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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Johnston 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
-Johnston County 432 339 78.6 70.8-84.7 93 21.4 15.3-29.2
GENDER
Male 149 113 77.2 62.9-87.2 36 22.8 12.8-37.1
Female 283 226 80.1 73.3-85.4 57 19.9 14.6-26.7
RACE
White 348 284 87.4 83.5-90.5 64 12.6 9.5-16.5
Other 79 51 61.8 40.9-79.1 28 38.2 20.9-59.1
AGE
18-44 158 130 78.5 65.5-87.5 28 21.5 12.5-34.5
45+ 271 206 78.5 72.6-83.5 65 21.5 16.5-27.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 221 159 73.4 61.1-83.0 62 26.6 17.0-38.9
Some College + 209 179 84.9 75.0-91.3 30 15.1 8.7-25.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 220 162 78.7 69.9-85.5 58 21.3 14.5-30.1
$50,000+ 160 143 88.0 76.4-94.4 17 12.0 5.6-23.6

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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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