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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

NC Physical Activity

Please indicate which of the following apply to your neighborhood. Do you have WALKING, JOGGING OR BIKING TRAIL?

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  Total
Respond.#		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 6,481 1,668 24.6 23.1-26.3 4,813 75.4 73.7-76.9
GENDER
Male 2,526 741 27.4 24.9-30.1 1,785 72.6 69.9-75.1
Female 3,955 927 22.0 20.2-24.0 3,028 78.0 76.0-79.8
RACE
White 4,938 1,222 23.2 21.5-25.1 3,716 76.8 74.9-78.5
African American 995 269 25.3 21.6-29.4 726 74.7 70.6-78.4
Asian 71 30 37.5 23.6-53.8 41 62.5 46.2-76.4
Native American 177 31 24.4 13.7-39.6 146 75.6 60.4-86.3
Other Minorities 260 107 37.3 29.0-46.4 153 62.7 53.6-71.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 287 120 40.0 31.4-49.3 167 60.0 50.7-68.6
-English Speaking 119 38 34.3 23.3-47.2 81 65.7 52.8-76.7
-Spanish Speaking 168 82 42.2 31.3-53.9 86 57.8 46.1-68.7
Non-Hispanic 6,183 1,547 23.6 22.0-25.2 4,636 76.4 74.8-78.0
AGE
18-24 461 137 27.9 22.1-34.5 324 72.1 65.5-77.9
25-34 1,098 342 28.7 25.0-32.8 756 71.3 67.2-75.0
35-44 1,279 320 21.6 18.7-24.8 959 78.4 75.2-81.3
45-54 1,287 326 24.8 21.4-28.6 961 75.2 71.4-78.6
55-64 936 220 24.0 20.2-28.3 716 76.0 71.7-79.8
65-74 778 174 21.2 17.3-25.8 604 78.8 74.2-82.7
75+ 587 136 21.6 17.5-26.3 451 78.4 73.7-82.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,035 218 20.5 17.0-24.5 817 79.5 75.5-83.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,894 447 24.7 21.8-27.8 1,447 75.3 72.2-78.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,514 390 23.2 20.1-26.5 1,124 76.8 73.5-79.9
College Graduate 2,020 608 28.6 25.7-31.8 1,412 71.4 68.2-74.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 646 140 22.6 17.2-29.1 506 77.4 70.9-82.8
$15,000- 24,999 1,059 275 27.4 23.4-31.9 784 72.6 68.1-76.6
$25,000- 34,999 776 221 26.2 21.7-31.3 555 73.8 68.7-78.3
$35,000- 49,999 874 241 28.1 23.7-32.9 633 71.9 67.1-76.3
$50,000-74,999 730 182 23.5 19.3-28.3 548 76.5 71.7-80.7
$75,000+ 861 237 23.5 19.8-27.6 624 76.5 72.4-80.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 402 112 26.8 22.1-32.0 290 73.2 68.0-77.9
Forsyth 451 164 35.7 30.6-41.1 287 64.3 58.9-69.4
Guilford 406 115 30.9 25.5-36.9 291 69.1 63.1-74.5
Henderson/Transylvania 460 109 23.4 19.1-28.3 351 76.6 71.7-80.9
Mecklenburg 433 129 34.8 28.6-41.5 304 65.2 58.5-71.4
Orange 420 172 39.4 33.0-46.2 248 60.6 53.8-67.0
Pitt 405 67 19.2 13.7-26.3 338 80.8 73.7-86.3
Randolph 415 85 21.0 16.6-26.1 330 79.0 73.9-83.4
Robeson 420 72 20.0 14.8-26.4 348 80.0 73.6-85.2
Wake 412 140 33.6 28.5-39.1 272 66.4 60.9-71.5
Western NC 635 192 31.4 27.1-36.0 443 68.6 64.0-72.9
Piedmont NC 857 176 19.7 16.5-23.2 681 80.3 76.8-83.5
Eastern NC 765 135 18.6 15.5-22.2 630 81.4 77.8-84.5

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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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