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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

NC Physical Activity--FEMALE Respondents Only

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 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 3,016 2,618 86.6 84.7-88.4 147 4.6 3.6- 5.8 99 3.3 2.4- 4.5 124 4.3 3.3- 5.6 28 1.1 0.7- 1.9
African American 628 535 84.5 79.7-88.3 38 6.1 3.9- 9.3 29 3.9 2.4- 6.2 20 4.9 2.6- 9.1 6 0.6 0.2- 1.7
Asian 38 28 77.5 54.8-90.7 3 4.0 0.7-19.2 2 4.8 1.0-21.0 4 5.1 1.5-15.5 1 8.6 1.2-41.2
Native American 107 98 91.6 82.8-96.1 5 5.4 1.9-14.5 2 1.7 0.4- 6.6 1 0.5 0.1- 3.4 1 0.9 0.1- 5.9
Other Minorities 115 95 86.0 75.5-92.5 9 8.3 3.6-17.9 6 2.8 0.7-10.5 5 3.0 0.8- 9.8 0 0.0 . - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic 134 108 86.3 76.9-92.3 10 6.7 2.9-14.7 9 3.8 1.2-10.9 7 3.2 1.0- 9.6 0 0.0 . - .
-English Speaking 65 49 82.5 67.0-91.6 4 4.2 1.3-12.5 5 4.3 1.0-16.1 7 9.0 2.9-24.7 0 0.0 . - .
-Spanish Speaking 69 59 88.4 75.0-95.1 6 8.1 2.9-20.7 4 3.5 0.7-15.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 3,789 3,281 86.2 84.4-87.8 194 5.0 4.1- 6.1 130 3.4 2.6- 4.4 148 4.3 3.4- 5.6 36 1.1 0.7- 1.8
AGE
18-24 278 209 76.9 68.8-83.4 21 5.1 2.9- 8.8 17 4.9 2.2-10.8 27 11.0 6.4-18.2 4 2.1 0.7- 6.1
25-34 661 562 86.3 82.3-89.6 39 6.2 4.1- 9.5 26 3.4 1.9- 5.7 27 3.5 2.0- 5.9 7 0.6 0.2- 1.9
35-44 730 618 86.4 82.4-89.6 39 4.4 2.8- 6.7 31 3.1 1.9- 5.0 36 4.7 2.8- 8.1 6 1.4 0.5- 3.6
45-54 768 671 85.6 81.3-89.1 44 6.7 4.3-10.1 22 4.0 2.2- 7.1 23 2.5 1.4- 4.5 8 1.2 0.5- 2.8
55-64 576 513 88.9 84.6-92.1 26 4.3 2.5- 7.6 15 2.1 1.0- 4.4 17 3.6 1.9- 6.6 5 1.1 0.4- 3.2
65-74 482 433 90.9 86.7-93.9 16 2.4 1.3- 4.3 17 3.7 1.7- 7.5 14 2.8 1.4- 5.5 2 0.2 0.1- 0.9
75+ 402 358 89.2 83.6-93.0 18 5.4 2.6-11.1 11 2.4 1.1- 5.1 12 2.4 1.2- 4.9 3 0.6 0.2- 2.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 604 541 88.5 83.5-92.1 26 4.3 2.5- 7.4 13 1.7 0.7- 4.2 21 5.0 2.6- 9.7 3 0.4 0.1- 2.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,138 1,002 88.5 85.7-90.9 55 4.9 3.4- 7.0 36 3.2 2.0- 5.1 36 2.5 1.6- 4.0 9 0.9 0.4- 2.1
Some Post-H.S. 991 834 83.5 79.6-86.8 55 4.8 3.4- 6.9 44 4.3 2.6- 7.0 42 5.9 3.8- 9.1 16 1.4 0.8- 2.7
