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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Cumberland County

Physical Activity

Now, thinking about the moderate physical activities you do when you are not working in a usual week,
do you do moderate activities for at least 10 minutes at a time such as
brisk walking, bicycling,vacuuming, gardening, or anything else that cause s small increases in breathing or heart rate?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,493 11,818 82.9 81.9-83.8 2,675 17.1 16.2-18.1
-Cumberland County 372 315 88.1 83.7-91.4 57 11.9 8.6-16.3
GENDER
Male 113 96 89.8 82.9-94.1 17 10.2 5.9-17.1
Female 259 219 86.6 80.6-91.0 40 13.4 9.0-19.4
RACE
White 205 179 91.0 84.9-94.8 26 9.0 5.2-15.1
Other 165 134 84.1 77.1-89.2 31 15.9 10.8-22.9
AGE
18-44 146 129 91.7 84.9-95.6 17 8.3 4.4-15.1
45+ 225 186 83.5 77.5-88.1 39 16.5 11.9-22.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 161 125 86.1 79.7-90.8 36 13.9 9.2-20.3
Some College + 211 190 89.6 83.0-93.8 21 10.4 6.2-17.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 215 172 83.6 76.7-88.7 43 16.4 11.3-23.3
$50,000+ 113 107 96.4 92.0-98.4 6 3.6 1.6- 8.0

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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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