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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

Physical Activity

On days when you do moderate activities for at least 10 minutes at a time,how much total time per day
do you spend doing these activities?*

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  Total
Respond.^
10-20 minutes 21-30 minutes 31-60 minutes 1-2 hours More than 2 hours
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 10,106 2,228 21.0 19.7-22.4 3,127 31.2 29.5-32.9 2,917 28.0 26.5-29.6 1,024 11.0 9.9-12.2 810 8.8 7.7-10.0
-Mecklenburg County 501 112 23.1 18.0-29.3 166 30.8 25.9-36.2 146 28.0 23.3-33.3 49 10.9 7.7-15.2 28 7.2 4.4-11.5
GENDER
Male 189 34 19.2 12.9-27.7 51 28.3 21.2-36.6 63 29.6 22.6-37.7 27 14.1 9.1-21.3 14 8.8 4.8-15.6
Female 312 78 26.6 19.1-35.8 115 33.1 26.4-40.4 83 26.6 20.5-33.7 22 8.0 4.5-13.8 14 5.8 2.6-12.3
RACE
White 353 81 23.4 18.1-29.6 116 31.3 25.7-37.5 108 30.7 25.0-37.0 32 9.8 6.1-15.3 16 4.9 2.7- 8.5
Other 139 29 23.3 13.6-37.1 48 30.2 21.3-40.8 35 23.4 15.9-33.2 16 12.2 7.0-20.3 11 10.9 5.2-21.3
AGE
18-44 165 41 26.2 17.7-37.0 53 29.8 22.2-38.7 46 25.3 18.2-34.0 16 10.7 6.1-18.2 9 8.0 3.8-16.0
45+ 329 67 18.8 14.6-23.8 112 32.5 26.9-38.7 100 31.8 26.3-37.8 32 10.8 7.2-15.8 18 6.2 3.5-10.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 115 25 22.2 12.1-37.2 38 26.6 17.4-38.3 27 20.3 12.6-30.9 11 14.4 7.3-26.7 14 16.5 8.5-29.8
Some College + 384 87 23.6 17.9-30.4 127 32.2 26.6-38.4 119 30.9 25.4-37.1 37 9.5 6.4-13.9 14 3.8 2.0- 7.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 176 42 24.4 14.6-37.8 58 25.0 17.7-34.1 49 31.4 22.3-42.3 18 10.5 6.0-17.9 9 8.6 3.5-19.6
$50,000+ 248 52 21.5 15.6-28.9 88 35.7 29.0-43.1 78 30.2 23.9-37.3 19 7.8 4.6-12.9 11 4.8 2.3- 9.6

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*This question was asked only of respondents who reported doing moderate activities at least 10 minutes at a time.

^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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