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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Pitt 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
-Pitt County 356 120 38.6 31.5-46.2 236 61.4 53.8-68.5
GENDER
Male 115 52 47.5 34.6-60.8 63 52.5 39.2-65.4
Female 241 68 31.9 24.9-39.8 173 68.1 60.2-75.1
RACE
White 243 88 41.8 32.7-51.6 155 58.2 48.4-67.3
Other 113 32 32.9 22.7-45.0 81 67.1 55.0-77.3
AGE
18-44 94 41 47.4 34.1-61.0 53 52.6 39.0-65.9
45+ 260 79 31.7 25.6-38.4 181 68.3 61.6-74.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 127 34 37.8 23.9-54.0 93 62.2 46.0-76.1
Some College + 229 86 39.1 31.6-47.1 143 60.9 52.9-68.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 181 51 37.1 26.3-49.4 130 62.9 50.6-73.7
$50,000+ 124 57 44.5 34.4-55.1 67 55.5 44.9-65.6

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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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