College Graduate 1,187 1,008 84.1 80.6-87.1 68 6.0 4.2- 8.5 46 3.8 2.5- 5.8 57 4.7 3.2- 6.8 8 1.4 0.5- 3.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 445 374 84.2 77.6-89.1 28 6.4 3.8-10.8 25 6.7 3.3-13.1 16 2.3 1.0- 5.1 2 0.4 0.1- 1.9
$15,000- 24,999 663 563 86.3 82.0-89.7 40 4.8 3.0- 7.6 28 5.1 3.1- 8.2 25 3.0 1.6- 5.5 7 0.8 0.2- 3.0
$25,000- 34,999 457 383 84.8 79.3-89.1 24 6.6 3.7-11.3 20 3.4 1.6- 6.8 22 3.0 1.7- 5.4 8 2.2 0.9- 5.4
$35,000- 49,999 485 415 83.6 78.0-87.9 22 3.8 1.9- 7.5 17 4.5 2.5- 7.9 25 6.2 3.7-10.4 6 1.9 0.6- 5.6
$50,000-74,999 444 387 86.2 80.5-90.4 20 4.6 2.6- 8.1 10 2.5 1.0- 6.0 24 5.8 3.0-10.8 3 0.9 0.3- 3.4
$75,000+ 432 359 80.9 74.9-85.7 32 7.8 5.0-11.8 19 3.6 2.0- 6.4 18 6.1 3.1-11.5 4 1.6 0.6- 4.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 247 214 87.3 82.0-91.2 13 4.3 2.4- 7.5 6 2.7 1.1- 6.3 13 5.2 2.9- 9.3 1 0.6 0.1- 4.3
Forsyth 277 243 87.9 82.3-91.9 18 5.2 3.1- 8.8 5 1.6 0.7- 3.9 8 2.6 1.3- 5.3 3 2.6 0.6- 9.6
Guilford 255 217 78.7 69.6-85.7 17 8.2 5.0-13.3 7 3.0 1.4- 6.5 12 9.1 3.8-20.1 2 1.0 0.2- 4.5
Henderson/Transylvania 274 237 87.7 82.3-91.6 11 3.3 1.7- 6.3 12 3.8 2.0- 7.1 12 4.7 2.4- 9.2 2 0.5 0.1- 2.0
Mecklenburg 275 242 85.8 79.6-90.3 14 5.9 3.3-10.2 10 3.1 1.7- 5.9 6 4.2 1.6-10.4 3 1.0 0.3- 3.4
Orange 250 193 75.4 65.7-83.1 16 4.2 2.3- 7.4 19 8.9 4.5-16.7 20 11.1 6.1-19.3 2 0.4 0.1- 1.7
Pitt 249 210 85.2 79.2-89.7 13 5.3 2.8-10.0 14 5.2 2.8- 9.2 7 2.8 1.3- 6.0 5 1.6 0.6- 4.0
Randolph 242 217 83.3 67.5-92.3 7 3.5 1.6- 7.7 8 3.5 1.6- 7.2 10 9.7 2.6-30.5 0 0.0 . - .
Robeson 249 218 88.9 83.8-92.5 16 6.1 3.5-10.6 7 2.4 1.0- 5.4 5 1.5 0.6- 3.6 3 1.1 0.3- 3.8
Wake 232 196 80.8 73.5-86.5 21 10.7 6.7-16.7 6 3.1 1.2- 7.5 6 4.0 1.4-10.6 3 1.4 0.4- 4.4
Western NC 360 317 88.4 84.2-91.6 16 4.4 2.6- 7.4 10 2.4 1.2- 4.6 16 4.6 2.7- 7.9 1 0.2 0.0- 1.1
Piedmont NC 536 470 88.5 85.0-91.2 23 4.3 2.7- 6.8 14 2.5 1.4- 4.6 23 3.4 2.1- 5.4 6 1.4 0.6- 3.1
Eastern NC 483 420 86.1 81.8-89.5 19 3.8 2.2- 6.4 21 4.8 2.9- 7.8 18 4.4 2.5- 7.6 5 1.0 0.3- 2.6

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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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