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Vigorous physical activity

Vigorous physical activity

Period: April 2012
Question: During the past 7 days, on how many days did you do vigorous physical activities for at least 10 minutes at a time? Vigorous physical activities are those that make you breathe much harder than normal, e.g. football, swimming, heavy physical work, aerobics, jogging, etc.



Day Male
Number (%)
Female
Number (%)
Overall
Number (%)
None 488 (52.7%) 781 (70.0%) 1 269 (62.2%)
One day 129 (13.9%) 95 (8.5%) 224 (11.0%)
Two days 111 (12.0%) 90 (8.1%) 201 (9.8%)
Three or more days 198 (21.4%) 149 (13.3%) 347 (17.0%)
Unknown/Missing/Outliers 1 (0.1%) 0 (0.0%) 1 (<0.05%)
Total 926 (100.0%) 1 115 (100.0%) 2 041 (100.0%)

Note: Add-ups may not be equal to total due to rounding.