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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wayne County

Physical Activity

Vigorous Physical Activity*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,528 2,735 25.9 24.4-27.4 9,793 74.1 72.6-75.6
-Wayne County 359 55 24.7 18.3-32.5 304 75.3 67.5-81.7
GENDER
Male 117 31 35.0 23.7-48.2 86 65.0 51.8-76.3
Female 242 24 15.8 9.8-24.3 218 84.2 75.7-90.2
RACE
White 220 34 26.5 17.9-37.5 186 73.5 62.5-82.1
Other 138 20 21.5 13.3-32.9 118 78.5 67.1-86.7
AGE
18-44 104 29 37.0 25.6-50.1 75 63.0 49.9-74.4
45+ 252 25 11.7 7.6-17.7 227 88.3 82.3-92.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 180 18 20.7 12.1-33.1 162 79.3 66.9-87.9
Some College + 179 37 28.9 20.2-39.5 142 71.1 60.5-79.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 202 19 18.5 10.6-30.1 183 81.5 69.9-89.4
$50,000+ 95 28 32.9 21.6-46.5 67 67.1 53.5-78.4

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*Data in this table were derived from the physical activity questions.
Yes = Respondents who report doing vigorous physical activity for 20 or more minutes per day, three or more days per week.
No = Respondents who report no vigorous physical ac tivity or less than 20 minutes per 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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