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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Union 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
-Union County 343 177 55.2 47.7-62.5 166 44.8 37.5-52.3
GENDER
Male 109 63 64.3 53.4-73.9 46 35.7 26.1-46.6
Female 234 114 49.8 40.2-59.3 120 50.2 40.7-59.8
RACE
White 300 158 56.2 48.1-64.0 142 43.8 36.0-51.9
Other 43 19 50.7 31.7-69.6 24 49.3 30.4-68.3
AGE
18-44 136 77 55.5 44.0-66.4 59 44.5 33.6-56.0
45+ 204 100 55.3 46.7-63.5 104 44.7 36.5-53.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 118 47 53.1 41.7-64.2 71 46.9 35.8-58.3
Some College + 225 130 56.3 46.5-65.6 95 43.7 34.4-53.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 134 61 53.1 42.4-63.5 73 46.9 36.5-57.6
$50,000+ 172 105 62.6 51.4-72.6 67 37.4 27.4-48.6

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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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