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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 5,335 818 15.7 14.2-17.3 1,353 25.0 23.3-26.7 1,871 33.9 32.0-35.9 799 15.5 14.0-17.1 494 9.9 8.6-11.4
GENDER
Male 2,493 354 14.1 12.1-16.3 589 22.7 20.4-25.1 817 32.2 29.6-35.0 446 18.5 16.3-21.0 287 12.5 10.4-14.9
Female 2,842 464 18.1 15.9-20.4 764 28.4 26.0-30.9 1,054 36.5 34.0-39.1 353 11.0 9.5-12.6 207 6.1 5.0- 7.3
RACE
White 4,287 645 15.3 13.7-17.1 1,122 26.6 24.7-28.6 1,506 33.8 31.8-35.9 637 15.0 13.4-16.7 377 9.3 7.8-11.1
African American 678 102 13.8 10.6-17.7 158 22.3 18.1-27.2 242 34.9 29.5-40.7 102 15.8 12.2-20.2 74 13.2 9.5-18.0
Asian 37 9 20.8 9.7-39.4 6 20.4 8.6-41.1 13 40.5 23.2-60.6 7 16.5 7.2-33.5 2 1.7 0.4- 7.1
Native American 94 15 17.1 8.9-30.3 19 16.4 9.2-27.6 26 25.8 16.0-38.9 16 16.5 9.2-27.7 18 24.1 14.3-37.7
Other Minorities 220 45 22.6 15.4-31.8 43 17.9 12.4-25.2 79 34.1 25.8-43.5 35 19.5 12.1-30.0 18 5.8 3.2-10.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 208 43 23.7 16.1-33.4 44 18.9 13.2-26.2 76 36.6 28.1-46.2 32 16.2 10.3-24.6 13 4.6 2.2- 9.2
-English Speaking 98 15 14.3 7.7-24.8 18 16.5 9.4-27.2 43 49.8 36.4-63.3 14 11.2 6.1-19.7 8 8.2 3.2-19.6
-Spanish Speaking 110 28 27.9 17.7-40.9 26 19.9 12.7-29.9 33 30.7 20.8-42.9 18 18.5 10.6-30.1 5 3.0 1.0- 8.6
Non-Hispanic 5,118 774 15.1 13.6-16.6 1,308 25.5 23.7-27.3 1,792 33.7 31.8-35.7 766 15.4 13.9-17.1 478 10.3 8.9-11.9
AGE
18-24 277 48 19.4 14.1-26.1 76 21.5 16.4-27.8 78 24.9 19.4-31.4 49 19.7 14.1-26.9 26 14.4 9.2-21.9
25-34 741 116 14.5 11.5-18.0 222 28.5 24.5-32.8 272 37.3 32.6-42.2 75 11.9 9.0-15.5 56 7.9 5.6-10.9
35-44 1,183 168 15.0 12.4-18.1 313 26.3 23.2-29.6 445 37.3 33.7-41.0 169 14.2 12.0-16.8 88 7.1 5.5- 9.2
45-54 1,172 180 15.7 13.2-18.5 262 22.2 19.2-25.5 433 35.1 31.8-38.6 191 17.5 14.8-20.5 106 9.6 7.4-12.3
55-64 1,002 153 14.6 12.1-17.5 274 27.6 24.1-31.3 345 34.3 30.7-38.2 144 13.9 11.3-16.9 86 9.6 7.5-12.3
65-74 653 106 15.0 12.0-18.6 148 21.9 18.3-26.0 198 30.8 26.6-35.4 110 17.5 14.2-21.4 91 14.7 11.7-18.3
75+ 281 43 15.3 10.8-21.1 52 18.8 13.8-25.2 93 30.9 24.7-37.8 56 21.5 16.0-28.1 37 13.6 9.5-19.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 452 76 19.4 13.9-26.5 94 17.6 12.9-23.5 120 27.5 21.5-34.4 90 19.2 14.3-25.4 72 16.2 10.8-23.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,325 216 17.3 14.2-21.0 276 21.5 18.3-25.1 434 29.2 25.8-32.9 239 18.4 15.3-21.9 160 13.6 10.5-17.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,448 224 15.8 13.1-18.9 363 23.1 20.0-26.5 499 35.7 31.8-39.8 217 15.3 12.6-18.4 145 10.1 7.8-13.0
College Graduate 2,106 302 13.3 11.5-15.5 619 31.0 28.3-33.8 817 37.8 34.9-40.8 253 12.6 10.3-15.3 115 5.2 4.1- 6.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 270 47 12.6 8.5-18.4 57 19.5 13.3-27.9 82 33.8 24.5-44.6 52 23.6 15.3-34.5 32 10.5 5.8-18.1
$15,000- 24,999 653 107 19.7 14.7-25.9 135 17.6 13.9-22.0 204 28.2 22.5-34.6 126 18.9 14.8-23.7 81 15.7 10.5-22.7
$25,000- 34,999 556 92 15.0 11.2-19.7 123 20.8 16.2-26.3 178 34.3 28.4-40.8 98 17.0 12.9-22.0 65 12.9 8.4-19.3
$35,000- 49,999 831 115 11.4 8.9-14.4 214 28.5 24.1-33.4 291 33.7 29.2-38.4 116 16.3 12.7-20.7 95 10.2 7.8-13.2
$50,000-74,999 943 151 14.9 11.9-18.3 274 29.0 24.9-33.5 312 31.4 27.1-36.1 126 13.4 10.4-17.2 80 11.3 7.9-15.8
$75,000+ 1,536 208 14.7 12.2-17.6 429 27.1 24.2-30.3 616 38.7 35.3-42.2 205 14.5 11.7-17.8 78 5.0 3.7- 6.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,175 190 16.6 13.2-20.6 276 22.3 18.9-26.2 368 30.4 26.1-35.2 209 19.5 15.8-24.0 132 11.1 8.4-14.7
No 4,032 603 15.5 13.9-17.3 1,060 26.3 24.3-28.3 1,458 34.8 32.6-37.0 567 14.1 12.6-15.9 344 9.4 7.9-11.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 873 120 11.4 9.0-14.3 194 20.5 17.1-24.4 289 35.3 30.7-40.3 155 18.4 15.1-22.2 115 14.3 10.3-19.6
Non-Veteran 4,460 698 16.4 14.7-18.2 1,158 25.7 23.9-27.7 1,581 33.7 31.6-35.9 644 15.0 13.4-16.8 379 9.2 7.8-10.7

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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.

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