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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Catawba County

Physical Activity

Moderate Physical Activity*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 13,951 5,705 44.0 42.8-45.3 8,246 56.0 54.7-57.2
-Catawba County 389 155 42.0 35.1-49.2 234 58.0 50.8-64.9
GENDER
Male 138 68 46.0 35.5-57.0 70 54.0 43.0-64.5
Female 251 87 38.5 29.5-48.4 164 61.5 51.6-70.5
RACE
White 342 139 46.2 39.0-53.7 203 53.8 46.3-61.0
Other 45 15 23.9 11.4-43.3 30 76.1 56.7-88.6
AGE
18-44 105 43 43.7 31.6-56.7 62 56.3 43.3-68.4
45+ 282 110 39.7 33.3-46.5 172 60.3 53.5-66.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 163 53 34.8 24.8-46.5 110 65.2 53.5-75.2
Some College + 226 102 47.3 38.5-56.3 124 52.7 43.7-61.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 188 67 36.0 27.0-46.2 121 64.0 53.8-73.0
$50,000+ 144 75 54.9 44.1-65.2 69 45.1 34.8-55.9

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*Data in this table were derived from the physical activity questions.
Yes = Respondents who report doing moderate physical activity for 30 or more minutes per day, five or more days per week or
respondents who report doing vigorous physical acti vity for 20 or more minutes per day, three or more days per week.
No= Respondents who report no moderate physical activity or less than 30 minutes per day, or less than five days per week
and no vigorous physical activity or less than 20 minutes p er day, or less than three days per week.

^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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