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Vigorous physical activity

Vigorous physical activity

Period: April 2010
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 475 (51.6%) 764 (70.0%) 1 239 (61.6%)
One day 165 (17.9%) 108 (9.9%) 273 (13.5%)
Two days 110 (11.9%) 89 (8.2%) 199 (9.9%)
Three or more days 172 (18.7%) 130 (11.9%) 302 (15.0%)
Total 922 (100.0%) 1 091 (100.0%) 2 013 (100.0%)

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