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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake County

Physical Activity

On days when you do moderate 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 10,106 2,228 21.0 19.7-22.4 3,127 31.2 29.5-32.9 2,917 28.0 26.5-29.6 1,024 11.0 9.9-12.2 810 8.8 7.7-10.0
-Wake County 477 109 20.6 16.4-25.5 164 40.6 34.2-47.2 146 28.1 22.7-34.1 33 6.7 4.3-10.2 25 4.1 2.7- 6.3
GENDER
Male 191 35 16.7 11.3-23.8 71 46.6 36.5-56.9 64 28.3 20.1-38.2 13 5.3 2.7-10.2 8 3.2 1.5- 6.7
Female 286 74 25.0 19.3-31.7 93 33.8 27.3-40.9 82 27.8 21.9-34.7 20 8.2 4.7-14.0 17 5.1 3.1- 8.5
RACE
White 377 84 22.3 17.6-27.8 125 36.8 30.5-43.6 117 27.6 22.3-33.6 29 8.3 5.2-12.8 22 5.0 3.2- 7.9
Other 95 25 17.1 9.8-28.3 37 49.0 33.8-64.3 26 29.1 17.0-45.2 4 2.8 0.9- 9.1 3 1.9 0.6- 6.3
AGE
18-44 190 47 19.5 13.9-26.6 74 45.7 36.4-55.3 48 24.5 17.1-33.8 14 7.7 4.3-13.3 7 2.6 1.2- 5.6
45+ 279 60 22.2 17.1-28.4 88 32.1 26.3-38.5 94 33.8 27.9-40.2 19 5.1 3.1- 8.1 18 6.8 4.2-10.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 84 19 14.0 7.0-26.3 29 44.0 26.5-63.2 23 33.0 18.0-52.6 6 3.3 1.1- 9.9 7 5.6 2.4-12.4
Some College + 393 90 22.6 18.0-27.9 135 39.5 33.5-45.8 123 26.6 21.9-31.9 27 7.7 4.9-12.0 18 3.7 2.2- 6.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 124 35 21.2 13.2-32.2 33 29.4 18.2-43.9 26 28.8 16.7-44.9 15 11.3 5.6-21.4 15 9.3 5.2-16.2
$50,000+ 293 62 21.4 16.5-27.3 111 41.5 34.6-48.8 98 29.6 23.6-36.4 15 5.2 2.8- 9.3 7 2.3 1.0- 5.0

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*This question was asked only of respondents who reported doing moderate 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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