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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Davidson 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 12,752 10,603 84.8 83.6-85.9 2,149 15.2 14.1-16.4
-Davidson County 399 329 86.7 82.7-89.9 70 13.3 10.1-17.3
GENDER
Male 160 133 87.3 80.9-91.8 27 12.7 8.2-19.1
Female 239 196 86.2 80.8-90.2 43 13.8 9.8-19.2
RACE
White 361 299 86.2 81.9-89.6 62 13.8 10.4-18.1
Other 35 27 88.3 74.3-95.2 8 11.7 4.8-25.7
AGE
18-44 84 77 93.8 86.9-97.2 7 6.2 2.8-13.1
45+ 312 249 81.6 76.3-85.9 63 18.4 14.1-23.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 226 169 80.9 74.6-86.0 57 19.1 14.0-25.4
Some College + 173 160 94.0 89.2-96.8 13 6.0 3.2-10.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 234 189 85.9 80.4-90.1 45 14.1 9.9-19.6
$50,000+ 111 102 93.4 86.9-96.7 9 6.6 3.3-13.1

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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 cell sizes less than 50, % = 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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