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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern 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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  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 11,335 2,591 21.7 20.6-22.9 3,567 30.8 29.5-32.1 3,268 29.2 27.9-30.5 1,131 10.7 9.8-11.7 778 7.6 6.8- 8.6
-Eastern NC 3,592 781 21.1 19.2-23.2 1,146 30.2 28.2-32.4 1,020 28.3 26.1-30.5 383 11.2 9.7-12.9 262 9.2 7.5-11.1
GENDER
Male 1,236 238 18.3 15.4-21.6 352 26.2 23.0-29.6 372 30.1 26.5-33.9 155 13.3 10.8-16.4 119 12.1 9.1-15.9
Female 2,356 543 23.8 21.4-26.5 794 34.2 31.7-36.8 648 26.5 24.2-29.0 228 9.1 7.7-10.8 143 6.4 5.2- 7.8
RACE
White 2,540 511 19.2 17.0-21.7 823 30.8 28.3-33.5 749 29.9 27.3-32.7 265 10.6 8.8-12.6 192 9.4 7.5-11.8
African American 756 188 23.3 19.4-27.7 236 28.8 24.7-33.3 207 25.9 21.9-30.4 78 11.9 9.1-15.3 47 10.2 6.4-15.8
Other Minorities 280 80 29.9 22.3-38.8 80 28.6 21.8-36.6 62 22.4 16.4-29.9 38 14.1 8.9-21.5 20 4.9 2.8- 8.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 138 38 30.6 20.3-43.4 40 29.1 20.0-40.2 38 23.0 15.2-33.1 16 12.5 6.2-23.6 6 4.7 1.4-14.7
Non-Hispanic 3,446 742 20.6 18.6-22.6 1,103 30.3 28.2-32.5 980 28.6 26.4-30.9 367 11.1 9.6-12.8 254 9.4 7.7-11.5
AGE
18-24 125 28 22.4 14.9-32.4 37 22.1 15.3-30.9 35 29.1 20.3-39.9 13 10.8 5.5-20.1 12 15.5 8.1-27.6
25-34 451 93 19.6 15.2-25.0 139 29.9 24.7-35.7 139 29.8 24.7-35.5 44 9.8 6.6-14.1 36 10.9 7.3-16.1
35-44 620 116 19.7 15.6-24.7 222 35.1 30.6-39.9 175 26.8 22.8-31.3 71 12.6 9.7-16.2 36 5.7 3.9- 8.3
45-54 743 173 22.8 19.3-26.7 229 29.6 25.8-33.7 218 27.9 24.2-31.9 79 13.0 10.1-16.5 44 6.8 4.7- 9.6
55-64 758 169 20.6 17.5-24.2 257 33.3 29.4-37.4 211 28.6 24.9-32.6 71 9.9 7.6-12.7 50 7.6 5.6-10.3
65-74 542 116 20.4 16.8-24.6 153 29.6 25.2-34.5 159 30.4 26.0-35.3 59 9.3 6.9-12.5 55 10.2 7.6-13.6
75+ 334 82 24.8 19.6-30.9 101 30.1 24.6-36.2 79 23.5 18.7-29.1 45 12.5 8.9-17.3 27 9.0 5.9-13.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 434 128 27.7 21.0-35.5 123 27.4 21.3-34.6 91 21.3 15.9-27.8 55 12.1 8.5-16.9 37 11.5 6.5-19.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,094 232 20.6 17.3-24.3 319 26.7 23.2-30.4 306 27.4 23.6-31.4 129 14.2 10.8-18.3 108 11.3 8.3-15.0
Some Post-H.S. 990 212 20.4 16.8-24.5 343 33.0 28.9-37.3 271 28.0 23.7-32.8 99 9.9 7.8-12.5 65 8.7 5.6-13.3
College Graduate 1,070 209 19.6 16.7-22.9 360 32.9 29.5-36.6 352 33.0 29.5-36.6 97 8.4 6.6-10.6 52 6.0 4.3- 8.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 339 102 27.9 21.6-35.2 104 25.9 19.7-33.3 69 21.9 15.9-29.4 37 12.2 7.0-20.4 27 12.2 6.1-22.9
$15,000- 24,999 567 147 25.6 19.8-32.5 165 31.6 25.8-38.0 147 22.8 18.2-28.1 74 12.2 9.0-16.4 34 7.7 3.7-15.4
$25,000- 34,999 447 100 19.7 15.3-25.1 126 27.0 21.7-33.1 125 25.0 19.8-31.0 52 12.2 8.7-16.9 44 16.0 10.2-24.3
$35,000- 49,999 535 97 18.0 14.0-23.0 172 32.4 27.1-38.1 174 32.7 27.3-38.7 56 10.7 7.7-14.5 36 6.2 4.1- 9.2
$50,000-74,999 572 128 23.5 18.9-28.8 189 29.5 24.8-34.5 152 25.4 20.9-30.4 57 11.7 7.5-17.8 46 10.0 6.6-14.8
$75,000+ 712 122 15.2 12.4-18.6 257 33.7 29.3-38.4 242 37.5 32.4-42.9 56 8.7 6.4-11.8 35 4.9 3.3- 7.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,169 314 25.3 21.9-29.1 350 27.4 24.0-31.1 288 24.2 20.9-27.7 132 12.3 9.9-15.2 85 10.8 7.3-15.7
No 2,333 449 19.7 17.3-22.3 772 32.0 29.4-34.7 702 29.7 27.0-32.5 238 10.3 8.7-12.2 172 8.4 6.7-10.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 604 96 15.1 11.8-19.0 180 26.4 22.2-31.0 190 31.9 27.2-36.9 76 13.3 10.2-17.3 62 13.3 8.9-19.5
Non-Veteran 2,987 685 22.5 20.2-24.9 965 31.1 28.7-33.5 830 27.5 25.1-30.0 307 10.7 9.1-12.6 200 8.3 6.6-10.3

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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.

** 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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