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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Union County

Physical Activity

On days when you do vigorous activities for at least 10 minutes at a time, how much total time per day
do you spend doing these activities?*

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  Total
Respond.^
10-20 minutes 21-30 minutes 31-60 minutes 1-2 hours More than 2 hours
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,280 833 14.6 13.1-16.3 1,326 24.4 22.4-26.6 1,872 36.4 34.0-38.8 746 14.5 12.8-16.4 503 10.1 8.6-11.8
-Union County 179 25 12.8 8.2-19.4 52 31.2 21.7-42.5 66 39.1 30.2-48.9 20 11.9 7.3-18.9 16 5.0 2.8- 8.7
GENDER
Male 73 10 13.2 6.8-24.2 13 19.1 10.2-32.9 30 45.8 32.7-59.4 13 17.6 9.9-29.4 7 4.3 1.8- 9.9
Female 106 15 12.4 6.8-21.6 39 42.3 28.1-58.0 36 33.0 22.2-46.0 7 6.7 2.7-15.7 9 5.6 2.6-11.8
RACE
White 159 22 13.3 8.3-20.8 44 28.9 18.8-41.7 59 39.1 29.4-49.7 20 14.2 8.7-22.3 14 4.5 2.5- 8.1
Other 20 3 10.0 2.8-30.2 8 43.4 21.5-68.2 7 39.3 18.8-64.3 0 0.0 . - . 2 7.4 1.6-28.0
AGE
18-44 88 13 11.4 6.1-20.3 29 35.6 22.5-51.3 36 41.9 29.4-55.4 7 8.4 3.8-17.4 3 2.7 0.8- 8.7
45+ 91 12 15.4 8.4-26.7 23 22.9 14.6-34.0 30 34.0 23.7-46.2 13 18.5 10.2-31.2 13 9.2 5.1-15.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 45 7 12.5 5.1-27.5 12 25.0 12.3-44.1 11 36.8 20.3-57.2 6 14.9 6.5-30.9 9 10.7 4.8-22.4
Some College + 134 18 12.9 7.7-20.8 40 33.7 22.1-47.6 55 40.1 29.8-51.3 14 10.7 5.8-19.0 7 2.7 1.2- 5.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 56 6 11.4 4.6-25.6 17 32.1 18.5-49.5 18 37.2 22.9-54.2 7 12.3 4.9-27.4 8 7.1 2.8-16.5
$50,000+ 108 17 14.0 8.1-22.9 30 31.7 19.0-47.8 44 39.1 27.7-51.8 12 12.1 6.5-21.5 5 3.1 1.2- 7.7

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*This question was asked only of respondents who reported doing vigorous activities at least 10 minutes at a time.

^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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