SCHS Home Search FAQs Guestbook

North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics Navigation Bar

2007 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

Physical Activity

Moderate Physical Activity*

View results for a demographic group:
Select a different topic:
View results for a different geographical area:
  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
-New Hanover County 374 172 52.4 44.3-60.4 202 47.6 39.6-55.7
GENDER
Male 132 65 56.7 43.1-69.3 67 43.3 30.7-56.9
Female 242 107 47.7 40.3-55.2 135 52.3 44.8-59.7
RACE
White 319 152 56.6 47.9-64.8 167 43.4 35.2-52.1
Other 54 19 37.7 22.2-56.2 35 62.3 43.8-77.8
AGE
18-44 99 52 58.6 44.5-71.4 47 41.4 28.6-55.5
45+ 272 117 45.5 38.9-52.2 155 54.5 47.8-61.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 118 40 43.8 30.2-58.4 78 56.2 41.6-69.8
Some College + 256 132 57.0 47.2-66.3 124 43.0 33.7-52.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 166 60 48.7 34.7-62.8 106 51.3 37.2-65.3
$50,000+ 164 91 58.2 49.4-66.6 73 41.8 33.4-50.6

Back to Physical Activity.

*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.

BRFSS Home | Annual Questionnaires | Technical Notes

This page was generated on 30MAY08.

SCHS Home | Search | FAQs | Guestbook