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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

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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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
-Western NC 1,525 298 17.6 15.4-19.9 502 31.0 28.0-34.1 462 31.4 28.4-34.6 155 11.7 9.6-14.1 108 8.3 6.3-10.9
GENDER
Male 542 85 12.4 9.7-15.7 147 25.6 21.1-30.7 173 33.4 28.3-38.8 85 17.3 13.4-22.0 52 11.3 7.7-16.4
Female 983 213 22.0 19.0-25.4 355 35.5 31.7-39.5 289 29.8 26.3-33.5 70 6.9 5.2- 8.9 56 5.8 4.2- 8.0
RACE
White 1,391 271 17.6 15.4-20.1 464 31.3 28.3-34.6 413 30.6 27.5-33.9 143 11.6 9.6-14.1 100 8.7 6.6-11.5
African American 55 10 11.4 5.4-22.7 13 28.7 11.6-55.1 22 39.8 22.7-59.8 6 14.1 4.6-35.7 4 6.0 2.1-15.9
Other Minorities 79 17 20.7 11.4-34.7 25 26.6 15.8-41.0 27 37.8 23.7-54.2 6 10.9 3.1-32.2 4 4.1 1.3-12.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 38 5 14.0 5.2-32.8 14 28.3 14.5-47.8 11 22.6 9.3-45.5 6 31.2 13.4-57.2 2 3.8 0.8-16.0
Non-Hispanic 1,487 293 17.7 15.5-20.1 488 31.1 28.0-34.3 451 31.8 28.8-35.1 149 10.8 9.0-13.0 106 8.6 6.5-11.2
AGE
18-24 76 11 8.9 4.5-16.8 19 29.5 17.5-45.1 28 35.7 23.6-50.0 13 15.4 8.0-27.7 5 10.5 3.1-30.6
25-34 214 33 15.6 10.7-22.1 79 31.9 25.2-39.4 70 34.9 27.5-43.1 19 9.2 5.5-15.0 13 8.4 4.6-14.7
35-44 251 52 19.9 14.8-26.2 75 29.2 22.9-36.3 79 28.3 22.2-35.3 31 16.5 10.9-24.2 14 6.1 3.2-11.3
45-54 285 55 20.1 15.0-26.3 115 38.4 32.1-45.2 77 29.0 22.8-36.1 21 6.5 4.0-10.5 17 5.9 3.5- 9.8
55-64 292 66 20.5 15.7-26.3 89 29.7 23.7-36.4 81 27.7 22.1-34.1 30 11.6 7.9-16.8 26 10.5 6.9-15.6
65-74 225 41 17.9 13.0-24.2 70 26.8 20.9-33.7 73 31.6 25.1-38.9 25 14.7 9.9-21.3 16 9.0 5.2-15.0
75+ 177 39 20.3 14.5-27.8 54 27.8 21.0-35.9 52 34.3 26.4-43.2 16 8.6 4.9-14.5 16 9.0 5.3-14.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 216 51 18.3 12.8-25.3 66 30.6 22.3-40.4 55 23.5 17.0-31.6 28 16.7 10.1-26.4 16 10.9 4.3-25.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 463 88 18.1 14.2-22.8 143 28.2 23.2-33.8 143 32.3 26.7-38.5 49 12.5 8.9-17.3 40 8.9 6.1-12.8
Some Post-H.S. 379 73 16.4 12.5-21.2 129 32.9 26.8-39.7 112 31.6 25.7-38.1 36 9.9 6.9-14.2 29 9.1 5.8-14.1
College Graduate 462 85 17.5 14.0-21.8 161 32.4 27.6-37.6 152 35.2 30.0-40.8 41 9.3 6.6-13.0 23 5.6 3.6- 8.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 185 54 29.9 22.0-39.2 58 25.3 18.8-33.1 49 31.4 22.5-41.8 18 9.3 5.6-14.8 6 4.2 1.6-10.3
$15,000- 24,999 306 71 20.8 15.7-27.0 92 27.8 21.7-34.9 77 27.0 20.4-34.8 36 15.0 9.7-22.5 30 9.4 5.8-14.7
$25,000- 34,999 204 37 15.5 10.5-22.3 61 26.6 20.1-34.3 73 38.9 30.5-47.9 22 13.1 8.1-20.4 11 5.9 3.1-10.9
$35,000- 49,999 252 36 14.0 9.7-19.8 94 34.4 27.7-41.9 78 29.9 23.6-37.2 28 13.0 8.5-19.4 16 8.6 4.9-14.8
$50,000-74,999 187 30 13.8 9.1-20.4 66 31.3 23.4-40.4 58 29.0 21.4-38.0 20 12.7 7.8-19.9 13 13.2 5.4-29.0
$75,000+ 198 29 13.4 9.2-19.1 72 37.2 29.3-45.9 69 36.9 29.3-45.2 14 6.7 3.8-11.5 14 5.9 3.2-10.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 432 101 20.1 16.0-25.0 145 32.5 26.6-39.1 127 31.5 25.8-37.9 36 10.5 6.9-15.7 23 5.3 3.3- 8.6
No 1,069 188 16.5 14.0-19.3 352 30.7 27.2-34.4 331 31.7 28.1-35.5 114 11.9 9.5-14.8 84 9.3 6.8-12.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 207 31 11.4 7.6-16.8 60 29.4 22.5-37.4 65 30.4 23.6-38.1 35 19.0 13.3-26.4 16 9.8 5.7-16.4
Non-Veteran 1,318 267 18.5 16.1-21.1 442 31.2 27.9-34.6 397 31.6 28.3-35.1 120 10.6 8.5-13.3 92 8.1 6.0-11.0

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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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