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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford 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
-Guilford County 360 145 42.5 35.5-49.7 215 57.5 50.3-64.5
GENDER
Male 104 40 39.7 27.2-53.7 64 60.3 46.3-72.8
Female 256 105 44.3 36.7-52.2 151 55.7 47.8-63.3
RACE
White 262 120 52.1 43.7-60.4 142 47.9 39.6-56.3
Other 97 25 23.9 15.2-35.5 72 76.1 64.5-84.8
AGE
18-44 102 48 47.2 34.9-59.9 54 52.8 40.1-65.1
45+ 255 96 38.3 31.6-45.5 159 61.7 54.5-68.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 127 40 34.7 21.9-50.2 87 65.3 49.8-78.1
Some College + 233 105 46.3 38.3-54.4 128 53.7 45.6-61.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 154 53 34.5 25.1-45.4 101 65.5 54.6-74.9
$50,000+ 153 73 52.8 42.2-63.1 80 47.2 36.9-57.8

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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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