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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: 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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 4,140 803 17.7 16.1-19.5 1,162 28.2 26.2-30.3 1,272 30.6 28.6-32.7 515 13.5 11.9-15.3 388 10.0 8.4-11.8
Female 7,195 1,788 25.5 24.0-27.0 2,405 33.2 31.7-34.8 1,996 27.8 26.3-29.3 616 8.1 7.2- 9.0 390 5.4 4.7- 6.3
RACE
White 9,149 2,046 21.2 19.9-22.4 2,915 31.8 30.4-33.2 2,647 28.8 27.4-30.2 905 10.6 9.5-11.7 636 7.7 6.8- 8.8
African American 1,519 372 21.7 18.9-24.6 465 27.2 24.1-30.6 439 30.8 27.4-34.5 142 10.8 8.6-13.6 101 9.5 6.8-13.1
Asian 81 19 18.6 10.9-29.8 31 36.0 23.7-50.4 19 33.0 20.3-48.7 10 11.9 4.8-26.9 2 0.5 0.1- 2.0
Native American 180 56 28.5 20.7-37.7 42 19.9 13.2-28.7 40 30.8 21.5-41.9 23 10.2 6.0-17.0 19 10.7 5.9-18.5
Other Minorities 372 92 27.4 21.0-34.8 101 29.8 23.6-36.8 116 28.6 22.8-35.2 46 11.9 8.1-17.2 17 2.4 1.3- 4.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 386 108 28.4 22.1-35.8 115 32.0 25.7-39.0 107 25.7 20.4-31.9 37 10.7 6.9-16.3 19 3.1 1.6- 5.9
-English Speaking 190 46 21.0 14.7-29.1 67 40.6 31.1-50.8 51 25.7 18.4-34.7 14 7.5 3.4-15.5 12 5.3 2.1-12.9
-Spanish Speaking 196 62 32.4 23.6-42.5 48 27.5 19.8-36.9 56 25.7 18.8-34.1 23 12.5 7.4-20.4 7 1.9 0.8- 4.4
Non-Hispanic 10,928 2,481 21.3 20.2-22.4 3,446 30.7 29.4-32.0 3,153 29.4 28.1-30.7 1,093 10.7 9.8-11.7 755 7.9 7.0- 9.0
AGE
18-24 381 86 21.4 16.6-27.1 114 27.0 21.9-32.8 101 25.1 20.1-30.9 48 14.4 10.2-19.9 32 12.1 7.9-18.2
25-34 1,243 273 19.8 17.1-22.7 401 32.8 29.4-36.4 368 29.0 25.8-32.5 116 10.5 8.3-13.2 85 7.9 5.7-10.8
35-44 1,950 425 21.1 18.8-23.6 643 31.7 29.1-34.4 567 30.3 27.7-33.1 196 10.4 8.7-12.3 119 6.6 5.2- 8.3
45-54 2,351 539 22.7 20.7-25.0 745 31.3 28.9-33.8 683 29.3 26.9-31.7 241 10.8 9.3-12.5 143 5.9 4.8- 7.2
55-64 2,409 561 22.5 20.4-24.7 776 30.8 28.5-33.1 695 31.1 28.7-33.6 221 8.7 7.4-10.2 156 6.9 5.7- 8.4
65-74 1,782 403 21.9 19.6-24.4 509 28.3 25.8-31.0 542 32.0 29.2-34.8 166 8.8 7.3-10.5 162 9.0 7.5-10.8
75+ 1,160 290 24.3 21.4-27.5 357 31.1 27.9-34.6 299 26.3 23.0-29.8 137 11.7 9.6-14.2 77 6.6 5.1- 8.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,282 363 24.8 21.1-29.0 349 25.5 21.9-29.5 316 26.3 22.5-30.5 145 12.9 10.1-16.5 109 10.4 7.4-14.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 3,189 739 21.3 19.2-23.5 935 27.4 25.1-29.9 885 27.3 25.0-29.8 344 13.6 11.5-16.0 286 10.4 8.5-12.6
Some Post-H.S. 3,036 706 21.9 19.7-24.3 973 31.7 29.2-34.3 841 28.1 25.7-30.7 302 10.3 8.7-12.2 214 8.0 6.2-10.3
College Graduate 3,817 781 20.7 19.0-22.6 1,306 34.8 32.7-36.9 1,224 32.6 30.6-34.8 337 7.8 6.8- 8.9 169 4.1 3.3- 5.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 948 293 27.8 23.6-32.4 273 27.1 22.6-32.1 220 27.1 22.5-32.2 89 9.4 6.6-13.1 73 8.7 5.9-12.6
$15,000- 24,999 1,690 432 25.3 21.9-29.0 464 26.3 23.0-29.8 450 25.5 22.3-28.9 208 12.8 10.4-15.8 136 10.2 7.0-14.5
$25,000- 34,999 1,249 282 20.8 17.7-24.3 368 27.5 24.0-31.4 344 26.7 23.2-30.6 141 14.0 11.1-17.4 114 10.9 8.2-14.5
$35,000- 49,999 1,697 334 20.1 17.5-23.0 553 32.6 29.5-35.8 516 29.2 26.3-32.3 185 11.6 9.4-14.3 109 6.5 5.0- 8.3
$50,000-74,999 1,800 420 21.4 18.9-24.0 560 29.8 26.9-33.0 534 29.1 26.1-32.4 168 11.0 8.8-13.8 118 8.6 6.3-11.7
$75,000+ 2,611 501 18.2 16.3-20.3 906 33.9 31.4-36.4 869 35.1 32.6-37.8 215 8.8 7.2-10.7 120 4.0 3.1- 5.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 3,506 961 25.5 23.5-27.7 1,035 29.6 27.3-32.0 884 24.7 22.7-26.8 365 10.8 9.4-12.3 261 9.4 7.5-11.8
No 7,553 1,567 20.4 19.0-21.8 2,464 31.5 30.0-33.1 2,299 30.8 29.2-32.4 730 10.4 9.3-11.6 493 6.9 6.0- 8.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,696 313 16.0 13.8-18.4 444 24.6 21.9-27.5 553 33.2 30.1-36.5 211 13.5 11.3-16.1 175 12.7 9.8-16.2
Non-Veteran 9,637 2,278 22.6 21.4-23.9 3,122 31.8 30.4-33.2 2,714 28.5 27.2-29.9 920 10.3 9.3-11.3 603 6.8 5.9- 7.9

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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.

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