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 MALES

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	4,722	2,279	55.3	53.4-57.1	2,443	44.7	42.9-46.6
AGE
18-24	195	149	78.6	71.3-84.4	46	21.4	15.6-28.7
25-34	576	387	66.5	61.6-71.1	189	33.5	28.9-38.4
35-44	840	516	61.9	58.0-65.7	324	38.1	34.3-42.0
45-54	951	481	52.4	48.6-56.2	470	47.6	43.8-51.4
55-64	936	376	41.8	38.1-45.7	560	58.2	54.3-61.9
65-74	706	246	34.8	30.9-38.9	460	65.2	61.1-69.1
75+	504	114	24.3	20.1-29.1	390	75.7	70.9-79.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	627	205	42.5	36.4-48.8	422	57.5	51.2-63.6
H.S. or G.E.D.	1,365	571	48.9	45.3-52.6	794	51.1	47.4-54.7
Some Post-H.S.	1,081	530	58.7	54.9-62.4	551	41.3	37.6-45.1
College Graduate	1,643	971	63.4	60.5-66.1	672	36.6	33.9-39.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	344	106	42.4	34.7-50.5	238	57.6	49.5-65.3
$15,000- 24,999	640	210	41.6	36.1-47.3	430	58.4	52.7-63.9
$25,000- 34,999	586	260	49.3	43.8-54.8	326	50.7	45.2-56.2
$35,000- 49,999	757	387	56.2	51.7-60.6	370	43.8	39.4-48.3
$50,000-74,999	790	448	60.9	56.4-65.1	342	39.1	34.9-43.6
$75,000+	1,068	650	65.3	61.9-68.5	418	34.7	31.5-38.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	1,399	428	36.2	32.6-39.9	971	63.8	60.1-67.4
No	3,243	1,818	61.5	59.4-63.7	1,425	38.5	36.3-40.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	1,746	722	47.2	44.2-50.3	1,024	52.8	49.7-55.8
Non-Veteran	2,972	1,554	58.5	56.2-60.8	1,418	41.5	39.2-43.8

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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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