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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover 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
-New Hanover County 395 176 54.6 46.8-62.2 219 45.4 37.8-53.2
GENDER
Male 149 78 63.7 51.1-74.7 71 36.3 25.3-48.9
Female 246 98 46.3 36.5-56.4 148 53.7 43.6-63.5
RACE
White 338 158 58.2 49.6-66.3 180 41.8 33.7-50.4
Other 55 16 36.0 18.8-57.8 39 64.0 42.2-81.2
AGE
18-44 84 54 68.1 52.8-80.3 30 31.9 19.7-47.2
45+ 304 120 42.4 35.8-49.4 184 57.6 50.6-64.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 123 36 37.3 24.1-52.8 87 62.7 47.2-75.9
Some College + 272 140 63.1 54.7-70.7 132 36.9 29.3-45.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 164 54 42.5 30.5-55.5 110 57.5 44.5-69.5
$50,000+ 172 99 67.7 59.0-75.3 73 32.3 24.7-41.0

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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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