BRFSS 2005 - North Carolina: (Now, thinking about the vigorous physical activities you do when you are not working in a usual week, do you do vigorous activities for at least 10 minutes at a time, such as running, aerobics, heavy yard work, or anything else that causes large increases in breathing or heart rate?*)

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Physical Activity-WHITE FEMALES

Now, thinking about the vigorous physical activities you do when you are not working in a usual week, do you do vigorous activities for at least 10 minutes at a time, such as running, aerobics, heavy yard work, or anything else that causes large increases in breathing or heart rate?*

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
TOTAL	8,140	2,633	36.0	34.6-37.4	5,507	64.0	62.6-65.4
AGE
18-24	313	162	55.1	48.4-61.7	151	44.9	38.3-51.6
25-34	963	436	45.9	42.2-49.5	527	54.1	50.5-57.8
35-44	1,405	617	43.3	40.3-46.3	788	56.7	53.7-59.7
45-54	1,529	551	35.9	33.1-38.9	978	64.1	61.1-66.9
55-64	1,555	451	28.6	26.1-31.3	1,104	71.4	68.7-73.9
65-74	1,236	279	23.8	21.1-26.8	957	76.2	73.2-78.9
75+	1,099	129	10.4	8.6-12.5	970	89.6	87.5-91.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	994	144	20.0	16.1-24.6	850	80.0	75.4-83.9
H.S. or G.E.D.	2,441	647	30.3	27.8-32.9	1,794	69.7	67.1-72.2
Some Post-H.S.	2,157	691	36.8	34.0-39.7	1,466	63.2	60.3-66.0
College Graduate	2,532	1,150	46.3	43.9-48.7	1,382	53.7	51.3-56.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	904	157	23.0	18.6-28.0	747	77.0	72.0-81.4
$15,000- 24,999	1,344	356	30.1	26.5-33.9	988	69.9	66.1-73.5
$25,000- 34,999	949	330	36.3	32.4-40.4	619	63.7	59.6-67.6
$35,000- 49,999	1,133	397	36.9	33.6-40.4	736	63.1	59.6-66.4
$50,000-74,999	1,118	427	38.2	34.8-41.7	691	61.8	58.3-65.2
$75,000+	1,375	666	50.3	47.1-53.5	709	49.7	46.5-52.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	2,569	470	23.1	20.6-25.8	2,099	76.9	74.2-79.4
No	5,462	2,120	41.0	39.4-42.8	3,342	59.0	57.2-60.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	136	68	53.7	43.3-63.9	68	46.3	36.1-56.7
Non-Veteran	8,003	2,565	35.6	34.2-37.1	5,438	64.4	62.9-65.8

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*If a respondent reported less than 10 mins activity/week for the next phy. activity quest., that respondent was counted in NO category

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = 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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