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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 335 157 48.4 40.3-56.5 178 51.6 43.5-59.7
GENDER
Male 130 64 50.5 38.1-62.9 66 49.5 37.1-61.9
Female 205 93 45.6 36.8-54.7 112 54.4 45.3-63.2
RACE
White 275 141 52.2 43.9-60.4 134 47.8 39.6-56.1
Other 58 14 37.4 19.6-59.4 44 62.6 40.6-80.4
AGE
18-44 99 50 50.6 37.2-63.9 49 49.4 36.1-62.8
45+ 235 106 45.5 38.5-52.8 129 54.5 47.2-61.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 85 22 27.6 16.1-43.1 63 72.4 56.9-83.9
Some College + 250 135 58.2 49.3-66.6 115 41.8 33.4-50.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 121 46 37.2 25.1-51.1 75 62.8 48.9-74.9
$50,000+ 171 93 56.0 46.8-64.9 78 44.0 35.1-53.2

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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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