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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Union 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
-Union County 365 307 81.3 74.1-86.8 58 18.7 13.2-25.9
GENDER
Male 144 123 80.5 68.1-88.9 21 19.5 11.1-31.9
Female 221 184 82.0 73.3-88.3 37 18.0 11.7-26.7
RACE
White 313 272 87.2 81.1-91.6 41 12.8 8.4-18.9
Other 51 35 61.3 41.5-78.0 16 38.7 22.0-58.5
AGE
18-44 117 97 76.5 63.5-85.8 20 23.5 14.2-36.5
45+ 247 209 86.3 81.1-90.3 38 13.7 9.7-18.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 148 112 67.0 53.8-77.9 36 33.0 22.1-46.2
Some College + 217 195 91.5 86.6-94.7 22 8.5 5.3-13.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 158 128 79.7 68.9-87.4 30 20.3 12.6-31.1
$50,000+ 155 139 85.8 73.8-92.8 16 14.2 7.2-26.2

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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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