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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Davidson County

Physical Activity

Now, thinking about the vigorous physical activities you do when you are not working in a usual week,
do you do vigorous activities for at least 10 minutes at a time, such as running, aerobics, heavy yard work,
or anything else that causes large increases in breathing or heart rate?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,712 5,464 49.8 48.2-51.3 7,248 50.2 48.7-51.8
-Davidson County 400 156 47.0 40.5-53.6 244 53.0 46.4-59.5
GENDER
Male 161 85 60.9 51.6-69.4 76 39.1 30.6-48.4
Female 239 71 34.3 26.1-43.5 168 65.7 56.5-73.9
RACE
White 362 144 48.1 41.5-54.9 218 51.9 45.1-58.5
Other 35 11 36.2 18.5-58.6 24 63.8 41.4-81.5
AGE
18-44 84 44 60.0 47.3-71.5 40 40.0 28.5-52.7
45+ 313 111 38.0 31.9-44.6 202 62.0 55.4-68.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 227 67 37.5 29.0-46.9 160 62.5 53.1-71.0
Some College + 173 89 59.0 49.7-67.7 84 41.0 32.3-50.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 235 84 44.5 35.4-53.9 151 55.5 46.1-64.6
$50,000+ 111 61 59.0 48.4-68.8 50 41.0 31.2-51.6

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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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