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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wayne County

Physical Activity

Moderate Physical Activity*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,228 5,393 46.4 44.8-48.0 6,835 53.6 52.0-55.2
-Wayne County 356 130 43.7 36.4-51.2 226 56.3 48.8-63.6
GENDER
Male 115 55 57.0 44.8-68.4 60 43.0 31.6-55.2
Female 241 75 32.5 25.0-41.0 166 67.5 59.0-75.0
RACE
White 223 88 47.7 38.1-57.6 135 52.3 42.4-61.9
Other 132 41 36.8 26.7-48.2 91 63.2 51.8-73.3
AGE
18-44 105 48 54.9 42.7-66.6 57 45.1 33.4-57.3
45+ 248 81 31.5 25.2-38.5 167 68.5 61.5-74.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 178 58 42.0 31.5-53.2 120 58.0 46.8-68.5
Some College + 178 72 45.5 35.9-55.6 106 54.5 44.4-64.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 200 58 36.2 26.7-46.8 142 63.8 53.2-73.3
$50,000+ 96 47 54.1 41.1-66.6 49 45.9 33.4-58.9

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*Data in this table were derived from the physical activity questions.
Yes = Respondents who report doing moderate physical activity for 30 or more minutes per day, five or more days per week or
respondents who report doing vigorous physical acti vity for 20 or more minutes per day, three or more days per week.
No= Respondents who report no moderate physical activity or less than 30 minutes per day, or less than five days per week
and no vigorous physical activity or less than 20 minutes p er 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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