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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Mecklenburg County

NC Physical Activity

Please indicate which of the following apply to your neighborhood. Do you have HEAVY TRAFFIC?

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,484 2,164 33.2 31.4-35.0 4,320 66.8 65.0-68.6
Mecklenburg County 436 164 34.2 28.9-39.9 272 65.8 60.1-71.1
GENDER
Male 159 57 30.4 22.6-39.5 102 69.6 60.5-77.4
Female 277 107 38.2 31.6-45.3 170 61.8 54.7-68.4
RACE
White 264 98 31.3 24.7-38.8 166 68.7 61.2-75.3
Other 169 66 38.3 29.9-47.5 103 61.7 52.5-70.1
AGE
18-44 232 69 27.9 21.3-35.7 163 72.1 64.3-78.7
45+ 200 94 46.1 38.5-53.8 106 53.9 46.2-61.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 137 60 37.7 27.9-48.6 77 62.3 51.4-72.1
Some College + 298 104 32.3 26.2-39.0 194 67.7 61.0-73.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 191 84 39.0 30.1-48.7 107 61.0 51.3-69.9
$50,000+ 146 45 30.0 22.3-39.1 101 70.0 60.9-77.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 400 153 36.8 31.5-42.4 247 63.2 57.6-68.5
Forsyth 452 164 35.5 30.5-40.8 288 64.5 59.2-69.5
Guilford 408 156 35.5 30.1-41.3 252 64.5 58.7-69.9
Henderson/Transylvania 459 121 28.3 22.4-34.9 338 71.7 65.1-77.6
Orange 425 115 23.6 18.8-29.3 310 76.4 70.7-81.2
Pitt 406 129 29.0 24.1-34.5 277 71.0 65.5-75.9
Randolph 416 131 27.2 22.5-32.4 285 72.8 67.6-77.5
Robeson 419 139 28.3 23.6-33.6 280 71.7 66.4-76.4
Wake 413 137 30.7 25.9-36.0 276 69.3 64.0-74.1
Western NC 634 202 31.7 27.5-36.3 432 68.3 63.7-72.5
Piedmont NC 854 287 34.6 30.5-39.0 567 65.4 61.0-69.5
Eastern NC 762 266 33.4 29.5-37.5 496 66.6 62.5-70.5

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#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Person, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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