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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Rowan 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
-Rowan County 414 76 20.0 15.2-26.0 338 80.0 74.0-84.8
GENDER
Male 148 42 30.1 20.9-41.3 106 69.9 58.7-79.1
Female 266 34 12.1 8.0-18.0 232 87.9 82.0-92.0
RACE
White 361 70 21.6 16.6-27.6 291 78.4 72.4-83.4
Other 51 5 13.9 4.2-37.5 46 86.1 62.5-95.8
AGE
18-44 100 20 19.5 11.4-31.3 80 80.5 68.7-88.6
45+ 311 54 19.8 15.1-25.6 257 80.2 74.4-84.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 203 33 19.4 12.3-29.3 170 80.6 70.7-87.7
Some College + 211 43 20.7 14.8-28.1 168 79.3 71.9-85.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 211 34 15.7 10.2-23.4 177 84.3 76.6-89.8
$50,000+ 125 30 25.7 17.8-35.5 95 74.3 64.5-82.2

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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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