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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
-Piedmont NC 2,769 442 14.8 12.9-17.0 682 24.1 21.4-26.9 1,019 38.2 35.1-41.3 391 14.2 12.1-16.6 235 8.7 7.0-10.8
GENDER
Male 1,296 177 11.5 9.1-14.4 264 19.9 16.8-23.4 490 40.3 35.8-45.0 227 17.1 13.9-20.7 138 11.2 8.6-14.5
Female 1,473 265 19.3 16.2-22.8 418 29.7 25.5-34.2 529 35.2 31.4-39.2 164 10.4 8.2-13.2 97 5.4 3.9- 7.4
RACE
White 2,270 357 15.7 13.4-18.3 575 25.8 23.0-28.8 833 36.9 33.7-40.1 327 14.3 12.1-16.9 178 7.3 5.8- 9.3
African American 336 59 13.6 9.4-19.2 63 18.8 12.3-27.6 123 38.1 30.5-46.3 46 15.0 9.8-22.3 45 14.6 9.9-21.0
Other Minorities 140 24 12.2 6.7-21.1 38 22.6 13.4-35.5 51 44.1 29.6-59.6 15 11.6 5.2-24.0 12 9.5 3.2-25.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 97 13 10.1 4.8-20.1 29 25.5 14.3-41.1 39 47.7 31.4-64.5 10 4.5 2.1- 9.2 6 12.2 4.5-29.4
Non-Hispanic 2,666 429 15.3 13.3-17.6 652 24.0 21.4-26.8 976 37.2 34.3-40.3 380 15.0 12.8-17.5 229 8.4 6.9-10.3
AGE
18-24 108 15 14.2 7.4-25.5 28 26.7 16.9-39.3 36 35.5 24.0-49.1 21 16.5 9.9-26.2 8 7.1 3.0-15.6
25-34 352 59 11.7 8.4-16.1 102 29.6 23.1-37.0 130 37.1 29.7-45.1 46 13.9 9.2-20.3 15 7.8 3.8-15.3
35-44 589 108 18.2 14.5-22.6 166 26.9 22.3-32.1 233 38.7 33.7-44.0 53 11.0 7.9-15.2 29 5.2 3.1- 8.6
45-54 657 88 12.8 9.5-16.9 144 18.7 15.3-22.5 272 42.9 37.5-48.5 104 18.0 13.3-23.9 49 7.6 5.3-10.9
55-64 526 78 16.6 12.5-21.8 119 17.2 13.8-21.3 194 40.3 34.4-46.5 73 10.2 7.8-13.3 62 15.6 11.5-20.9
65+ 510 87 17.1 12.9-22.2 116 20.5 16.2-25.5 144 29.4 23.8-35.7 91 16.0 12.2-20.8 72 17.0 11.4-24.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 167 36 19.6 10.2-34.4 24 14.5 5.9-31.4 48 39.6 24.5-57.0 33 14.2 8.3-23.2 26 12.1 5.6-24.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 646 109 14.7 10.7-19.7 149 21.9 16.3-28.7 196 33.5 27.1-40.6 106 16.7 12.0-22.8 86 13.3 9.4-18.5
Some Post-H.S. 672 104 14.6 11.2-18.7 147 22.7 18.0-28.1 242 32.4 27.3-38.0 106 17.3 12.7-23.0 73 13.0 9.0-18.5
College Graduate 1,282 192 14.0 11.7-16.7 362 28.3 24.9-31.9 533 43.9 40.0-47.8 145 11.0 8.6-13.8 50 2.9 2.0- 4.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 133 24 13.1 6.8-23.9 27 16.6 7.7-32.2 37 36.0 20.8-54.7 25 15.4 8.0-27.6 20 18.9 8.6-36.7
$15,000- 24,999 294 51 20.9 13.6-30.7 69 20.8 13.5-30.7 88 36.0 26.9-46.1 48 12.4 7.9-19.0 38 9.9 6.0-15.9
$25,000- 34,999 219 43 18.6 11.2-29.3 48 20.1 10.8-34.5 64 26.1 17.5-37.0 33 20.0 10.1-35.7 31 15.2 8.5-25.7
$35,000- 49,999 376 53 9.7 6.5-14.3 100 28.3 19.3-39.4 127 31.1 24.2-38.8 64 19.2 13.2-27.0 32 11.8 6.1-21.4
$50,000-74,999 472 84 15.7 11.8-20.7 104 23.6 18.1-30.1 186 36.2 29.5-43.5 57 15.5 9.8-23.7 41 9.0 5.5-14.3
$75,000+ 976 138 14.1 10.9-17.9 260 26.7 22.9-30.8 411 41.8 37.5-46.2 125 12.8 10.1-16.1 42 4.7 2.8- 7.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 569 94 14.4 10.4-19.5 144 25.4 20.1-31.5 176 31.5 26.1-37.5 93 17.0 12.1-23.4 62 11.7 8.1-16.6
No 2,113 338 15.6 13.3-18.2 513 23.0 20.2-26.0 810 39.0 35.7-42.4 288 14.3 11.9-17.0 164 8.2 6.3-10.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 339 60 13.7 9.8-19.0 56 16.4 11.1-23.5 121 35.5 28.5-43.1 60 14.6 10.3-20.4 42 19.8 12.6-29.6
Non-Veteran 2,178 346 15.5 13.2-18.1 571 25.3 22.4-28.4 799 37.7 34.3-41.3 290 13.8 11.5-16.5 172 7.7 6.0- 9.9

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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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