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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
-Piedmont NC 5,240 1,173 21.0 19.3-22.9 1,676 33.0 30.8-35.2 1,507 28.0 26.0-30.1 510 10.5 9.1-12.1 374 7.4 6.4- 8.7
GENDER
Male 2,018 391 17.7 15.3-20.5 549 30.5 27.0-34.3 615 28.7 25.7-31.9 267 13.1 10.9-15.8 196 9.9 8.0-12.2
Female 3,222 782 24.2 21.8-26.8 1,127 35.3 32.7-38.0 892 27.3 24.7-30.0 243 8.1 6.5-10.0 178 5.1 4.1- 6.2
RACE
White 4,274 955 21.3 19.4-23.3 1,355 32.1 29.9-34.4 1,249 28.8 26.7-31.0 420 10.9 9.2-12.8 295 7.0 5.9- 8.2
African American 670 171 26.0 20.9-31.9 211 27.0 22.4-32.1 166 26.6 21.3-32.6 66 10.2 7.4-13.9 56 10.2 6.7-15.2
Other Minorities 254 42 10.3 6.5-15.9 93 49.2 38.1-60.4 77 25.7 18.0-35.3 21 8.6 4.4-16.1 21 6.2 3.4-10.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 177 29 13.0 7.6-21.4 73 51.9 39.3-64.3 43 21.6 13.4-32.9 18 5.7 3.2- 9.8 14 7.8 4.1-14.6
Non-Hispanic 5,050 1,144 21.8 19.9-23.7 1,597 31.3 29.3-33.4 1,460 28.6 26.6-30.6 491 11.0 9.5-12.7 358 7.4 6.3- 8.7
AGE
18-24 147 29 19.8 12.6-29.6 40 27.6 18.5-39.0 45 32.0 22.8-42.9 26 16.5 10.1-25.6 7 4.1 1.8- 9.1
25-34 540 113 17.7 14.1-22.1 199 40.7 34.6-47.1 146 24.1 19.5-29.3 48 10.1 6.7-15.0 34 7.4 4.8-11.2
35-44 913 208 23.8 20.1-28.0 312 34.3 30.3-38.5 247 25.8 22.2-29.8 81 8.9 6.7-11.7 65 7.2 5.3- 9.6
45-54 1,113 223 19.4 16.4-22.9 368 31.8 28.2-35.7 343 30.9 27.3-34.8 105 9.1 7.0-11.7 74 8.7 6.0-12.6
55-64 1,080 251 23.1 19.6-26.9 327 29.8 26.2-33.7 310 28.5 25.0-32.3 110 11.1 8.6-14.3 82 7.4 5.6- 9.8
65+ 1,393 334 22.2 19.3-25.4 416 30.7 27.2-34.4 400 28.4 25.2-31.8 134 9.5 7.5-11.9 109 9.2 7.0-12.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 466 106 18.2 11.9-26.9 140 37.6 27.6-48.7 113 21.4 15.0-29.7 58 14.0 8.7-21.7 49 8.8 5.9-12.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,362 341 20.6 17.4-24.3 402 29.0 24.9-33.5 353 26.6 22.3-31.5 136 11.9 8.9-15.8 130 11.8 8.9-15.6
Some Post-H.S. 1,304 266 22.4 18.7-26.6 412 30.3 26.5-34.5 382 28.3 24.6-32.4 137 10.8 8.6-13.6 107 8.1 6.1-10.7
College Graduate 2,102 459 21.3 19.0-23.7 720 36.0 33.1-39.0 657 30.6 27.9-33.4 178 8.5 6.7-10.7 88 3.7 2.8- 4.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 394 109 27.1 18.9-37.3 115 32.4 23.5-42.8 103 22.9 15.3-32.9 32 7.4 3.9-13.6 35 10.1 6.3-15.7
$15,000- 24,999 648 157 21.1 16.5-26.7 193 33.7 27.0-41.1 168 23.5 18.9-28.9 67 11.0 7.8-15.3 63 10.7 7.3-15.5
$25,000- 34,999 482 120 23.5 17.5-30.9 136 25.1 19.6-31.5 118 22.8 17.2-29.6 49 12.1 6.7-20.9 59 16.5 10.3-25.3
$35,000- 49,999 692 148 18.1 14.4-22.4 208 28.5 23.6-33.9 201 33.5 27.1-40.6 80 11.6 8.6-15.5 55 8.3 5.7-11.9
$50,000-74,999 842 169 20.7 16.7-25.3 285 34.1 29.0-39.5 257 31.0 26.2-36.3 77 8.0 5.9-10.7 54 6.2 4.0- 9.3
$75,000+ 1,501 309 20.7 17.8-24.0 537 35.1 31.8-38.4 472 31.4 28.2-34.9 127 8.6 6.6-11.1 56 4.2 2.9- 6.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,432 363 24.0 20.2-28.1 434 31.7 27.6-36.0 370 23.8 20.1-28.0 147 10.6 8.3-13.5 118 9.9 7.3-13.3
No 3,651 773 20.3 18.3-22.4 1,199 33.6 31.1-36.2 1,098 29.3 27.1-31.7 344 10.2 8.6-12.1 237 6.5 5.4- 7.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 616 125 19.4 15.1-24.6 171 30.0 24.8-35.9 174 25.7 21.3-30.8 79 13.6 9.2-19.6 67 11.2 8.0-15.5
Non-Veteran 4,193 961 21.8 19.8-23.9 1,372 33.1 30.7-35.6 1,199 27.9 25.7-30.2 381 10.1 8.6-11.9 280 7.1 5.9- 8.5

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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.

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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