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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Pitt 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
-Pitt County 354 58 21.3 14.8-29.6 296 78.7 70.4-85.2
GENDER
Male 115 24 29.3 17.1-45.4 91 70.7 54.6-82.9
Female 239 34 15.2 10.4-21.5 205 84.8 78.5-89.6
RACE
White 242 38 20.3 12.1-31.9 204 79.7 68.1-87.9
Other 112 20 23.1 14.1-35.4 92 76.9 64.6-85.9
AGE
18-44 93 21 29.5 17.3-45.5 72 70.5 54.5-82.7
45+ 259 37 14.6 10.5-19.9 222 85.4 80.1-89.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 126 17 26.5 13.2-46.0 109 73.5 54.0-86.8
Some College + 228 41 18.4 13.1-25.1 187 81.6 74.9-86.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 180 25 24.1 13.9-38.3 155 75.9 61.7-86.1
$50,000+ 123 25 18.9 12.5-27.6 98 81.1 72.4-87.5

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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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