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. |