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Data for Percentage of Adults Getting the Recommended Amount of Physical Activity for Select Counties, 2009

Selected Counties	Percentage of Adults	Lower Limit	Upper Limit
Alamance	47.9%	38.7%	57.2%
Buncombe	53.6%	47.2%	59.9%
Cabarrus	45.2%	37.3%	53.3%
Catawba	40.6%	33.7%	47.9%
Cumberland	50.0%	43.1%	56.9%
Davidson	45.5%	38.8%	52.3%
Durham	42.9%	36.0%	50.1%
Forsyth	42.1%	35.3%	49.2%
Gaston	45.2%	38.1%	52.6%
Guilford	48.0%	40.0%	56.1%
Iredell	48.9%	41.8%	56.1%
Johnston	44.0%	36.9%	51.4%
Mecklenburg	46.5%	41.1%	52.0%
New Hanover	53.9%	45.9%	61.7%
Onslow	56.6%	50.0%	63.0%
Orange	44.5%	38.1%	51.0%
Pitt	42.3%	34.9%	50.0%
Randolph	52.1%	44.5%	59.7%
Robeson	31.9%	25.6%	39.0%
Rowan	39.4%	32.9%	46.3%
Union	55.2%	47.7%	62.5%
Wake	47.4%	41.6%	53.4%
Wayne	43.7%	36.4%	51.2%

Other Views

• North Carolina vs. HNC 2020 Target 2009
• by Ethnicity 2009
• by Race 2009
• by Sex 2009
• by Age 2009
• by Education 2009

Definition

Adults are counted as meeting the recommendation if they indicate that they engage in moderate physical activity for 30 or more minutes per day, five or more days per week or vigorous physical activity for 20 or more minutes per day, three or more days per week.

How We Calculated the Rates

Numerator:	Number of adults aged 18 years and older who report meeting the physical activity recommendations.
Denominator:	Number of adults aged 18 years and older responding to the BRFSS survey

Date Indicator Content Last Updated: 01/20/2012