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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 355 185 55.4 48.9-61.8 170 44.6 38.2-51.1
GENDER
Male 135 79 63.3 53.6-72.0 56 36.7 28.0-46.4
Female 220 106 49.5 41.0-57.9 114 50.5 42.1-59.0
RACE
White 284 152 57.0 50.1-63.6 132 43.0 36.4-49.9
Other 65 30 51.5 36.4-66.3 35 48.5 33.7-63.6
AGE
18-44 92 60 63.4 50.8-74.3 32 36.6 25.7-49.2
45+ 257 121 49.1 42.3-55.9 136 50.9 44.1-57.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 80 24 33.7 21.2-48.9 56 66.3 51.1-78.8
Some College + 273 160 62.2 55.2-68.7 113 37.8 31.3-44.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 101 51 53.3 41.5-64.6 50 46.7 35.4-58.5
$50,000+ 201 114 62.0 54.2-69.3 87 38.0 30.7-45.8

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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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