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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake 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
-Wake County 581 282 52.6 46.8-58.3 299 47.4 41.7-53.2
GENDER
Male 220 132 59.4 49.5-68.7 88 40.6 31.3-50.5
Female 361 150 45.6 39.3-52.2 211 54.4 47.8-60.7
RACE
White 448 222 55.1 49.1-60.9 226 44.9 39.1-50.9
Other 128 56 45.5 33.0-58.6 72 54.5 41.4-67.0
AGE
18-44 209 126 58.8 49.4-67.5 83 41.2 32.5-50.6
45+ 364 152 44.0 38.4-49.8 212 56.0 50.2-61.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 121 43 42.1 28.2-57.4 78 57.9 42.6-71.8
Some College + 460 239 56.1 50.4-61.6 221 43.9 38.4-49.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 170 60 43.4 32.2-55.3 110 56.6 44.7-67.8
$50,000+ 329 190 60.8 54.2-67.0 139 39.2 33.0-45.8

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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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