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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

NC Physical Activity

In the past week, how much time did you spend walking or bicycling for transportation, such as to and from work or shopping?*

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  Total
Respond.#
None Less than 60 minutes 60-119 minutes 2-4 hours More than 4 hours
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 6,434 5,485 85.7 84.4-87.0 372 5.5 4.7- 6.3 244 3.5 2.9- 4.2 260 4.1 3.3- 5.0 73 1.3 0.9- 1.8
GENDER
Male 2,505 2,091 85.2 83.1-87.1 168 5.9 4.8- 7.3 105 3.5 2.7- 4.7 104 3.8 2.8- 5.2 37 1.5 0.9- 2.5
Female 3,929 3,394 86.2 84.4-87.8 204 5.0 4.1- 6.1 139 3.4 2.6- 4.4 156 4.3 3.4- 5.5 36 1.1 0.7- 1.7
RACE
White 4,910 4,215 86.5 85.0-87.9 255 4.8 4.0- 5.7 176 3.3 2.6- 4.1 207 4.0 3.2- 5.0 57 1.4 0.9- 2.0
African American 983 820 83.1 79.2-86.4 75 6.6 4.9- 8.9 47 4.8 3.1- 7.3 30 4.6 2.7- 7.7 11 0.9 0.4- 2.2
Asian 70 51 71.5 54.1-84.2 9 13.5 5.2-30.5 4 4.8 1.5-14.0 5 5.7 1.8-16.8 1 4.6 0.7-26.0
Native American 174 153 90.1 83.3-94.3 8 3.5 1.5- 7.7 6 2.0 0.8- 4.8 5 3.3 1.0- 9.9 2 1.2 0.3- 5.1
Other Minorities 258 213 85.0 77.9-90.1 23 8.9 5.2-15.0 10 2.4 1.0- 5.7 11 3.5 1.3- 8.9 1 0.1 0.0- 0.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 285 233 86.3 79.7-91.0 25 7.4 4.1-12.9 13 2.9 1.3- 6.4 13 3.3 1.2- 8.3 1 0.1 0.0- 0.9
-English Speaking 117 94 87.1 77.2-93.1 7 4.8 1.6-13.7 7 3.4 1.2- 9.3 9 4.7 1.7-12.7 0 0.0 . - .
-Spanish Speaking 168 139 86.0 77.3-91.8 18 8.4 4.3-15.7 6 2.7 0.9- 7.7 4 2.7 0.6-10.9 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2
Non-Hispanic 6,138 5,243 85.7 84.3-87.0 347 5.3 4.6- 6.2 231 3.5 2.9- 4.3 246 4.1 3.4- 5.0 71 1.3 0.9- 1.9
AGE
18-24 458 341 78.1 72.1-83.1 41 5.7 3.6- 8.8 27 5.0 2.8- 8.8 41 9.2 5.9-14.0 8 2.1 0.9- 5.1
25-34 1,094 910 85.0 81.7-87.8 66 5.9 4.1- 8.2 50 4.0 2.7- 5.9 49 3.7 2.4- 5.7 19 1.4 0.7- 2.8
35-44 1,272 1,069 85.7 82.7-88.2 76 5.5 4.1- 7.4 54 3.3 2.3- 4.8 59 4.4 2.9- 6.6 14 1.2 0.5- 2.4
45-54 1,280 1,093 86.7 83.9-89.1 81 5.4 4.0- 7.4 45 3.4 2.2- 5.1 48 3.2 2.1- 4.7 13 1.3 0.6- 2.9
55-64 934 818 87.9 84.5-90.6 51 5.9 4.0- 8.7 28 2.4 1.4- 4.0 29 2.9 1.7- 4.8 8 1.0 0.4- 2.3
65-74 764 686 90.9 87.6-93.4 27 3.0 1.8- 5.0 24 3.0 1.7- 5.6 20 2.0 1.1- 3.6 7 1.0 0.3- 3.6
75+ 578 520 89.6 85.1-92.9 26 5.8 3.2-10.2 15 2.4 1.3- 4.6 14 1.8 0.9- 3.5 3 0.3 0.1- 1.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,022 901 87.1 83.5-90.1 60 5.7 4.0- 8.1 20 2.3 1.1- 4.6 34 4.3 2.6- 7.0 7 0.6 0.2- 1.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,874 1,627 87.9 85.6-89.9 97 4.5 3.4- 6.0 68 3.2 2.3- 4.4 61 2.9 1.9- 4.4 21 1.5 0.8- 2.8
