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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern 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 10,106 2,228 21.0 19.7-22.4 3,127 31.2 29.5-32.9 2,917 28.0 26.5-29.6 1,024 11.0 9.9-12.2 810 8.8 7.7-10.0
-Eastern NC 2,696 618 21.8 19.1-24.8 808 28.0 24.8-31.5 774 28.4 25.3-31.7 273 11.5 9.2-14.3 223 10.2 7.8-13.4
GENDER
Male 979 196 18.0 14.1-22.7 232 23.7 18.5-29.9 312 30.9 25.7-36.7 130 13.3 9.7-17.9 109 14.0 9.6-20.0
Female 1,717 422 25.6 22.2-29.4 576 32.4 28.9-36.1 462 25.8 22.6-29.4 143 9.7 7.1-13.2 114 6.4 4.8- 8.6
RACE
White 1,874 425 23.0 19.7-26.7 564 28.0 24.6-31.8 552 28.1 24.7-31.7 200 12.3 9.3-16.1 133 8.6 5.7-12.8
African American 555 134 23.0 17.3-29.9 169 26.0 20.3-32.6 154 29.5 22.8-37.2 49 11.4 7.5-16.7 49 10.1 6.7-15.0
Other Minorities 253 58 13.4 8.7-20.3 69 31.5 17.8-49.4 65 28.0 16.3-43.7 22 7.3 3.7-13.6 39 19.9 10.7-33.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 110 17 7.2 3.6-13.9 36 38.9 19.4-62.9 36 31.0 15.0-53.4 13 9.9 4.4-21.1 8 12.9 4.5-31.5
Non-Hispanic 2,583 600 23.0 20.1-26.1 772 27.2 24.3-30.3 737 28.2 25.2-31.4 260 11.6 9.2-14.6 214 10.0 7.5-13.3
AGE
18-24 105 23 23.1 13.2-37.3 29 19.5 12.0-30.2 29 23.2 13.4-37.0 13 18.3 8.4-35.3 11 15.9 5.9-36.5
25-34 316 66 17.3 11.8-24.7 109 36.6 26.3-48.3 88 25.7 18.7-34.2 29 9.9 5.9-16.1 24 10.5 5.6-18.7
35-44 449 94 18.6 13.7-24.7 149 28.1 22.0-35.2 133 35.6 27.6-44.4 50 9.6 6.5-14.1 23 8.1 4.4-14.4
45-54 551 144 25.7 20.7-31.5 164 28.8 22.9-35.5 157 27.3 22.3-33.1 47 10.6 7.0-15.8 39 7.6 4.8-11.7
55-64 556 115 19.4 14.9-24.9 160 28.1 22.8-34.2 178 33.0 27.2-39.3 49 10.0 6.6-15.0 54 9.4 6.5-13.6
65+ 697 170 28.4 22.5-35.3 191 24.3 19.9-29.2 184 23.6 19.1-28.8 82 12.3 9.2-16.4 70 11.4 8.1-15.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 300 74 24.1 15.7-34.9 69 21.3 14.3-30.5 80 26.6 18.0-37.5 37 16.0 8.5-28.1 40 12.1 7.6-18.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 792 187 20.4 16.1-25.6 251 31.2 24.2-39.2 189 21.9 17.5-27.2 91 13.9 8.9-21.0 74 12.5 8.2-18.5
Some Post-H.S. 795 197 23.5 18.3-29.6 220 25.8 20.5-31.9 232 29.8 23.5-37.1 74 7.8 5.6-11.0 72 13.1 7.5-21.7
College Graduate 808 159 20.3 16.1-25.1 268 30.4 25.7-35.6 273 34.8 29.8-40.2 71 11.0 8.0-14.9 37 3.5 2.3- 5.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 285 90 27.4 18.5-38.4 84 32.2 18.4-49.9 67 23.0 14.6-34.3 23 10.1 4.9-19.6 21 7.4 3.9-13.6
$15,000- 24,999 415 96 21.8 15.5-29.8 111 26.5 19.0-35.7 117 28.8 19.8-39.7 44 10.3 6.4-16.2 47 12.6 7.5-20.4
$25,000- 34,999 277 67 23.2 15.1-33.9 84 29.3 20.1-40.4 71 19.7 13.0-28.8 31 19.4 9.5-35.5 24 8.4 4.3-15.8
$35,000- 49,999 384 82 17.4 12.5-23.8 129 33.7 26.3-41.9 108 30.1 23.0-38.2 34 12.0 5.7-23.6 31 6.8 4.0-11.3
$50,000-74,999 407 91 19.3 14.5-25.3 110 22.1 16.5-28.8 128 33.5 26.4-41.4 45 12.5 8.3-18.4 33 12.6 7.4-20.6
$75,000+ 595 114 20.3 14.5-27.6 186 29.5 23.4-36.5 199 30.2 24.5-36.7 57 8.2 5.5-11.9 39 11.8 5.2-24.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 888 233 26.1 20.8-32.2 252 25.9 21.1-31.3 231 23.9 19.1-29.6 88 10.0 7.3-13.6 84 14.1 8.0-23.6
No 1,723 363 20.0 16.8-23.5 531 28.7 24.6-33.3 524 31.1 27.1-35.4 172 11.4 8.5-15.3 133 8.8 6.7-11.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 437 85 17.1 11.8-24.0 115 25.3 19.2-32.5 138 33.6 25.4-43.0 58 13.0 8.8-18.7 41 11.1 5.9-19.9
Non-Veteran 2,030 481 22.7 19.5-26.3 634 28.8 24.9-33.0 557 26.6 23.1-30.3 190 11.6 8.8-15.2 168 10.3 7.4-14.2

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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 cell sizes less than 50, % = 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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