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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 350 94 24.1 19.5-29.4 256 75.9 70.6-80.5
GENDER
Male 133 38 26.5 19.1-35.5 95 73.5 64.5-80.9
Female 217 56 22.3 16.8-29.0 161 77.7 71.0-83.2
RACE
White 281 84 28.1 22.7-34.2 197 71.9 65.8-77.3
Other 63 8 12.1 5.6-24.0 55 87.9 76.0-94.4
AGE
18-44 91 26 21.2 14.0-30.9 65 78.8 69.1-86.0
45+ 253 66 26.0 20.5-32.3 187 74.0 67.7-79.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 76 10 11.0 5.4-21.2 66 89.0 78.8-94.6
Some College + 272 83 27.7 22.2-34.0 189 72.3 66.0-77.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 98 23 21.5 13.4-32.4 75 78.5 67.6-86.6
$50,000+ 200 60 27.3 21.1-34.4 140 72.7 65.6-78.9

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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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