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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western NC 2,170 437 19.5 17.2-22.0 643 29.5 26.5-32.7 636 27.3 24.7-30.1 241 12.0 9.4-15.3 213 11.7 8.7-15.5
GENDER
Male 839 138 16.5 13.3-20.4 210 25.4 20.8-30.7 256 27.7 23.6-32.1 117 12.5 9.9-15.6 118 17.9 12.3-25.3
Female 1,331 299 22.2 19.1-25.6 433 33.2 29.5-37.1 380 27.0 23.7-30.6 124 11.6 7.5-17.5 95 6.0 4.7- 7.7
RACE
White 2,008 403 19.4 17.0-21.9 602 29.7 26.6-33.0 587 27.2 24.5-30.1 223 12.0 9.2-15.5 193 11.8 8.6-15.9
African American 51 14 21.4 10.3-39.2 14 40.7 20.9-64.2 10 19.7 8.7-38.9 5 7.5 2.5-20.5 8 10.7 4.5-23.2
Other Minorities 101 18 21.6 10.8-38.5 24 18.8 10.6-31.1 37 34.2 21.5-49.7 11 15.0 6.7-30.2 11 10.5 4.2-23.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 44 7 22.0 7.6-49.4 11 15.5 7.4-29.4 14 25.9 13.5-43.8 8 30.0 13.7-53.5 4 6.7 1.9-21.2
Non-Hispanic 2,122 429 19.5 17.2-22.0 630 29.8 26.8-33.1 622 27.4 24.7-30.2 232 11.5 8.8-14.8 209 11.8 8.8-15.7
AGE
18-24 75 13 16.1 8.2-29.1 21 21.7 12.5-35.0 21 18.6 10.3-31.1 13 23.1 9.3-46.6 7 20.6 6.6-48.6
25-34 170 33 20.8 14.3-29.2 62 35.2 25.4-46.5 44 24.2 17.3-32.8 12 9.1 4.9-16.5 19 10.7 6.3-17.5
35-44 300 61 21.2 16.2-27.2 102 31.3 25.4-37.8 85 26.4 20.8-32.9 30 9.3 6.3-13.6 22 11.8 6.0-22.0
45-54 411 71 17.7 13.6-22.8 125 32.1 26.2-38.6 135 31.4 26.3-37.0 41 10.5 7.2-15.1 39 8.3 5.9-11.7
55-64 496 91 17.9 14.0-22.7 151 28.9 24.3-33.9 167 34.6 29.7-39.8 46 8.8 6.5-11.9 41 9.8 6.9-13.7
65+ 701 163 21.7 18.3-25.4 179 26.5 22.7-30.7 179 26.7 22.7-31.0 96 13.6 10.8-17.0 84 11.5 9.2-14.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 246 53 15.6 10.1-23.2 79 26.0 17.8-36.2 56 20.6 13.5-30.3 29 9.7 5.2-17.6 29 28.0 13.3-49.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 670 139 21.1 17.1-25.9 169 27.2 22.5-32.4 184 25.4 21.2-30.1 86 13.6 10.4-17.7 92 12.7 9.9-16.1
Some Post-H.S. 553 117 21.4 16.6-27.3 177 29.2 24.0-35.0 158 25.7 20.7-31.3 51 13.3 6.5-25.3 50 10.4 6.1-17.2
College Graduate 698 128 18.1 14.7-22.1 218 33.9 28.2-40.1 235 32.5 28.0-37.2 75 10.3 7.8-13.5 42 5.3 3.6- 7.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 227 62 23.9 16.1-34.0 63 31.3 22.6-41.6 46 19.2 12.2-28.9 35 12.6 7.4-20.6 21 12.9 4.7-31.1
$15,000- 24,999 377 74 17.1 12.9-22.4 106 29.1 23.4-35.7 99 24.2 19.1-30.1 44 14.3 9.4-21.1 54 15.3 10.9-20.9
$25,000- 34,999 283 56 18.7 13.9-24.7 75 27.0 21.0-34.0 93 34.6 27.9-41.9 30 9.8 6.2-15.0 29 10.0 6.2-15.7
$35,000- 49,999 322 61 19.5 14.1-26.4 89 25.6 20.1-31.9 104 31.5 25.5-38.2 41 14.1 9.5-20.6 27 9.3 5.6-14.9
$50,000-74,999 309 59 19.4 14.0-26.2 101 33.9 25.0-44.0 97 30.6 23.7-38.4 29 9.7 6.3-14.7 23 6.5 4.1-10.1
$75,000+ 373 63 17.5 12.7-23.5 128 31.1 24.2-38.9 119 26.2 20.6-32.8 33 14.6 6.3-30.3 30 10.6 5.5-19.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 704 176 23.5 19.7-27.8 191 27.3 22.7-32.5 179 27.1 22.8-32.0 75 10.4 7.9-13.6 83 11.6 8.9-14.9
No 1,408 249 18.4 15.6-21.5 433 30.7 27.0-34.6 440 27.8 24.7-31.2 161 13.0 9.6-17.6 125 10.1 7.5-13.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 262 40 14.2 10.1-19.7 73 26.6 21.1-33.0 82 33.2 26.9-40.1 32 11.9 8.0-17.3 35 14.1 9.6-20.1
Non-Veteran 1,721 363 20.3 17.6-23.2 513 29.5 26.0-33.2 495 25.9 23.0-28.9 188 12.3 9.2-16.3 162 12.1 8.6-16.7

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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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