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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Union 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
-Union County 354 146 40.7 34.3-47.3 208 59.3 52.7-65.7
GENDER
Male 138 67 46.3 36.0-57.0 71 53.7 43.0-64.0
Female 216 79 35.2 27.8-43.4 137 64.8 56.6-72.2
RACE
White 305 134 45.4 38.5-52.4 171 54.6 47.6-61.5
Other 48 12 23.3 11.9-40.4 36 76.7 59.6-88.1
AGE
18-44 114 43 37.2 27.3-48.3 71 62.8 51.7-72.7
45+ 239 102 44.2 37.0-51.7 137 55.8 48.3-63.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 139 51 33.0 23.9-43.6 88 67.0 56.4-76.1
Some College + 215 95 45.8 37.5-54.3 120 54.2 45.7-62.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 153 57 33.7 24.9-43.8 96 66.3 56.2-75.1
$50,000+ 151 73 49.5 39.8-59.2 78 50.5 40.8-60.2

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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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