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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
-Piedmont NC 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
GENDER
Male 2,055 410 17.5 15.3-19.9 605 30.0 27.1-33.0 625 30.5 27.6-33.4 250 13.5 11.2-16.1 165 8.6 6.6-11.3
Female 3,459 914 26.4 24.3-28.6 1,141 32.5 30.3-34.8 972 28.5 26.3-30.7 271 7.6 6.5- 9.0 161 5.0 3.9- 6.4
RACE
White 4,528 1,085 22.1 20.4-23.9 1,456 32.6 30.6-34.6 1,283 27.9 26.0-29.8 432 10.6 9.1-12.2 272 6.8 5.5- 8.4
African American 694 168 20.9 17.3-25.0 205 25.9 21.5-30.8 216 34.2 29.2-39.5 59 10.2 7.1-14.4 46 8.8 5.4-14.1
Other Minorities 277 67 24.4 17.7-32.6 81 31.4 24.3-39.4 93 32.7 25.8-40.4 28 9.6 5.9-15.2 8 2.0 0.9- 4.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 201 54 27.1 18.9-37.2 65 35.5 26.9-45.2 57 26.4 19.4-34.9 15 9.0 4.8-16.4 10 1.9 0.9- 4.1
Non-Hispanic 5,304 1,269 21.8 20.2-23.4 1,679 31.0 29.2-32.9 1,536 29.6 27.8-31.5 505 10.6 9.2-12.0 315 7.1 5.8- 8.6
AGE
18-24 187 43 20.7 14.4-28.9 60 31.0 23.6-39.6 45 22.0 15.7-29.9 24 15.2 9.6-23.4 15 11.0 5.8-19.8
25-34 593 140 20.3 16.6-24.5 200 33.4 28.6-38.6 170 28.8 24.2-33.7 52 11.1 7.9-15.3 31 6.5 3.7-11.3
35-44 1,008 240 21.7 18.7-25.1 333 31.7 28.1-35.4 297 31.7 28.1-35.7 86 8.7 6.6-11.4 52 6.1 4.3- 8.7
45-54 1,190 270 22.9 20.0-26.1 374 31.2 27.9-34.7 350 30.0 26.7-33.4 132 10.6 8.7-13.0 64 5.2 3.9- 7.1
55-64 1,145 280 23.3 20.4-26.6 367 30.2 27.0-33.6 342 32.7 29.2-36.4 92 7.7 6.0- 9.8 64 6.1 4.4- 8.3
65-74 821 196 22.8 19.3-26.6 235 27.5 23.9-31.5 255 32.8 28.7-37.2 67 8.6 6.5-11.4 68 8.3 6.2-11.1
75+ 537 145 24.6 20.4-29.3 168 32.0 27.3-37.2 131 26.4 21.5-32.0 63 11.7 8.7-15.6 30 5.3 3.5- 8.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 566 168 24.6 19.3-30.7 158 25.1 20.0-31.0 131 26.5 21.0-32.8 62 13.8 9.5-19.7 47 10.0 6.0-16.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,422 347 21.4 18.5-24.7 420 28.2 24.7-32.0 400 27.0 23.6-30.7 144 13.4 10.4-17.1 111 10.0 7.3-13.6
Some Post-H.S. 1,436 367 23.2 20.1-26.7 430 30.7 27.2-34.4 411 28.6 25.2-32.2 142 10.5 8.1-13.5 86 7.0 4.7-10.5
College Graduate 2,086 440 21.0 18.7-23.5 737 35.7 32.9-38.6 654 32.6 29.8-35.5 173 7.4 6.1- 8.9 82 3.3 2.5- 4.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 391 131 28.3 22.0-35.5 106 28.9 21.9-37.1 89 28.3 21.3-36.4 38 8.7 5.2-14.3 27 5.8 3.5- 9.7
$15,000- 24,999 711 196 25.4 20.5-31.1 185 23.3 18.6-28.6 186 25.9 21.1-31.4 83 13.8 10.0-18.9 61 11.5 6.7-19.1
$25,000- 34,999 544 118 21.0 16.4-26.6 170 27.7 22.4-33.7 153 28.9 23.4-35.0 58 13.7 9.6-19.3 45 8.7 5.6-13.3
$35,000- 49,999 792 178 22.4 18.5-26.9 257 33.1 28.6-38.0 228 26.3 22.3-30.7 82 11.4 8.1-15.7 47 6.8 4.7- 9.7
$50,000-74,999 892 215 20.9 17.6-24.5 269 30.0 25.8-34.5 277 30.2 25.8-34.9 83 11.1 8.2-14.9 48 7.9 4.8-12.7
$75,000+ 1,509 297 18.7 16.3-21.4 529 34.3 31.2-37.6 499 34.7 31.5-38.0 125 9.0 6.9-11.7 59 3.3 2.4- 4.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,589 448 25.3 22.3-28.5 478 31.2 27.7-34.8 391 24.3 21.4-27.6 162 10.4 8.5-12.7 110 8.8 6.2-12.4
No 3,795 842 21.0 19.2-23.0 1,237 31.6 29.4-33.8 1,168 31.2 29.0-33.4 343 10.2 8.7-12.0 205 6.0 4.8- 7.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 735 149 16.1 12.8-20.0 186 24.5 20.4-29.1 235 33.3 28.5-38.4 93 13.3 10.0-17.5 72 12.8 8.6-18.6
Non-Veteran 4,778 1,175 22.9 21.2-24.7 1,560 32.2 30.2-34.2 1,361 28.9 27.0-30.9 428 10.1 8.7-11.6 254 5.9 4.8- 7.4

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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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