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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Union 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
-Union County 349 182 59.2 52.0-66.0 167 40.8 34.0-48.0
GENDER
Male 109 73 75.0 65.1-82.9 36 25.0 17.1-34.9
Female 240 109 49.6 40.1-59.0 131 50.4 41.0-59.9
RACE
White 304 162 61.0 53.5-68.1 142 39.0 31.9-46.5
Other 45 20 50.8 32.4-69.1 25 49.2 30.9-67.6
AGE
18-44 137 88 67.2 56.5-76.4 49 32.8 23.6-43.5
45+ 209 94 48.8 40.2-57.4 115 51.2 42.6-59.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 122 47 50.9 39.6-62.0 75 49.1 38.0-60.4
Some College + 227 135 63.3 54.0-71.8 92 36.7 28.2-46.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 137 58 54.4 43.9-64.4 79 45.6 35.6-56.1
$50,000+ 171 108 69.0 59.4-77.2 63 31.0 22.8-40.6

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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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