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PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
4th Round BRFS Southern Seven Counties Adults Count Col % Confidence Interval % Unweighted Count
REGULAR & SUSTAINED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY GUIDELINES meets or exceeds standard 29,054 53.3%

± 3.7%

 790
does not meet standard 18,815 34.5%

± 3.6%

 578
inactive 6,592 12.1%

± 2.3%

 242
Total 54,461 100.0%
 1,610
WORK ACTIVITY mostly sit/stand 19,830 36.4%

± 3.6%

 547
mostly walk 8,283 15.2%

± 3.2%

 212
mostly heavy labor 10,067 18.5%

± 3.4%

 197
other * * * 2
not employed 15,878 29.1%

± 2.9%

 653
Total 54,481 100.0%
 1,611
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY BEHAVIOR reg exercise 6+ mos 17,508 32.3%

± 3.7%

 490
reg exercise <6 mos 3,822 7.1%

± 1.8%

 128
some exercise 17,623 32.5%

± 3.4%

 544
no exercise with intent 6,800 12.6%

± 2.7%

 170
no exercise, no intent 8,416 15.5%

± 2.6%

 265
Total 54,169 100.0%
 1,597
MEETS MODERATE ACTIVITY STANDARD 5 x WK x 30 MIN Yes 24,192 44.9%

± 3.8%

 674
No 29,685 55.1%

± 3.8%

 916
Total 53,877 100.0%
 1,590
MEETS VIGOROUS ACTIVITY STANDARD 3 x WK x 20 MIN Yes 16,100 29.7%

± 3.6%

 373
No 38,175 70.3%

± 3.6%

 1,230
Total 54,275 100.0%
 1,603
DO YOU THINK YOU GET ENOUGH EXERCISE Yes 26,967 49.7%

± 3.8%

 715
No 27,269 50.3%

± 3.8%

 888
Total 54,237 100.0%
 1,603
WEEK: WALK FOR 10 MINUTES AT A TIME Yes 44,068 80.9%

± 2.9%

 1,281
No 10,434 19.1%

± 2.9%

 331
Total 54,502 100.0%
 1,612
IDPH, ICHS, 4th Round County BRFS Unweighted counts of 5 or less or confidence intervals of 12.5% or more do not meet standards of reliability.

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