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Vigorous Physical Activity

Vigorous Physical Activity

Period: October 2005
Question: During the last 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 584 (53.7%) 841 (73.3%) 1425 (65.7%)
One day 147 (14.4%) 99 (8.6%) 246 (11.3%)
Two days 115 (11.3%) 83 (7.2%) 198 (9.1%)
Three or more days 174 (17.1%) 119 (10.4%) 293 (13.5%)
Unknown/Missing/Outliers 0 (0.0%) 6 (0.5%) 6 (0.3%)
Total 1021 (100.0%) 1147 (100.0%) 2168 (100.0%)

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