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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Physical Activity-WHITES

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
-WHITES 8,156 1,783 21.4 19.9-22.9 2,521 30.7 29.1-32.4 2,388 28.3 26.8-30.0 843 11.4 10.1-12.9 621 8.2 7.0- 9.5
GENDER
Male 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
Female 5,041 1,182 23.6 21.8-25.6 1,715 34.5 32.3-36.6 1,427 27.4 25.4-29.5 432 9.9 8.2-12.0 285 4.6 3.9- 5.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 106 21 16.3 8.5-29.2 35 41.2 28.1-55.8 26 17.7 9.8-29.9 17 14.3 8.0-24.3 7 10.4 3.8-25.3
Non-Hispanic 8,043 1,762 21.5 20.0-23.0 2,482 30.5 28.8-32.2 2,361 28.6 27.0-30.2 825 11.4 10.0-12.9 613 8.1 6.9- 9.5
AGE
18-24 216 46 21.7 14.9-30.4 66 24.0 17.6-31.7 58 23.6 17.0-31.6 35 21.8 14.1-32.2 11 9.0 3.5-21.0
25-34 750 162 20.7 17.0-24.9 267 37.2 32.1-42.5 200 25.0 20.9-29.6 66 9.9 7.0-13.9 55 7.2 5.1-10.1
35-44 1,264 279 22.8 19.7-26.2 429 30.6 27.3-34.1 360 29.2 25.6-33.0 125 9.9 7.8-12.5 71 7.6 5.4-10.5
45-54 1,665 350 20.7 18.2-23.5 527 32.0 28.8-35.4 516 31.0 28.0-34.1 160 9.3 7.5-11.4 112 7.1 5.5- 9.0
55-64 1,757 356 19.4 16.9-22.2 523 29.0 26.1-32.1 566 32.5 29.4-35.7 174 10.9 8.8-13.4 138 8.2 6.6-10.2
65+ 2,437 570 22.6 20.3-25.1 693 29.3 26.7-32.0 669 26.7 24.3-29.2 274 10.7 9.1-12.4 231 10.7 8.9-12.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 659 152 21.5 15.1-29.8 182 24.0 18.6-30.3 149 19.1 14.3-25.1 96 18.8 12.5-27.3 80 16.6 10.8-24.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,241 526 20.4 17.9-23.2 647 29.3 26.1-32.7 589 26.9 23.8-30.3 248 12.9 9.9-16.5 231 10.5 8.6-12.8
Some Post-H.S. 2,162 475 22.9 19.9-26.2 659 28.8 25.6-32.1 631 27.7 24.7-31.1 225 11.2 8.9-13.9 172 9.4 6.7-13.1
College Graduate 3,088 629 20.9 19.0-23.0 1,033 34.7 32.2-37.3 1,015 31.7 29.4-34.1 273 8.9 7.4-10.8 138 3.7 3.0- 4.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 572 167 24.6 18.8-31.4 153 29.1 23.2-35.9 134 21.8 16.6-28.2 69 13.1 8.2-20.2 49 11.4 7.0-18.1
$15,000- 24,999 1,051 234 21.1 17.3-25.4 293 30.8 25.5-36.6 277 23.6 19.8-28.0 127 14.0 10.7-18.1 120 10.4 8.0-13.6
$25,000- 34,999 816 194 23.2 18.3-29.0 232 26.3 21.4-31.9 224 25.2 20.3-30.8 78 13.4 7.4-22.9 88 11.9 8.7-16.1
$35,000-49,999 1,174 243 18.8 15.8-22.3 349 28.7 24.8-32.9 351 31.2 27.2-35.6 134 12.6 9.3-16.8 97 8.7 6.6-11.4
$50,000- 74,999 1,315 271 19.8 17.0-23.0 416 31.2 27.2-35.4 414 32.8 28.8-37.0 130 9.5 7.5-11.9 84 6.8 4.8- 9.4
$75,000+ 2,201 434 21.1 18.4-24.1 766 33.8 30.9-36.9 707 30.4 27.6-33.4 190 8.6 6.8-11.0 104 6.0 3.8- 9.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,367 603 23.7 20.9-26.7 671 29.0 25.8-32.3 620 25.0 22.1-28.2 245 10.7 8.8-13.0 228 11.6 8.6-15.5
No 5,579 1,128 20.6 18.9-22.4 1,792 31.6 29.7-33.7 1,715 29.8 27.9-31.7 572 11.3 9.7-13.2 372 6.7 5.7- 7.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,083 209 18.2 15.1-21.8 300 30.1 26.0-34.6 322 29.8 25.9-33.9 133 11.3 8.7-14.5 119 10.6 8.1-13.7
Non-Veteran 6,381 1,434 22.1 20.4-23.8 2,022 30.8 28.9-32.7 1,840 27.7 25.9-29.6 629 11.5 9.9-13.4 456 7.9 6.5- 9.5

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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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