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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake 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
-Wake County 573 146 28.0 23.0-33.6 427 72.0 66.4-77.0
GENDER
Male 219 66 30.6 22.6-39.9 153 69.4 60.1-77.4
Female 354 80 25.4 19.9-31.8 274 74.6 68.2-80.1
RACE
White 441 114 29.3 23.8-35.5 327 70.7 64.5-76.2
Other 127 28 22.8 13.7-35.6 99 77.2 64.4-86.3
AGE
18-44 209 66 32.1 24.3-40.9 143 67.9 59.1-75.7
45+ 356 77 22.0 17.6-27.2 279 78.0 72.8-82.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 118 23 30.4 17.9-46.6 95 69.6 53.4-82.1
Some College + 455 123 27.2 22.4-32.7 332 72.8 67.3-77.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 167 34 28.9 18.7-41.7 133 71.1 58.3-81.3
$50,000+ 326 97 30.7 24.5-37.6 229 69.3 62.4-75.5

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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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