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Vigorous physical activity

Vigorous physical activity

Period: April 2014
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. running, aerobics, football, swimming, heavy physical work, jogging, etc.



Day Male
Number (%)
Female
Number (%)
Overall
Number (%)
None 1 005 (51.3%) 1 485 (68.3%) 2 490 (60.2%)
One day 302 (15.4%) 225 (10.3%) 527 (12.8%)
Two days 257 (13.1%) 173 (7.9%) 429 (10.4%)
Three or more days 396 (20.2%) 292 (13.4%) 688 (16.6%)
Total 1 960 (100.0%) 2 174 (100.0%) 4 134 (100.0%)

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