Some Post-H.S. 1,505 1,265 84.0 80.9-86.7 87 5.5 4.0- 7.5 64 4.0 2.7- 5.9 64 4.8 3.3- 7.0 25 1.7 1.0- 2.9
College Graduate 2,017 1,677 83.4 80.9-85.7 128 6.5 5.0- 8.2 91 4.1 3.0- 5.5 101 4.9 3.6- 6.6 20 1.1 0.6- 2.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 640 528 83.3 77.8-87.6 47 6.1 4.1- 9.2 30 4.6 2.4- 8.5 30 5.1 2.6- 9.6 5 0.9 0.2- 3.4
$15,000- 24,999 1,045 865 81.8 77.5-85.4 78 7.8 5.5-10.8 48 5.4 3.6- 8.1 40 3.9 2.2- 6.9 14 1.1 0.5- 2.7
$25,000- 34,999 768 641 84.8 80.6-88.3 45 6.0 4.0- 8.9 34 3.4 2.0- 5.8 34 3.2 1.8- 5.7 14 2.6 1.2- 5.5
$35,000- 49,999 872 735 85.0 81.2-88.1 45 4.2 2.6- 6.7 37 4.5 2.9- 6.9 41 4.1 2.7- 6.4 14 2.1 1.0- 4.6
$50,000-74,999 731 634 87.5 83.7-90.5 34 4.4 2.8- 6.8 21 2.4 1.3- 4.5 37 5.0 3.1- 8.0 5 0.7 0.3- 1.9
$75,000+ 857 706 82.7 79.0-85.9 58 6.4 4.6- 8.8 43 4.2 2.8- 6.3 40 5.1 3.2- 7.8 10 1.6 0.7- 3.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 398 338 83.0 77.9-87.2 27 7.4 4.6-11.6 10 3.0 1.5- 5.9 21 6.1 3.8- 9.7 2 0.5 0.1- 2.1
Forsyth 448 390 86.5 82.1-89.9 29 6.2 4.0- 9.5 8 1.8 0.8- 4.0 14 3.2 1.8- 5.5 7 2.3 0.9- 5.6
Guilford 406 344 79.6 73.3-84.7 25 7.8 4.8-12.3 16 4.9 2.9- 8.4 17 6.3 3.1-12.2 4 1.4 0.5- 4.1
Henderson/Transylvania 457 389 86.4 82.5-89.6 17 3.3 1.9- 5.7 21 4.1 2.5- 6.5 26 5.5 3.5- 8.4 4 0.7 0.3- 2.1
Mecklenburg 433 373 85.2 80.3-89.0 28 6.4 4.3- 9.4 18 3.6 2.0- 6.3 11 4.4 2.1- 8.8 3 0.5 0.1- 1.7
Orange 423 311 70.1 63.5-75.9 40 10.1 7.0-14.4 31 8.1 5.1-12.6 36 10.2 6.8-15.0 5 1.5 0.5- 4.4
Pitt 402 329 80.0 74.4-84.7 23 6.9 4.0-11.5 26 5.9 3.8- 9.0 16 5.5 3.2- 9.3 8 1.7 0.8- 3.7
Randolph 410 365 85.6 77.4-91.2 15 3.5 2.1- 6.0 12 3.6 1.8- 6.9 16 6.7 2.5-16.9 2 0.6 0.1- 2.2
Robeson 413 350 82.0 76.0-86.8 30 7.8 4.9-12.3 15 4.6 2.3- 8.9 10 3.6 1.4- 8.5 8 2.0 0.9- 4.6
Wake 409 341 81.5 76.4-85.6 36 9.6 6.7-13.6 14 3.5 2.0- 6.1 14 4.6 2.4- 8.6 4 0.8 0.3- 2.2
Western NC 628 553 88.6 85.5-91.1 27 4.4 2.9- 6.6 22 3.2 2.0- 5.1 20 2.7 1.7- 4.4 6 1.0 0.4- 2.8
Piedmont NC 849 742 89.0 86.4-91.2 42 4.4 3.1- 6.3 23 2.5 1.5- 4.0 32 2.8 1.9- 4.2 10 1.3 0.7- 2.6
Eastern NC 758 660 85.2 81.7-88.2 33 4.4 2.9- 6.5 28 4.1 2.7- 6.2 27 4.6 2.9- 7.2 10 1.7 0.8- 3.4

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported having leisure time activity and reported some type of exercise. The respondents reporting no leisure time activity for this question are excluded
First five most frequent response categories presented here. OTHER category was formed from the remaining responses.

#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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