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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover 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
-New Hanover County 390 95 32.8 25.3-41.2 295 67.2 58.8-74.7
GENDER
Male 144 43 40.6 28.7-53.7 101 59.4 46.3-71.3
Female 246 52 25.9 17.3-37.0 194 74.1 63.0-82.7
RACE
White 334 87 34.8 26.7-43.9 247 65.2 56.1-73.3
Other 54 7 22.5 7.7-50.3 47 77.5 49.7-92.3
AGE
18-44 82 31 43.6 29.6-58.7 51 56.4 41.3-70.4
45+ 301 63 23.4 17.6-30.4 238 76.6 69.6-82.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 122 13 19.4 9.6-35.3 109 80.6 64.7-90.4
Some College + 268 82 39.5 30.4-49.4 186 60.5 50.6-69.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 162 25 24.6 14.1-39.3 137 75.4 60.7-85.9
$50,000+ 170 57 39.1 29.0-50.3 113 60.9 49.7-71.0

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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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