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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County 595 272 51.1 45.6-56.5 323 48.9 43.5-54.4
GENDER
Male 220 123 58.7 50.5-66.4 97 41.3 33.6-49.5
Female 375 149 44.3 37.2-51.7 226 55.7 48.3-62.8
RACE
White 414 200 55.6 49.5-61.5 214 44.4 38.5-50.5
Other 171 69 44.2 34.3-54.5 102 55.8 45.5-65.7
AGE
18-44 183 105 55.6 46.3-64.6 78 44.4 35.4-53.7
45+ 405 166 46.7 41.0-52.4 239 53.3 47.6-59.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 142 53 48.2 36.5-60.1 89 51.8 39.9-63.5
Some College + 451 218 52.1 46.0-58.1 233 47.9 41.9-54.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 220 87 47.4 37.6-57.5 133 52.6 42.5-62.4
$50,000+ 276 150 59.1 52.2-65.7 126 40.9 34.3-47.8

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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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