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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

Physical Activity

Vigorous Physical Activity*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,528 2,735 25.9 24.4-27.4 9,793 74.1 72.6-75.6
-Mecklenburg County 591 148 27.8 23.2-32.9 443 72.2 67.1-76.8
GENDER
Male 218 63 32.8 25.4-41.2 155 67.2 58.8-74.6
Female 373 85 23.3 18.1-29.5 288 76.7 70.5-81.9
RACE
White 411 112 30.3 24.9-36.2 299 69.7 63.8-75.1
Other 170 33 22.6 15.1-32.4 137 77.4 67.6-84.9
AGE
18-44 183 67 33.1 25.4-41.9 116 66.9 58.1-74.6
45+ 401 80 22.0 17.5-27.3 321 78.0 72.7-82.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 140 20 17.6 9.7-29.9 120 82.4 70.1-90.3
Some College + 449 128 31.6 26.3-37.5 321 68.4 62.5-73.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 219 40 20.7 13.9-29.6 179 79.3 70.4-86.1
$50,000+ 275 91 35.2 28.6-42.5 184 64.8 57.5-71.4

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*Data in this table were derived from the physical activity questions.
Yes = Respondents who report doing vigorous physical activity for 20 or more minutes per day, three or more days per week.
No = Respondents who report no vigorous physical ac tivity or less than 20 minutes per day, or less than three days per week.

^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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