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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Onslow 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
-Onslow County 377 195 59.9 53.7-65.9 182 40.1 34.1-46.3
GENDER
Male 122 79 73.0 62.6-81.4 43 27.0 18.6-37.4
Female 255 116 50.9 43.5-58.3 139 49.1 41.7-56.5
RACE
White 302 154 60.2 53.1-66.9 148 39.8 33.1-46.9
Other 73 40 59.0 45.3-71.4 33 41.0 28.6-54.7
AGE
18-44 124 86 71.6 61.6-79.8 38 28.4 20.2-38.4
45+ 251 109 47.7 40.4-55.1 142 52.3 44.9-59.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 156 64 48.1 37.8-58.5 92 51.9 41.5-62.2
Some College + 220 130 67.9 60.4-74.5 90 32.1 25.5-39.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 198 96 57.7 48.5-66.4 102 42.3 33.6-51.5
$50,000+ 131 84 67.5 58.1-75.6 47 32.5 24.4-41.9

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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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