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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth 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
-Forsyth County 372 298 81.5 76.1-85.9 74 18.5 14.1-23.9
GENDER
Male 140 110 79.9 70.7-86.8 30 20.1 13.2-29.3
Female 232 188 83.2 77.0-88.0 44 16.8 12.0-23.0
RACE
White 276 228 84.6 78.4-89.3 48 15.4 10.7-21.6
Other 96 70 74.9 63.4-83.7 26 25.1 16.3-36.6
AGE
18-44 112 97 86.6 77.4-92.4 15 13.4 7.6-22.6
45+ 258 199 75.7 69.1-81.3 59 24.3 18.7-30.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 149 105 72.6 62.9-80.5 44 27.4 19.5-37.1
Some College + 223 193 87.2 80.3-92.0 30 12.8 8.0-19.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 168 124 74.8 65.4-82.3 44 25.2 17.7-34.6
$50,000+ 152 133 87.8 79.7-93.0 19 12.2 7.0-20.3

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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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