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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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%)
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
-Piedmont NC 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
GENDER
Male 1,257 171 13.4 10.9-16.4 311 24.1 20.9-27.6 423 32.4 28.7-36.3 227 18.3 15.2-21.9 125 11.9 9.1-15.3
Female 1,397 239 18.6 15.7-22.1 394 28.7 25.4-32.3 519 37.8 34.3-41.6 160 9.8 7.9-12.1 85 5.0 3.8- 6.5
RACE
White 2,167 331 15.6 13.3-18.1 594 27.6 24.9-30.5 765 34.3 31.4-37.2 314 14.1 12.1-16.5 163 8.4 6.4-11.0
African American 326 47 11.1 7.6-16.0 78 23.8 17.9-30.9 122 37.1 29.6-45.3 45 14.9 10.1-21.4 34 13.1 8.5-19.5
Other Minorities 153 32 23.6 15.4-34.5 32 18.0 11.9-26.3 51 32.5 23.1-43.5 28 20.4 11.5-33.6 10 5.5 2.6-11.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 106 26 27.4 17.2-40.8 24 18.8 12.0-28.4 35 33.4 22.6-46.3 16 15.7 8.2-27.8 5 4.7 1.6-12.7
Non-Hispanic 2,545 384 14.6 12.7-16.8 681 26.5 24.1-29.1 905 34.7 31.9-37.5 371 14.8 12.7-17.2 204 9.3 7.5-11.6
AGE
18-24 138 25 20.8 13.6-30.4 36 21.9 14.9-31.0 41 23.3 16.3-32.0 24 20.7 13.0-31.2 12 13.4 7.0-24.0
25-34 353 61 13.9 10.1-18.7 115 30.1 24.5-36.5 121 38.0 31.3-45.1 36 11.2 7.5-16.4 20 6.8 3.9-11.6
35-44 614 88 14.9 11.6-18.9 181 28.1 23.9-32.7 234 39.7 34.8-44.9 77 11.5 8.9-14.8 34 5.8 3.8- 8.8
45-54 607 95 15.5 12.2-19.5 127 21.3 17.2-25.9 236 35.6 31.0-40.4 102 17.8 14.3-22.0 47 9.8 6.8-13.9
55-64 477 70 13.4 10.1-17.6 142 29.6 24.7-35.1 168 35.3 30.0-41.0 66 13.5 9.9-18.0 31 8.2 5.4-12.2
65-74 316 49 14.4 10.2-19.9 70 22.1 16.9-28.4 99 32.2 26.0-39.1 55 17.1 12.7-22.6 43 14.2 10.2-19.6
75+ 136 21 15.2 9.3-23.8 31 20.1 13.2-29.4 39 28.3 19.9-38.5 25 21.8 14.1-32.1 20 14.6 8.9-22.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 200 42 22.9 15.0-33.2 44 18.7 12.1-27.7 51 25.4 17.7-35.0 32 14.3 8.8-22.3 31 18.8 10.4-31.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 575 93 19.6 14.6-25.7 130 21.9 17.1-27.7 183 25.8 21.2-31.1 109 20.0 15.1-26.0 60 12.7 8.3-18.8
Some Post-H.S. 689 112 14.7 11.4-18.8 175 23.7 19.2-28.7 239 39.4 33.7-45.4 104 13.5 10.2-17.6 59 8.7 6.0-12.4
College Graduate 1,189 163 12.2 9.9-15.0 356 31.4 27.8-35.1 469 38.2 34.4-42.2 142 13.1 10.1-16.9 59 5.0 3.6- 7.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 101 18 14.0 7.6-24.5 21 12.8 6.6-23.4 28 30.5 17.9-46.9 25 33.4 19.2-51.4 9 9.3 2.9-25.9
$15,000- 24,999 269 38 18.8 11.8-28.5 62 18.6 13.1-25.7 91 30.8 21.8-41.6 49 16.0 10.9-22.9 29 15.8 8.6-27.3
$25,000- 34,999 242 37 10.2 6.7-15.3 50 21.5 14.3-30.8 80 39.0 29.6-49.3 43 16.3 10.6-24.2 32 13.1 7.3-22.2
$35,000- 49,999 384 60 12.4 8.8-17.1 95 30.4 23.6-38.2 135 33.8 27.2-41.1 54 15.2 10.2-22.1 40 8.2 5.5-12.0
$50,000-74,999 466 74 14.2 10.3-19.3 155 30.5 24.8-36.9 144 30.1 24.1-36.8 60 13.0 8.9-18.7 33 12.2 7.3-19.4
$75,000+ 912 130 14.1 11.3-17.6 247 26.9 23.2-30.9 374 40.5 36.2-45.0 119 14.0 10.6-18.2 42 4.5 3.0- 6.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 547 89 18.4 13.5-24.7 135 24.0 18.9-29.9 184 32.2 25.8-39.3 91 17.3 12.0-24.2 48 8.1 5.5-11.9
No 2,048 310 15.0 12.8-17.4 564 27.1 24.4-29.9 737 35.1 32.1-38.2 283 13.8 11.7-16.3 154 9.0 7.0-11.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 365 46 9.5 6.5-13.5 71 18.2 13.3-24.4 124 39.2 31.5-47.5 74 17.8 13.2-23.5 50 15.4 9.2-24.6
Non-Veteran 2,288 364 16.3 14.1-18.8 634 27.0 24.4-29.7 817 34.0 31.2-36.9 313 14.5 12.2-17.0 160 8.2 6.5-10.4

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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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