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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 263 68 26.0 19.5-33.8 84 30.7 23.5-39.0 67 28.7 20.0-39.4 24 8.0 4.8-13.1 20 6.5 3.9-10.8
Buncombe 269 63 23.8 17.6-31.4 73 26.1 19.6-33.9 94 34.1 27.2-41.8 24 10.1 5.7-17.4 15 5.8 3.2-10.4
Cabarrus 275 64 17.5 12.8-23.5 85 33.2 24.7-42.9 86 30.0 23.0-38.1 22 10.7 6.3-17.6 18 8.6 4.9-14.6
Catawba 318 79 21.2 16.4-27.1 115 39.6 31.9-47.9 66 21.8 15.6-29.6 37 10.7 7.1-15.7 21 6.6 3.6-12.0
Cumberland 305 65 20.7 14.8-28.1 84 28.1 21.7-35.6 104 29.9 23.8-36.8 32 12.1 7.7-18.6 20 9.2 5.2-15.8
Davidson 264 60 19.4 14.0-26.1 83 39.8 31.5-48.6 72 22.4 17.0-28.9 31 12.7 8.5-18.6 18 5.8 3.6- 9.3
Durham 257 68 24.1 18.3-31.1 73 30.3 23.3-38.3 83 34.1 26.1-43.1 21 7.2 4.3-11.8 12 4.3 2.1- 8.5
Forsyth 286 52 16.3 11.8-22.0 93 34.1 26.6-42.5 96 33.5 26.5-41.3 32 12.6 7.5-20.4 13 3.5 1.8- 6.5
Gaston 288 71 25.7 19.4-33.3 99 31.1 24.8-38.1 76 28.6 21.5-37.0 31 11.7 7.4-18.1 11 2.8 1.4- 5.4
Guilford 303 81 26.0 20.1-32.8 87 28.4 22.0-35.8 98 32.6 26.0-40.0 23 7.1 4.3-11.5 14 5.9 1.9-16.6
Iredell 299 70 23.1 17.5-29.9 97 34.5 28.0-41.6 87 29.2 23.0-36.2 28 8.2 5.2-12.6 17 5.0 2.9- 8.6
Johnston 323 80 26.7 18.1-37.5 114 32.6 25.1-41.0 81 20.0 14.8-26.5 28 9.3 5.8-14.8 20 11.4 4.3-26.9
Mecklenburg 555 127 21.7 17.5-26.5 174 30.3 25.7-35.4 185 32.2 27.5-37.3 46 10.8 7.4-15.7 23 5.0 3.0- 8.2
New Hanover 318 65 17.8 12.9-24.0 105 30.6 23.8-38.4 100 30.1 23.0-38.4 33 12.5 7.8-19.3 15 9.0 2.8-25.5
Onslow 298 65 20.8 15.4-27.4 108 35.4 28.6-42.8 79 26.0 20.2-32.9 33 11.3 7.0-17.6 13 6.6 2.8-14.6
Orange 286 73 25.1 18.9-32.6 97 30.3 23.4-38.1 89 37.3 28.5-47.0 17 4.9 2.8- 8.6 10 2.4 1.2- 4.8
Pitt 288 58 20.2 15.0-26.8 91 26.8 21.1-33.2 94 35.2 28.5-42.6 30 9.7 6.3-14.7 15 8.1 4.1-15.1
Randolph 286 68 18.7 14.2-24.2 83 30.9 23.9-38.9 74 28.2 21.5-35.9 36 13.1 8.7-19.4 25 9.1 5.7-14.4
Robeson 285 86 29.8 23.1-37.5 73 25.6 19.1-33.4 68 24.1 18.1-31.3 34 10.8 7.1-16.0 24 9.8 6.0-15.6
Rowan 343 97 27.3 21.2-34.3 93 25.6 20.1-32.0 102 32.6 25.8-40.2 26 7.6 4.5-12.8 25 7.0 4.3-11.2
Union 300 68 21.9 16.8-28.1 105 35.2 28.5-42.4 81 29.3 23.1-36.3 28 9.0 5.9-13.5 18 4.6 2.7- 7.7
Wake 493 112 21.0 17.0-25.6 175 35.8 30.5-41.5 150 29.4 24.5-34.7 34 7.9 4.8-12.6 22 5.9 3.0-11.6
Wayne 258 57 18.3 13.0-25.2 81 31.4 24.0-39.8 69 27.8 20.4-36.6 23 10.5 5.9-18.1 28 12.0 7.4-18.9
NC REGIONS
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
Piedmont 5,514 1,324 22.1 20.5-23.7 1,746 31.3 29.5-33.1 1,597 29.4 27.7-31.3 521 10.4 9.2-11.9 326 6.7 5.6- 8.2
Western NC 2,229 486 21.0 18.8-23.4 675 29.7 27.2-32.4 651 29.9 27.4-32.6 227 10.9 9.1-13.0 190 8.5 7.0-10.2
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 1,475 317 22.3 19.3-25.5 424 26.6 23.6-29.8 449 31.5 28.3-34.9 155 11.3 9.0-14.0 130 8.4 6.7-10.4
Northwest 2,358 556 21.1 18.7-23.7 763 34.4 31.4-37.6 650 27.2 24.6-30.0 228 10.0 8.2-12.0 161 7.3 5.6- 9.4
Charlotte 1,587 369 21.2 18.6-24.1 507 30.3 27.2-33.5 486 31.8 28.6-35.2 144 11.1 8.8-13.8 81 5.6 4.1- 7.7
Greensboro 1,300 329 24.8 21.6-28.4 397 28.3 24.8-32.0 365 30.1 26.4-34.0 129 10.3 8.1-13.0 80 6.6 4.3-10.1
Southern Regional 1,027 225 20.1 16.6-24.1 302 28.5 24.7-32.6 304 29.2 25.2-33.6 116 12.7 9.6-16.7 80 9.5 6.8-12.9
Coastal 595 124 18.7 15.0-23.1 184 30.1 25.2-35.4 179 29.6 24.5-35.3 58 11.6 7.5-17.5 50 10.1 5.9-16.5
Wake 1,232 300 22.2 19.1-25.8 413 33.4 29.7-37.3 350 27.7 24.3-31.5 99 8.7 6.4-11.8 70 7.9 5.2-11.8
Area L 293 68 26.3 19.3-34.8 100 31.6 25.4-38.5 67 24.2 18.4-31.2 41 13.2 9.2-18.5 17 4.7 2.6- 8.3
Eastern 1,468 303 20.0 17.2-23.1 477 30.0 26.9-33.4 418 28.5 25.3-31.9 161 11.8 9.5-14.5 109 9.6 7.3-12.7

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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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