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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-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
GENDER
Male 849 155 17.4 14.1-21.4 205 24.7 20.9-29.0 275 32.4 28.3-36.8 110 14.0 10.9-17.8 104 11.5 9.0-14.5
Female 1,380 331 24.4 21.7-27.5 470 34.6 31.4-38.0 376 27.5 24.5-30.6 117 7.9 6.4- 9.8 86 5.6 4.3- 7.2
RACE
White 2,081 450 20.8 18.5-23.2 636 30.4 27.7-33.1 615 30.1 27.6-32.8 208 10.5 8.8-12.5 172 8.3 6.8- 9.9
African American 69 16 17.3 9.3-30.1 24 37.7 20.4-58.9 16 18.6 9.9-32.1 5 11.4 4.0-28.4 8 15.1 5.3-36.0
Other Minorities 76 20 28.2 15.5-45.6 13 12.9 5.8-26.0 20 33.0 18.8-51.3 13 17.6 6.8-38.6 10 8.3 3.2-19.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 47 16 30.9 15.6-51.9 10 15.4 7.3-29.8 12 29.8 15.0-50.5 6 17.6 5.0-46.4 3 6.2 1.3-24.4
Non-Hispanic 2,178 470 20.6 18.4-23.0 664 30.3 27.7-33.0 637 29.9 27.3-32.6 221 10.6 9.0-12.6 186 8.5 7.1-10.2
AGE
18-24 69 15 22.1 12.1-36.9 17 17.9 10.4-29.0 21 31.1 19.5-45.7 11 20.6 10.5-36.6 5 8.3 3.2-20.0
25-34 199 40 18.1 12.5-25.4 62 35.9 28.0-44.5 59 28.7 22.0-36.5 20 9.4 5.9-14.6 18 8.0 4.6-13.3
35-44 322 69 20.8 16.1-26.5 88 24.4 19.5-30.0 95 30.3 24.8-36.5 39 13.9 9.7-19.4 31 10.7 7.1-15.6
45-54 418 96 21.7 17.5-26.7 142 35.4 30.0-41.3 115 28.9 23.7-34.6 30 7.1 4.7-10.6 35 6.9 4.7-10.0
55-64 506 112 22.6 18.6-27.1 152 28.6 24.3-33.4 142 29.5 25.0-34.3 58 10.4 7.9-13.6 42 8.9 6.4-12.3
65-74 419 91 21.7 17.6-26.6 121 28.7 24.0-34.0 128 31.8 26.9-37.3 40 8.5 6.1-11.7 39 9.2 6.5-12.9
75+ 289 63 22.5 17.3-28.6 88 30.0 24.3-36.3 89 30.8 25.0-37.2 29 10.3 6.9-15.1 20 6.5 4.0-10.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 282 67 19.9 15.0-25.8 68 23.0 17.1-30.1 94 36.7 29.1-44.9 28 11.0 6.8-17.3 25 9.5 5.8-15.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 673 160 22.1 17.8-27.2 196 26.5 22.1-31.5 179 28.4 23.9-33.5 71 13.0 9.2-18.0 67 9.9 7.2-13.6
Some Post-H.S. 610 127 19.6 15.7-24.1 200 33.1 28.1-38.5 159 26.3 22.0-31.2 61 10.4 7.7-14.0 63 10.6 7.9-14.2
College Graduate 661 132 21.6 17.8-26.0 209 32.9 28.3-37.8 218 32.1 27.6-37.0 67 9.0 6.8-11.9 35 4.4 2.8- 6.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 218 60 25.7 18.6-34.4 63 23.2 16.9-31.0 62 33.8 25.0-43.9 14 6.0 3.3-10.9 19 11.3 6.1-19.8
$15,000- 24,999 412 89 24.1 18.4-30.9 114 26.4 20.8-32.8 117 28.6 22.8-35.1 51 10.8 7.6-15.1 41 10.2 6.9-14.8
$25,000- 34,999 258 64 22.5 16.2-30.3 72 28.3 20.4-37.7 66 23.8 17.5-31.4 31 18.4 11.0-29.1 25 7.1 4.4-11.3
$35,000- 49,999 370 59 16.3 11.8-22.0 124 31.0 25.1-37.5 114 32.3 26.2-39.1 47 14.3 10.0-20.1 26 6.1 3.8- 9.7
$50,000-74,999 336 77 19.4 15.0-24.6 102 29.9 24.1-36.5 105 32.0 25.9-38.8 28 9.3 5.9-14.3 24 9.4 5.5-15.7
$75,000+ 390 82 21.4 16.8-26.8 120 31.4 25.9-37.5 128 33.3 27.7-39.4 34 7.5 5.1-11.1 26 6.4 4.0-10.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 748 199 27.0 22.7-31.8 207 27.9 23.5-32.7 205 27.1 23.1-31.5 71 9.0 6.6-12.2 66 8.9 6.7-11.8
No 1,425 276 18.7 16.2-21.5 455 30.6 27.5-33.9 429 31.3 28.1-34.7 149 11.4 9.2-14.1 116 7.9 6.3-10.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 357 68 17.9 13.7-23.0 78 20.4 16.0-25.7 128 36.5 30.2-43.2 42 14.6 9.5-21.9 41 10.6 7.3-15.1
Non-Veteran 1,872 418 21.5 19.1-24.2 597 31.3 28.5-34.3 523 28.8 26.0-31.7 185 10.3 8.4-12.4 149 8.1 6.6-10.0

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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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