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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wayne County

Physical Activity

Now, thinking about the moderate physical activities you do when you are not working in a usual week,
do you do moderate activities for at least 10 minutes at a time such as
brisk walking, bicycling,vacuuming, gardening, or anything else that cause s small increases in breathing or heart rate?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,752 10,603 84.8 83.6-85.9 2,149 15.2 14.1-16.4
-Wayne County 369 294 84.2 79.4-88.1 75 15.8 11.9-20.6
GENDER
Male 121 101 89.2 82.3-93.6 20 10.8 6.4-17.7
Female 248 193 79.9 73.0-85.4 55 20.1 14.6-27.0
RACE
White 230 187 85.7 79.5-90.2 43 14.3 9.8-20.5
Other 138 106 81.8 73.5-88.0 32 18.2 12.0-26.5
AGE
18-44 106 93 91.7 84.7-95.6 13 8.3 4.4-15.3
45+ 260 198 76.5 69.6-82.3 62 23.5 17.7-30.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 183 134 79.0 71.0-85.3 49 21.0 14.7-29.0
Some College + 186 160 89.6 83.9-93.4 26 10.4 6.6-16.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 207 152 77.7 70.1-83.8 55 22.3 16.2-29.9
$50,000+ 97 90 92.9 85.0-96.8 7 7.1 3.2-15.0

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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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