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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover 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
-New Hanover County 398 336 87.5 80.9-92.1 62 12.5 7.9-19.1
GENDER
Male 151 124 85.2 71.7-92.9 27 14.8 7.1-28.3
Female 247 212 89.6 84.8-93.1 35 10.4 6.9-15.2
RACE
White 341 294 89.1 81.3-93.9 47 10.9 6.1-18.7
Other 55 40 79.2 63.3-89.4 15 20.8 10.6-36.7
AGE
18-44 84 78 90.3 73.4-96.9 6 9.7 3.1-26.6
45+ 307 252 84.8 80.0-88.6 55 15.2 11.4-20.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 123 96 77.5 60.1-88.7 27 22.5 11.3-39.9
Some College + 275 240 92.3 88.8-94.8 35 7.7 5.2-11.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 165 134 87.8 80.4-92.7 31 12.2 7.3-19.6
$50,000+ 173 156 91.8 86.5-95.2 17 8.2 4.8-13.5

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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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