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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake 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
-Wake County 274 39 12.4 8.7-17.4 82 30.7 23.8-38.7 109 37.0 30.0-44.6 34 16.9 11.2-24.6 10 3.0 1.5- 5.6
GENDER
Male 131 17 11.7 6.9-19.3 34 29.5 19.8-41.4 55 39.0 28.9-50.2 20 16.9 9.8-27.6 5 2.9 1.2- 7.0
Female 143 22 13.4 8.5-20.5 48 32.4 23.6-42.7 54 34.3 25.9-43.8 14 16.8 9.0-29.1 5 3.1 1.2- 7.6
RACE
White 215 27 11.3 7.4-16.9 65 29.5 22.6-37.6 87 35.5 28.1-43.7 29 21.2 14.0-30.9 7 2.4 1.1- 5.1
Other 55 12 16.4 8.4-29.8 16 35.0 18.9-55.4 19 38.1 23.0-55.9 5 5.6 2.2-13.7 3 4.8 1.5-14.2
AGE
18-44 126 19 11.9 7.2-18.9 36 31.2 21.8-42.5 51 36.3 26.8-46.9 18 19.6 11.8-30.8 2 1.0 0.2- 3.9
45+ 144 19 13.4 8.4-20.7 45 29.7 22.2-38.5 56 38.4 30.2-47.3 16 11.5 7.0-18.3 8 7.0 3.4-13.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 40 8 9.7 4.2-20.9 12 33.5 14.9-59.2 13 35.4 17.7-58.2 6 19.8 7.4-43.3 1 1.6 0.2-10.9
Some College + 234 31 13.1 8.9-18.9 70 30.1 23.3-37.8 96 37.4 30.2-45.2 28 16.1 10.3-24.4 9 3.3 1.7- 6.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 57 9 9.4 4.4-19.1 17 36.4 19.0-58.1 16 27.5 15.1-44.8 14 25.3 12.5-44.4 1 1.4 0.2- 9.8
$50,000+ 187 23 10.9 7.0-16.8 55 28.7 21.6-37.1 81 40.1 31.8-49.1 20 16.6 10.0-26.3 8 3.6 1.7- 7.2

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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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