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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham 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
-Durham County 312 140 45.2 37.2-53.5 172 54.8 46.5-62.8
GENDER
Male 107 47 44.6 31.8-58.2 60 55.4 41.8-68.2
Female 205 93 45.9 37.6-54.4 112 54.1 45.6-62.4
RACE
White 202 101 53.9 45.2-62.3 101 46.1 37.7-54.8
Other 107 37 35.6 23.3-50.3 70 64.4 49.7-76.7
AGE
18-44 99 48 49.3 35.9-62.8 51 50.7 37.2-64.1
45+ 209 91 40.4 32.7-48.6 118 59.6 51.4-67.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 80 25 33.9 19.0-52.9 55 66.1 47.1-81.0
Some College + 232 115 50.9 42.7-58.9 117 49.1 41.1-57.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 131 49 37.1 27.1-48.3 82 62.9 51.7-72.9
$50,000+ 141 76 57.8 47.8-67.2 65 42.2 32.8-52.2

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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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