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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake County

Exercise

During the past month, other than your regular job, did you participate in any physical activities or exercises
such as running, calisthenics, golf, gardening, or walking for exercise?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 13,266 9,476 73.6 72.2-74.9 3,790 26.4 25.1-27.8
-Wake County 605 484 81.8 77.4-85.4 121 18.2 14.6-22.6
GENDER
Male 232 200 87.7 81.3-92.1 32 12.3 7.9-18.7
Female 373 284 75.7 69.5-80.9 89 24.3 19.1-30.5
RACE
White 462 379 84.1 79.4-87.9 83 15.9 12.1-20.6
Other 138 100 76.1 66.0-84.0 38 23.9 16.0-34.0
AGE
18-44 221 188 84.9 78.2-89.9 33 15.1 10.1-21.8
45+ 375 287 76.8 71.5-81.3 88 23.2 18.7-28.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 130 84 72.6 60.5-82.0 46 27.4 18.0-39.5
Some College + 475 400 85.0 80.5-88.6 75 15.0 11.4-19.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 176 119 71.1 60.7-79.7 57 28.9 20.3-39.3
$50,000+ 341 298 88.5 84.2-91.8 43 11.5 8.2-15.8

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^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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