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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Johnston 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
-Johnston County 350 292 84.4 78.2-89.1 58 15.6 10.9-21.8
GENDER
Male 129 109 87.6 80.0-92.6 20 12.4 7.4-20.0
Female 221 183 81.7 71.9-88.6 38 18.3 11.4-28.1
RACE
White 282 238 86.0 79.5-90.7 44 14.0 9.3-20.5
Other 67 54 81.1 63.4-91.4 13 18.9 8.6-36.6
AGE
18-44 119 106 86.4 75.5-92.9 13 13.6 7.1-24.5
45+ 228 183 82.0 74.8-87.4 45 18.0 12.6-25.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 175 140 80.0 69.9-87.3 35 20.0 12.7-30.1
Some College + 174 151 88.2 80.0-93.4 23 11.8 6.6-20.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 159 123 77.6 67.1-85.6 36 22.4 14.4-32.9
$50,000+ 148 136 93.0 87.0-96.3 12 7.0 3.7-13.0

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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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