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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Iredell 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
-Iredell County 419 178 53.0 46.2-59.8 241 47.0 40.2-53.8
GENDER
Male 157 89 67.5 57.7-76.1 68 32.5 23.9-42.3
Female 262 89 41.0 32.7-49.8 173 59.0 50.2-67.3
RACE
White 362 156 55.0 47.6-62.3 206 45.0 37.7-52.4
Other 56 21 41.9 26.8-58.8 35 58.1 41.2-73.2
AGE
18-44 126 79 65.1 53.7-75.0 47 34.9 25.0-46.3
45+ 292 98 38.4 32.3-45.0 194 61.6 55.0-67.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 198 77 51.9 41.9-61.6 121 48.1 38.4-58.1
Some College + 221 101 54.2 44.8-63.3 120 45.8 36.7-55.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 196 69 47.7 36.9-58.8 127 52.3 41.2-63.1
$50,000+ 149 87 66.4 57.2-74.5 62 33.6 25.5-42.8

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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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