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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wayne 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
-Wayne County 367 124 45.0 37.7-52.4 243 55.0 47.6-62.3
GENDER
Male 119 55 53.4 41.2-65.2 64 46.6 34.8-58.8
Female 248 69 37.6 29.6-46.4 179 62.4 53.6-70.4
RACE
White 228 86 52.4 42.9-61.8 142 47.6 38.2-57.1
Other 138 37 33.1 23.6-44.2 101 66.9 55.8-76.4
AGE
18-44 105 54 61.4 49.1-72.3 51 38.6 27.7-50.9
45+ 259 69 28.4 22.2-35.5 190 71.6 64.5-77.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 183 44 35.1 25.2-46.5 139 64.9 53.5-74.8
Some College + 184 80 55.2 45.4-64.7 104 44.8 35.3-54.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 204 52 37.5 27.9-48.2 152 62.5 51.8-72.1
$50,000+ 97 50 57.6 44.6-69.6 47 42.4 30.4-55.4

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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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