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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 342 295 90.4 86.3-93.3 47 9.6 6.7-13.7
GENDER
Male 133 120 92.7 86.0-96.3 13 7.3 3.7-14.0
Female 209 175 87.4 81.8-91.4 34 12.6 8.6-18.2
RACE
White 281 251 92.3 87.6-95.3 30 7.7 4.7-12.4
Other 59 42 85.2 74.3-91.9 17 14.8 8.1-25.7
AGE
18-44 101 94 93.9 86.7-97.4 7 6.1 2.6-13.3
45+ 240 200 86.0 80.8-90.0 40 14.0 10.0-19.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 87 61 81.2 70.2-88.9 26 18.8 11.1-29.8
Some College + 255 234 94.7 91.0-96.9 21 5.3 3.1- 9.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 122 96 86.2 78.3-91.5 26 13.8 8.5-21.7
$50,000+ 175 166 96.3 91.6-98.4 9 3.7 1.6- 8.4

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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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