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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Rowan 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
-Rowan County 409 160 39.4 32.9-46.3 249 60.6 53.7-67.1
GENDER
Male 147 67 46.5 35.2-58.2 80 53.5 41.8-64.8
Female 262 93 33.8 26.5-41.9 169 66.2 58.1-73.5
RACE
White 356 141 39.9 33.4-46.6 215 60.1 53.4-66.6
Other 51 17 36.8 19.5-58.4 34 63.2 41.6-80.5
AGE
18-44 99 37 35.4 24.1-48.5 62 64.6 51.5-75.9
45+ 307 121 42.6 36.4-49.1 186 57.4 50.9-63.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 197 69 37.8 28.1-48.5 128 62.2 51.5-71.9
Some College + 212 91 41.0 32.7-49.8 121 59.0 50.2-67.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 208 81 37.4 28.7-47.0 127 62.6 53.0-71.3
$50,000+ 125 55 41.5 32.0-51.7 70 58.5 48.3-68.0

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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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