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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake 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
-Wake County 578 258 46.6 41.2-52.1 320 53.4 47.9-58.8
GENDER
Male 215 98 45.9 37.2-55.0 117 54.1 45.0-62.8
Female 363 160 47.2 41.0-53.5 203 52.8 46.5-59.0
RACE
White 435 207 50.7 44.7-56.7 228 49.3 43.3-55.3
Other 143 51 38.3 28.0-49.8 92 61.7 50.2-72.0
AGE
18-44 201 101 51.3 42.6-60.0 100 48.7 40.0-57.4
45+ 372 156 41.2 35.7-47.0 216 58.8 53.0-64.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 157 50 32.2 23.5-42.4 107 67.8 57.6-76.5
Some College + 420 208 51.6 45.2-57.9 212 48.4 42.1-54.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 188 72 44.1 33.9-54.9 116 55.9 45.1-66.1
$50,000+ 317 161 49.5 42.4-56.6 156 50.5 43.4-57.6

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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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