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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Pitt 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
-Pitt County 163 27 16.6 10.8-24.5 40 21.2 15.1-29.0 60 36.4 28.2-45.5 17 12.3 7.0-20.8 19 13.4 7.9-21.8
GENDER
Male 78 13 18.9 10.9-30.8 15 18.0 10.7-28.8 30 34.4 23.9-46.6 10 15.7 8.0-28.6 10 13.0 6.2-25.2
Female 85 14 12.7 7.2-21.4 25 26.6 17.4-38.3 30 39.7 27.8-53.0 7 6.8 3.0-14.4 9 14.3 6.9-27.3
RACE
White 120 16 13.5 7.8-22.4 31 22.2 15.1-31.4 47 37.2 27.8-47.5 11 11.1 6.0-19.8 15 16.0 9.0-26.8
Other 43 11 24.6 12.3-43.1 9 18.7 8.9-34.9 13 34.5 19.4-53.5 6 15.5 4.9-39.6 4 6.8 2.3-18.7
AGE
18-44 90 15 14.1 7.8-24.1 27 25.9 17.3-36.8 32 36.1 25.5-48.3 9 12.8 6.0-25.2 7 11.1 4.8-23.4
45+ 73 12 21.2 11.5-35.7 13 12.5 6.8-21.7 28 37.0 25.5-50.2 8 11.4 5.3-22.8 12 17.9 9.6-30.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 40 7 19.9 8.8-39.3 9 15.5 7.4-29.9 9 22.1 10.2-41.4 5 17.7 6.0-42.2 10 24.7 12.7-42.6
Some College + 123 20 15.3 9.3-24.2 31 23.3 15.9-32.8 51 41.7 32.0-52.1 12 10.4 5.6-18.5 9 9.3 4.0-20.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 77 15 20.1 11.2-33.4 23 27.9 17.9-40.7 26 31.1 20.3-44.4 7 9.1 3.7-20.6 6 11.8 4.5-27.3
$50,000+ 74 10 12.3 6.1-23.2 15 17.0 9.6-28.1 30 45.1 32.7-58.1 8 12.2 6.0-23.2 11 13.5 6.8-24.9

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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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