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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Rowan 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
-Rowan County 440 349 79.7 74.5-84.1 91 20.3 15.9-25.5
GENDER
Male 185 146 77.9 69.6-84.4 39 22.1 15.6-30.4
Female 255 203 81.7 75.1-86.8 52 18.3 13.2-24.9
RACE
White 374 303 81.7 76.4-86.0 71 18.3 14.0-23.6
Other 64 45 72.6 56.7-84.3 19 27.4 15.7-43.3
AGE
18-44 128 109 86.0 77.3-91.7 19 14.0 8.3-22.7
45+ 310 239 73.1 66.8-78.7 71 26.9 21.3-33.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 208 154 74.0 65.6-80.9 54 26.0 19.1-34.4
Some College + 232 195 86.1 80.2-90.5 37 13.9 9.5-19.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 260 199 76.5 69.2-82.6 61 23.5 17.4-30.8
$50,000+ 132 114 85.3 76.0-91.4 18 14.7 8.6-24.0

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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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