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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern 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 5,280 833 14.6 13.1-16.3 1,326 24.4 22.4-26.6 1,872 36.4 34.0-38.8 746 14.5 12.8-16.4 503 10.1 8.6-11.8
-Eastern NC 1,361 211 14.7 11.8-18.3 347 22.5 18.9-26.5 486 34.9 30.1-40.1 176 14.9 11.3-19.5 141 12.9 9.4-17.6
GENDER
Male 626 72 11.0 7.5-15.9 161 22.1 17.1-28.1 212 33.2 26.3-40.9 94 15.9 10.7-22.9 87 17.8 12.3-25.1
Female 735 139 20.6 16.1-25.8 186 23.0 18.7-28.1 274 37.7 32.0-43.8 82 13.4 9.5-18.5 54 5.3 3.4- 8.2
RACE
White 952 147 15.8 12.3-20.2 255 24.0 19.6-29.1 338 35.1 29.2-41.5 120 12.7 9.1-17.4 92 12.4 8.2-18.3
African American 247 35 11.8 6.6-20.1 56 22.9 15.1-33.2 99 43.0 32.0-54.8 30 11.5 6.4-19.8 27 10.8 6.1-18.3
Other Minorities 155 25 12.2 5.1-26.4 36 14.8 8.7-23.9 48 22.3 14.0-33.6 25 31.6 16.7-51.6 21 19.1 8.2-38.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 77 13 14.2 4.8-35.5 18 11.7 5.9-21.8 25 25.0 13.5-41.6 16 37.0 18.0-61.2 5 12.0 3.2-35.7
Non-Hispanic 1,283 197 14.7 11.8-18.3 329 23.5 19.7-27.9 461 35.9 30.8-41.3 160 12.8 9.6-16.7 136 13.0 9.4-17.9
AGE
18-24 80 9 9.7 4.2-20.9 20 18.8 10.4-31.5 26 35.7 20.3-54.8 15 19.3 9.5-35.2 10 16.6 6.3-37.0
25-34 213 31 16.4 9.6-26.7 59 26.1 17.4-37.1 85 33.6 25.2-43.2 26 13.1 7.5-21.9 12 10.8 4.7-23.1
35-44 283 45 15.0 9.3-23.2 82 20.6 14.8-27.9 107 41.3 31.6-51.8 27 14.2 6.2-29.3 22 8.9 4.6-16.6
45-54 279 52 18.9 12.9-26.8 85 26.7 19.3-35.6 83 27.8 19.7-37.6 27 12.7 7.5-20.7 32 13.9 8.3-22.3
55-64 260 39 14.8 9.8-21.9 56 21.4 14.7-30.0 104 36.6 28.4-45.6 29 12.2 6.9-20.6 32 15.0 9.1-23.7
65+ 239 34 12.7 8.2-19.2 43 18.5 11.8-27.9 79 33.3 24.6-43.3 51 19.9 13.9-27.5 32 15.6 9.8-24.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 125 19 11.5 4.1-28.3 25 20.0 10.5-34.8 34 24.3 13.4-39.9 26 23.4 12.6-39.2 21 20.8 11.5-34.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 366 60 15.3 9.9-23.0 85 21.6 15.6-29.2 119 26.9 20.3-34.7 48 12.9 8.1-19.8 54 23.4 14.1-36.2
Some Post-H.S. 407 69 15.4 10.4-22.1 108 20.9 14.6-28.9 138 40.0 29.4-51.6 60 18.8 10.9-30.4 32 5.0 2.5- 9.7
College Graduate 463 63 14.7 10.2-20.6 129 26.1 20.1-33.2 195 41.0 34.1-48.1 42 9.1 5.8-14.0 34 9.1 5.1-15.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 92 24 24.3 11.9-43.2 17 12.2 5.8-23.9 23 23.0 12.9-37.5 15 22.4 9.4-44.6 13 18.2 8.1-35.7
$15,000- 24,999 190 33 13.1 6.6-24.4 41 23.6 13.6-37.7 65 33.8 22.6-47.1 27 18.4 7.9-37.2 24 11.1 4.7-24.0
$25,000- 34,999 147 26 17.5 9.6-29.8 36 30.7 18.3-46.5 44 17.6 10.4-28.0 21 10.8 5.4-20.5 20 23.4 9.8-46.2
$35,000- 49,999 204 23 11.1 5.5-21.1 63 26.4 18.8-35.8 68 34.5 24.8-45.6 24 10.9 6.2-18.3 26 17.1 10.3-27.0
$50,000-74,999 212 36 20.0 12.2-31.0 51 17.4 11.5-25.4 76 33.6 24.3-44.5 31 17.1 9.8-27.9 18 11.9 6.0-22.2
$75,000+ 373 48 11.9 7.5-18.1 106 22.6 16.3-30.3 156 43.8 33.1-55.2 34 11.7 5.8-22.4 29 10.0 4.6-20.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 331 59 16.1 9.8-25.4 71 15.9 10.6-23.2 100 33.4 22.1-47.1 50 15.6 9.8-23.9 51 19.0 11.3-30.1
No 977 141 14.6 11.3-18.6 262 25.2 20.7-30.3 372 35.9 30.6-41.5 120 14.4 10.0-20.3 82 10.0 6.3-15.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 269 21 7.5 3.5-15.3 73 26.4 18.7-35.9 104 34.8 25.8-45.0 39 19.3 9.7-34.6 32 12.1 5.6-24.1
Non-Veteran 977 169 15.9 12.3-20.2 251 22.2 18.0-27.2 340 34.6 28.7-41.0 123 14.2 10.4-19.1 94 13.1 8.9-18.9

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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 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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