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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

Physical Activity

On days when you do vigorous 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 5,280 833 14.6 13.1-16.3 1,326 24.4 22.4-26.6 1,872 36.4 34.0-38.8 746 14.5 12.8-16.4 503 10.1 8.6-11.8
-Mecklenburg County 268 39 16.7 11.4-23.7 65 21.5 16.3-27.9 112 44.0 36.4-51.9 33 10.3 6.6-15.8 19 7.5 4.3-12.9
GENDER
Male 121 16 14.5 8.4-24.0 29 24.0 16.3-34.0 49 38.1 28.2-49.0 15 11.6 6.1-20.9 12 11.7 6.2-21.2
Female 147 23 19.2 11.3-30.6 36 18.5 12.5-26.5 63 51.0 40.2-61.8 18 8.7 4.8-15.2 7 2.5 1.1- 5.9
RACE
White 197 29 15.6 10.3-22.9 51 25.1 18.5-33.1 82 45.8 37.1-54.7 22 6.7 3.9-11.3 13 6.8 3.4-13.1
Other 68 10 19.9 9.6-36.6 14 16.1 8.7-28.0 28 40.9 27.0-56.5 10 13.7 6.9-25.6 6 9.4 3.6-22.5
AGE
18-44 105 20 20.5 12.3-32.1 27 22.2 14.6-32.3 45 43.9 32.6-56.0 9 9.2 4.3-18.6 4 4.1 1.2-13.1
45+ 162 19 11.8 7.4-18.5 38 20.8 14.7-28.5 67 44.6 35.8-53.7 23 10.8 6.5-17.3 15 12.0 6.6-20.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 51 8 19.9 8.2-40.9 8 13.2 5.2-29.8 20 42.7 24.9-62.5 6 7.7 2.9-18.9 9 16.5 7.0-34.1
Some College + 216 31 15.7 10.5-22.7 57 24.4 18.5-31.6 92 44.7 36.9-52.8 26 10.7 6.4-17.5 10 4.5 2.2- 9.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 86 16 24.8 13.4-41.2 22 19.3 11.0-31.8 25 30.8 19.5-44.8 14 12.9 6.5-24.1 9 12.3 5.1-26.5
$50,000+ 149 20 14.5 9.0-22.5 35 23.4 16.5-32.1 74 50.1 40.6-59.7 14 7.6 4.1-13.6 6 4.4 1.7-10.5

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*This question was asked only of respondents who reported doing vigorous 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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