1 9.0-55.7 1 4.7 0.7-27.4
AGE
18-44 93 13 10.0 5.4-17.8 35 42.3 29.6-56.1 33 34.1 23.6-46.5 11 11.3 5.6-21.7 1 2.2 0.3-14.2
45+ 108 8 5.9 2.7-12.5 26 21.9 14.8-31.2 42 40.1 30.3-50.7 17 16.5 9.9-26.0 15 15.7 9.0-25.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 26 1 2.2 0.3-14.3 12 40.1 21.6-62.0 5 23.6 8.8-49.6 4 16.7 5.0-43.5 4 17.4 6.1-40.6
Some College + 176 20 9.5 5.8-15.2 50 33.0 23.7-43.9 70 39.1 30.7-48.1 24 12.7 8.1-19.2 12 5.8 2.9-11.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 64 9 9.8 4.4-20.7 23 46.9 29.8-64.7 14 21.9 11.8-37.0 11 14.9 6.7-29.8 7 6.5 2.8-14.6
$50,000+ 113 12 8.8 4.8-15.5 31 25.5 17.8-35.0 51 46.9 36.9-57.2 13 12.3 7.0-20.8 6 6.5 2.7-15.1

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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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