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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County 597 515 86.8 82.8-90.1 82 13.2 9.9-17.2
GENDER
Male 222 194 86.3 79.0-91.3 28 13.7 8.7-21.0
Female 375 321 87.4 82.5-91.0 54 12.6 9.0-17.5
RACE
White 416 363 88.7 84.2-92.1 53 11.3 7.9-15.8
Other 170 143 85.7 77.9-91.0 27 14.3 9.0-22.1
AGE
18-44 186 167 87.6 80.2-92.5 19 12.4 7.5-19.8
45+ 404 341 85.7 81.3-89.2 63 14.3 10.8-18.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 143 121 86.3 76.6-92.4 22 13.7 7.6-23.4
Some College + 452 392 87.0 82.3-90.6 60 13.0 9.4-17.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 221 181 81.8 73.0-88.1 40 18.2 11.9-27.0
$50,000+ 276 252 92.1 88.0-94.9 24 7.9 5.1-12.0

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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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