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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Physical Activity-MALES

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
-MALES 3,836 725 17.6 15.7-19.7 991 28.0 25.3-30.8 1,183 29.2 26.8-31.7 514 13.1 11.3-15.1 423 12.1 10.1-14.4
RACE
White 3,115 601 18.9 16.7-21.3 806 26.6 24.1-29.2 961 29.3 26.9-31.9 411 13.0 11.0-15.4 336 12.1 9.9-14.7
African American 436 83 19.2 14.0-25.9 97 20.3 15.4-26.4 135 30.5 24.0-37.9 69 16.7 12.4-22.3 52 13.2 8.5-19.8
Other Minorities 252 39 8.8 5.6-13.7 74 43.3 31.1-56.4 75 27.1 18.1-38.5 31 9.3 5.1-16.2 33 11.5 6.3-20.1
AGE
18-24 165 22 16.6 9.8-26.7 39 24.3 15.4-36.1 53 26.6 18.2-37.2 32 17.5 10.6-27.6 19 15.0 7.5-27.7
25-34 346 60 14.5 10.5-19.6 98 35.6 27.4-44.8 104 25.8 19.9-32.8 45 11.8 7.6-18.0 39 12.3 8.1-18.1
35-44 598 111 17.6 13.9-21.9 166 29.4 24.6-34.7 178 30.5 25.2-36.4 89 12.1 9.3-15.7 54 10.4 7.3-14.6
45-54 835 145 17.1 13.8-20.9 227 26.7 22.6-31.4 273 32.3 28.1-36.9 107 12.2 9.4-15.7 83 11.7 8.1-16.5
55-64 842 152 18.6 14.9-22.9 222 26.6 22.5-31.2 275 31.9 27.6-36.4 108 13.4 10.3-17.3 85 9.6 7.3-12.5
65+ 1,032 230 22.7 18.7-27.2 236 22.9 19.3-26.9 294 27.4 23.8-31.4 130 12.2 9.6-15.3 142 14.8 11.7-18.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 416 77 15.9 9.8-24.8 100 31.6 21.7-43.6 109 25.1 17.8-34.2 57 10.5 6.9-15.7 73 16.8 10.9-25.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,092 208 16.1 12.9-19.8 262 26.4 21.3-32.1 277 23.1 19.2-27.5 174 18.0 13.7-23.1 171 16.6 12.8-21.2
Some Post-H.S. 923 172 18.4 14.5-23.1 222 23.6 19.1-28.8 306 32.7 27.4-38.5 123 10.8 8.4-13.7 100 14.5 9.9-20.6
College Graduate 1,400 268 19.2 16.4-22.2 406 31.3 27.7-35.0 488 33.5 30.1-37.1 159 11.6 9.0-14.8 79 4.5 3.3- 6.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 278 69 19.3 12.3-28.8 74 37.0 24.0-52.2 73 25.2 16.0-37.5 31 7.4 4.1-12.9 31 11.1 6.2-19.1
$15,000- 24,999 496 97 16.2 12.0-21.4 123 28.4 21.2-36.8 125 26.0 19.2-34.3 69 14.1 10.0-19.4 82 15.3 10.8-21.3
$25,000- 34,999 385 72 19.2 13.1-27.4 82 20.7 14.6-28.6 115 26.0 19.3-33.9 57 16.8 9.5-27.8 59 17.3 10.7-26.7
$35,000- 49,999 518 83 14.4 10.9-18.8 130 24.8 19.5-30.9 157 31.8 26.3-37.8 84 15.6 11.7-20.5 64 13.4 9.6-18.4
$50,000- 74,999 615 101 16.1 12.1-21.0 155 25.7 20.1-32.3 215 35.3 29.4-41.6 86 12.2 9.1-16.0 58 10.8 7.1-15.9
$75,000+ 1,162 218 19.2 15.6-23.4 351 30.8 26.9-35.0 395 31.3 27.4-35.4 119 9.3 7.0-12.3 79 9.4 5.8-14.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,138 238 17.8 14.5-21.6 292 26.3 22.1-31.0 313 26.2 21.9-31.0 151 13.1 10.3-16.5 144 16.6 11.7-23.0
No 2,578 460 17.7 15.3-20.3 672 28.4 25.2-31.9 843 31.2 28.3-34.3 345 12.6 10.5-15.0 258 10.1 8.4-12.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,159 222 18.0 14.6-21.9 300 26.4 22.5-30.7 350 29.3 24.9-34.1 151 13.8 10.6-17.9 136 12.5 9.3-16.6
Non-Veteran 2,347 447 17.9 15.5-20.6 609 27.8 24.4-31.4 717 28.8 25.9-32.0 315 12.9 10.7-15.4 259 12.6 10.1-15.6

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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.

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