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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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%)
North Carolina 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
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 118 23 17.1 9.7-28.3 32 29.7 19.4-42.6 32 33.8 20.0-51.0 21 13.6 7.9-22.2 10 5.8 2.8-11.8
Buncombe 129 17 15.2 7.8-27.4 38 27.2 18.8-37.6 46 36.8 26.3-48.7 17 14.0 7.7-24.1 11 6.8 3.4-13.0
Cabarrus 137 26 25.0 13.1-42.2 26 19.2 11.7-29.9 48 30.8 21.7-41.7 26 16.7 10.1-26.5 11 8.3 3.8-17.1
Catawba 153 29 15.2 9.1-24.3 46 25.3 17.5-35.0 50 37.4 26.1-50.2 17 16.3 8.2-29.8 11 5.8 2.9-11.3
Cumberland 135 16 10.9 6.0-18.9 23 12.3 7.3-20.1 52 38.9 28.6-50.2 28 22.2 13.6-33.9 16 15.8 8.6-27.1
Davidson 113 20 21.3 11.1-37.0 32 31.0 20.1-44.4 37 27.7 18.8-38.7 14 11.5 6.2-20.4 10 8.5 2.9-22.8
Durham 122 13 8.4 4.6-14.9 33 28.5 19.3-39.9 54 41.8 31.2-53.1 14 12.3 6.9-21.0 8 9.1 3.9-19.6
Forsyth 134 10 6.3 3.1-12.2 42 32.5 22.6-44.2 50 34.1 24.3-45.5 17 15.2 7.6-28.1 15 12.0 6.0-22.4
Gaston 120 23 17.7 10.2-29.1 23 21.6 13.8-32.3 41 34.9 24.6-46.9 21 15.2 9.0-24.5 12 10.5 4.8-21.7
Guilford 139 27 17.0 10.6-26.1 42 33.1 23.6-44.3 46 26.6 18.8-36.3 17 10.6 6.2-17.7 7 12.6 4.3-31.6
Iredell 142 21 10.4 6.3-16.8 37 32.4 22.9-43.6 52 37.0 27.4-47.7 20 11.6 6.8-19.0 12 8.6 4.6-15.4
Johnston 141 19 19.9 8.6-39.6 26 23.6 12.4-40.1 58 22.9 15.1-33.2 26 18.4 10.6-30.1 12 15.2 4.7-39.6
Mecklenburg 299 39 13.9 9.5-20.0 84 27.4 21.5-34.4 110 35.6 28.9-42.8 51 17.5 12.6-23.9 15 5.5 2.9-10.4
New Hanover 141 20 10.2 5.9-17.1 27 13.7 8.3-21.7 63 37.5 26.0-50.6 18 13.2 7.3-22.7 13 25.4 11.6-46.9
Onslow 147 18 15.0 8.5-25.1 46 28.1 19.6-38.5 45 27.8 19.6-37.8 17 12.0 7.0-19.8 21 17.1 9.5-28.6
Orange 155 17 12.0 6.3-21.6 46 29.9 20.7-41.1 67 34.8 25.1-45.9 19 17.6 8.5-32.7 6 5.7 1.6-18.2
Pitt 128 19 14.6 8.2-24.6 36 25.1 17.1-35.3 43 34.8 25.3-45.7 17 14.7 7.7-26.4 13 10.8 5.6-19.8
Randolph 133 19 12.0 7.5-18.7 42 34.1 24.9-44.7 40 30.8 21.8-41.5 20 15.6 9.4-24.8 12 7.6 3.8-14.3
Robeson 120 23 21.5 13.1-33.2 22 16.5 9.6-26.8 36 29.8 19.6-42.4 23 21.1 12.3-33.9 16 11.2 6.2-19.4
Rowan 151 22 12.4 7.5-19.9 47 30.3 21.3-40.9 45 33.4 23.9-44.3 29 20.3 12.9-30.5 8 3.7 1.6- 8.4
Union 146 22 14.0 8.7-21.7 38 28.5 19.7-39.4 54 33.3 24.9-42.9 19 15.8 8.7-26.8 13 8.4 4.2-16.3
Wake 247 38 16.4 11.2-23.4 58 21.8 16.2-28.7 108 44.8 36.5-53.3 26 10.3 5.4-18.7 17 6.7 3.9-11.5
Wayne 128 26 18.9 11.2-30.0 25 18.3 10.7-29.4 49 35.3 25.1-47.0 21 21.6 12.4-34.9 7 6.0 2.4-14.2
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,647 246 16.0 13.4-19.0 387 22.2 19.5-25.1 578 32.2 29.0-35.6 255 17.3 14.7-20.3 181 12.3 9.8-15.4
Piedmont 2,654 410 15.5 13.5-17.8 705 26.0 23.6-28.5 942 34.6 31.9-37.4 387 14.9 12.8-17.2 210 9.1 7.3-11.2
Western NC 1,034 162 15.7 12.7-19.2 261 26.2 22.8-30.0 351 34.6 30.7-38.7 157 14.8 12.1-17.9 103 8.8 6.9-11.1
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 705 110 16.2 12.3-20.9 180 26.5 22.3-31.1 239 34.1 29.4-39.1 97 13.8 10.6-17.7 79 9.5 7.2-12.4
Northwest 1,071 171 15.6 12.4-19.5 290 26.9 23.0-31.2 361 33.4 29.3-37.7 163 16.2 12.8-20.2 86 7.9 5.8-10.6
Charlotte 776 121 16.0 12.4-20.4 192 25.2 21.2-29.7 278 34.4 29.9-39.3 128 16.9 13.3-21.3 57 7.5 5.1-10.8
Greensboro 627 97 15.0 11.5-19.3 181 29.4 24.5-34.7 217 32.6 27.3-38.3 88 13.0 9.9-17.0 44 10.1 5.7-17.1
Southern Regional 478 68 15.3 10.7-21.3 104 22.2 16.9-28.7 154 29.7 24.2-35.9 88 21.6 16.1-28.2 64 11.2 8.0-15.5
Coastal 255 37 13.3 8.7-19.7 55 19.5 13.9-26.8 107 37.7 29.1-47.1 32 13.2 8.6-19.9 24 16.3 8.5-29.0
Wake 588 85 16.1 12.2-21.0 131 21.7 17.5-26.5 242 37.8 32.1-43.8 79 13.0 9.1-18.3 51 11.4 7.7-16.6
Area L 122 20 19.2 11.5-30.3 35 31.3 22.2-42.2 32 24.9 16.9-35.0 20 15.3 9.2-24.4 15 9.2 5.0-16.6
Eastern 713 109 15.4 12.0-19.4 185 24.5 20.4-29.2 241 33.6 28.8-38.7 104 15.7 12.3-19.8 74 10.8 8.0-14.5

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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.

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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