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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Union 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
-Union County 346 93 30.1 24.0-36.9 253 69.9 63.1-76.0
GENDER
Male 109 36 37.5 27.0-49.3 73 62.5 50.7-73.0
Female 237 57 25.6 18.9-33.6 180 74.4 66.4-81.1
RACE
White 301 86 32.3 25.6-39.7 215 67.7 60.3-74.4
Other 45 7 20.2 8.9-39.6 38 79.8 60.4-91.1
AGE
18-44 137 48 34.3 25.2-44.8 89 65.7 55.2-74.8
45+ 206 45 24.5 17.9-32.7 161 75.5 67.3-82.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 120 15 23.0 13.3-36.7 105 77.0 63.3-86.7
Some College + 226 78 33.6 26.2-42.0 148 66.4 58.0-73.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 135 27 23.5 15.0-34.9 108 76.5 65.1-85.0
$50,000+ 171 64 40.4 31.1-50.6 107 59.6 49.4-68.9

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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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