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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Pitt 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
-Pitt County 163 42 24.2 17.2-32.9 35 24.1 17.0-32.9 51 34.0 25.8-43.2 20 11.6 6.9-18.8 15 6.1 3.5-10.6
GENDER
Male 78 20 25.7 16.1-38.5 19 26.9 17.3-39.4 26 33.5 22.8-46.3 9 11.2 5.6-21.2 4 2.6 0.9- 7.6
Female 85 22 21.8 14.0-32.4 16 19.4 11.1-31.7 25 34.6 23.4-47.9 11 12.3 5.6-24.8 11 11.9 6.2-21.6
RACE
White 120 31 22.6 15.5-31.7 20 18.3 11.3-28.1 40 37.2 27.5-48.1 16 14.3 8.2-23.7 13 7.7 4.2-13.6
Other 43 11 28.5 13.8-49.8 15 39.3 23.3-58.0 11 25.4 13.3-43.1 4 4.7 1.3-15.1 2 2.1 0.5- 8.8
AGE
18-44 90 21 20.5 12.3-32.4 19 23.1 14.4-34.9 34 39.9 28.7-52.2 8 10.2 4.7-20.7 8 6.2 2.9-12.8
45+ 73 21 31.2 20.2-44.7 16 25.9 15.5-39.9 17 22.8 13.7-35.4 12 14.3 7.5-25.6 7 5.9 2.6-12.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 40 14 40.9 23.9-60.5 14 35.1 19.7-54.3 9 19.1 9.1-35.7 2 3.5 0.7-16.0 1 1.4 0.2- 9.5
Some College + 123 28 18.1 12.0-26.5 21 20.1 12.8-30.0 42 39.4 29.6-50.2 18 14.6 8.5-23.8 14 7.8 4.3-13.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 77 18 21.5 12.6-34.2 18 20.5 12.3-32.3 28 47.5 34.3-61.1 5 5.2 1.9-13.9 8 5.2 2.4-10.9
$50,000+ 74 20 22.8 14.3-34.2 12 24.7 14.2-39.4 22 28.2 18.4-40.5 13 15.8 8.4-27.9 7 8.6 3.9-17.8

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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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