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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Johnston 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
-Johnston County 348 147 47.5 40.2-55.0 201 52.5 45.0-59.8
GENDER
Male 129 72 63.0 52.1-72.8 57 37.0 27.2-47.9
Female 219 75 34.4 26.5-43.3 144 65.6 56.7-73.5
RACE
White 279 120 50.7 42.6-58.7 159 49.3 41.3-57.4
Other 67 26 37.1 23.4-53.3 41 62.9 46.7-76.6
AGE
18-44 118 70 59.4 47.1-70.7 48 40.6 29.3-52.9
45+ 227 75 33.3 26.5-40.7 152 66.7 59.3-73.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 174 70 44.2 34.8-54.0 104 55.8 46.0-65.2
Some College + 173 77 50.5 39.7-61.3 96 49.5 38.7-60.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 158 60 41.5 32.0-51.7 98 58.5 48.3-68.0
$50,000+ 146 71 53.3 41.8-64.5 75 46.7 35.5-58.2

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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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