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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange County

Physical Activity

Moderate Physical Activity*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,228 5,393 46.4 44.8-48.0 6,835 53.6 52.0-55.2
-Orange County 339 160 44.5 38.1-51.0 179 55.5 49.0-61.9
GENDER
Male 131 59 43.9 34.3-54.0 72 56.1 46.0-65.7
Female 208 101 44.9 36.6-53.5 107 55.1 46.5-63.4
RACE
White 275 138 47.7 40.9-54.6 137 52.3 45.4-59.1
Other 58 19 33.5 20.3-49.9 39 66.5 50.1-79.7
AGE
18-44 90 43 42.6 31.3-54.6 47 57.4 45.4-68.7
45+ 245 115 45.8 39.0-52.7 130 54.2 47.3-61.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 73 19 24.0 14.0-38.0 54 76.0 62.0-86.0
Some College + 265 140 50.2 43.1-57.4 125 49.8 42.6-56.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 96 39 37.0 26.5-49.0 57 63.0 51.0-73.5
$50,000+ 197 106 53.9 45.8-61.9 91 46.1 38.1-54.2

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*Data in this table were derived from the physical activity questions.
Yes = Respondents who report doing moderate physical activity for 30 or more minutes per day, five or more days per week or
respondents who report doing vigorous physical acti vity for 20 or more minutes per day, three or more days per week.
No= Respondents who report no moderate physical activity or less than 30 minutes per day, or less than five days per week
and no vigorous physical activity or less than 20 minutes p er 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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