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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Onslow 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
-Onslow County 359 155 49.2 42.2-56.2 204 50.8 43.8-57.8
GENDER
Male 112 55 58.1 46.4-69.0 57 41.9 31.0-53.6
Female 247 100 41.2 33.8-48.9 147 58.8 51.1-66.2
RACE
White 273 117 49.5 41.6-57.5 156 50.5 42.5-58.4
Other 84 36 47.7 33.9-61.9 48 52.3 38.1-66.1
AGE
18-44 151 87 59.2 49.0-68.7 64 40.8 31.3-51.0
45+ 206 68 33.9 26.4-42.4 138 66.1 57.6-73.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 152 60 47.3 36.7-58.1 92 52.7 41.9-63.3
Some College + 207 95 50.8 41.7-59.9 112 49.2 40.1-58.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 199 84 52.2 43.0-61.1 115 47.8 38.9-57.0
$50,000+ 119 55 47.5 36.6-58.7 64 52.5 41.3-63.4

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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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