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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Union County

Physical Activity

Now, thinking about the moderate physical activities you do when you are not working in a usual week,
do you do moderate activities for at least 10 minutes at a time such as
brisk walking, bicycling,vacuuming, gardening, or anything else that cause s small increases in breathing or heart rate?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,752 10,603 84.8 83.6-85.9 2,149 15.2 14.1-16.4
-Union County 353 300 86.9 81.8-90.7 53 13.1 9.3-18.2
GENDER
Male 112 95 86.5 77.5-92.2 17 13.5 7.8-22.5
Female 241 205 87.2 80.4-91.9 36 12.8 8.1-19.6
RACE
White 308 262 87.2 81.5-91.3 46 12.8 8.7-18.5
Other 45 38 85.7 70.8-93.7 7 14.3 6.3-29.2
AGE
18-44 137 122 88.8 80.6-93.8 15 11.2 6.2-19.4
45+ 213 176 84.5 77.7-89.4 37 15.5 10.6-22.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 124 94 81.2 72.2-87.8 30 18.8 12.2-27.8
Some College + 229 206 89.8 82.9-94.0 23 10.2 6.0-17.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 137 111 82.8 73.8-89.1 26 17.2 10.9-26.2
$50,000+ 173 160 93.4 88.3-96.4 13 6.6 3.6-11.7

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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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