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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Rowan 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
-Rowan County 418 154 40.0 33.5-47.0 264 60.0 53.0-66.5
GENDER
Male 149 72 48.0 36.7-59.5 77 52.0 40.5-63.3
Female 269 82 33.8 26.2-42.2 187 66.2 57.8-73.8
RACE
White 365 138 40.0 33.6-46.7 227 60.0 53.3-66.4
Other 51 15 40.4 21.9-61.9 36 59.6 38.1-78.1
AGE
18-44 101 46 44.2 32.1-57.1 55 55.8 42.9-67.9
45+ 314 106 36.0 30.1-42.3 208 64.0 57.7-69.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 205 66 41.2 31.1-52.1 139 58.8 47.9-68.9
Some College + 213 88 38.8 31.0-47.3 125 61.2 52.7-69.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 213 72 35.1 26.4-44.8 141 64.9 55.2-73.6
$50,000+ 127 64 48.5 38.5-58.7 63 51.5 41.3-61.5

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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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