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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

NC Physical Activity--MALE 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 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
RACE
White 1,894 1,597 86.4 84.1-88.5 108 5.1 3.9- 6.6 77 3.2 2.3- 4.4 83 3.7 2.6- 5.2 29 1.6 0.9- 2.9
African American 355 285 81.3 74.6-86.7 37 7.2 4.7-10.9 18 6.0 3.1-11.5 10 4.2 1.6-10.3 5 1.3 0.3- 4.6
Asian 32 23 64.6 37.5-84.7 6 24.3 8.3-53.5 2 4.7 0.9-20.7 1 6.3 0.9-34.2 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 67 55 89.1 78.2-94.9 3 2.3 0.7- 7.6 4 2.2 0.7- 6.9 4 5.1 1.5-16.2 1 1.4 0.2- 9.2
Other Minorities 143 118 84.4 74.3-91.0 14 9.3 4.5-18.2 4 2.2 0.7- 6.7 6 3.8 1.1-12.9 1 0.2 0.0- 1.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 151 125 86.3 76.7-92.4 15 7.8 3.6-16.1 4 2.4 0.7- 7.5 6 3.3 0.8-12.2 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4
-English Speaking 52 45 91.3 75.4-97.3 3 5.4 1.0-25.1 2 2.5 0.5-11.0 2 0.8 0.2- 3.5 0 0.0 . - .
-Spanish Speaking 99 80 84.9 72.7-92.2 12 8.5 3.6-18.9 2 2.3 0.5- 9.6 4 4.0 0.9-15.7 1 0.2 0.0- 1.8
Non-Hispanic 2,349 1,962 85.2 83.0-87.2 153 5.7 4.6- 7.1 101 3.7 2.7- 4.9 98 3.9 2.8- 5.3 35 1.6 0.9- 2.6
AGE
18-24 180 132 79.1 69.9-86.0 20 6.1 3.1-11.6 10 5.0 2.2-11.1 14 7.6 3.6-15.0 4 2.2 0.6- 8.2
25-34 433 348 83.7 78.4-88.0 27 5.5 3.2- 9.4 24 4.6 2.7- 8.0 22 3.9 2.0- 7.5 12 2.2 1.0- 4.9
35-44 542 451 84.9 80.3-88.6 37 6.7 4.4-10.0 23 3.5 2.0- 6.1 23 3.9 2.1- 7.4 8 0.9 0.3- 2.9
45-54 512 422 87.8 83.9-90.9 37 4.2 2.7- 6.3 23 2.7 1.5- 4.7 25 3.8 2.2- 6.5 5 1.5 0.4- 5.0
55-64 358 305 86.8 81.1-90.9 25 7.6 4.4-12.7 13 2.7 1.3- 5.5 12 2.2 0.9- 5.3 3 0.8 0.2- 3.6
65-74 282 253 90.8 84.6-94.7 11 4.0 1.8- 8.7 7 2.1 0.7- 6.0 6 0.8 0.3- 1.9 5 2.3 0.5- 8.9
75+ 176 162 90.2 81.6-95.1 8 6.3 2.5-15.1 4 2.5 0.8- 7.2 2 1.0 0.2- 5.0 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 418 360 85.9 80.2-90.2 34 7.0 4.4-10.9 7 2.7 1.0- 7.4 13 3.5 1.7- 7.4 4 0.8 0.2- 3.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 736 625 87.3 83.3-90.4 42 4.2 2.7- 6.5 32 3.1 1.9- 5.1 25 3.3 1.6- 6.4 12 2.1 0.9- 4.8
Some Post-H.S. 514 431 84.7 79.4-88.7 32 6.4 3.9-10.3 20 3.6 2.0- 6.6 22 3.4 1.7- 6.8 9 2.0 0.8- 4.9
College Graduate 830 669 82.8 78.9-86.1 60 6.9 4.9- 9.6 45 4.4 2.9- 6.6 44 5.0 3.2- 7.9 12 0.9 0.4- 2.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 195 154 81.8 71.5-89.0 19 5.7 3.0-10.6 5 1.4 0.5- 3.8 14 9.4 4.0-20.4 3 1.7 0.3- 8.7
$15,000- 24,999 382 302 76.8 69.1-83.0 38 11.0 7.0-17.0 20 5.8 3.0-10.9 15 4.9 2.0-11.5 7 1.5 0.5- 4.5
$25,000- 34,999 311 258 84.8 77.7-89.9 21 5.3 3.0- 9.4 14 3.4 1.5- 7.5 12 3.5 1.3- 8.9 6 3.0 0.9- 9.5
$35,000- 49,999 387 320 86.2 80.6-90.4 23 4.6 2.4- 8.6 20 4.5 2.4- 8.3 16 2.4 1.1- 5.0 8 2.3 0.8- 6.6
$50,000-74,999 287 247 88.8 83.3-92.7 14 4.1 2.0- 8.2 11 2.3 1.0- 5.5 13 4.2 2.1- 8.4 2 0.5 0.1- 2.1
$75,000+ 425 347 84.0 79.0-88.1 26 5.4 3.4- 8.7 24 4.7 2.7- 7.9 22 4.3 2.4- 7.7 6 1.5 0.5- 4.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 151 124 78.4 69.2-85.4 14 10.8 5.8-19.2 4 3.4 1.2- 9.1 8 7.0 3.4-13.9 1 0.4 0.0- 2.5
Forsyth 171 147 84.9 77.6-90.1 11 7.3 3.8-13.6 3 2.1 0.6- 6.9 6 3.7 1.6- 8.4 4 2.0 0.7- 5.6
Guilford 151 127 80.4 71.1-87.2 8 7.3 3.1-16.2 9 6.9 3.4-13.4 5 3.5 1.3- 9.2 2 1.9 0.5- 7.3
Henderson/Transylvania 183 152 85.2 78.9-89.8 6 3.2 1.3- 7.8 9 4.3 2.1- 8.6 14 6.2 3.5-10.8 2 1.0 0.2- 3.9
Mecklenburg 158 131 84.6 76.6-90.3 14 6.8 3.9-11.8 8 4.0 1.6- 9.4 5 4.6 1.6-12.8 0 0.0 . - .
Orange 173 118 63.7 55.2-71.4 24 17.2 11.3-25.1 12 7.2 4.0-12.6 16 9.1 5.5-14.7 3 2.9 0.9- 9.2
Pitt 153 119 74.8 65.2-82.5 10 8.5 3.9-17.4 12 6.7 3.6-12.0 9 8.2 4.1-15.5 3 1.9 0.6- 6.0
Randolph 168 148 88.0 81.0-92.6 8 3.5 1.7- 7.1 4 3.7 1.2-10.7 6 3.7 1.5- 8.6 2 1.1 0.3- 4.4
Robeson 164 132 76.0 65.7-83.9 14 9.3 4.8-17.4 8 6.5 2.7-14.7 5 5.3 1.8-14.9 5 2.8 1.0- 7.7
Wake 177 145 82.0 74.6-87.7 15 8.7 5.1-14.6 8 3.8 1.8- 7.8 8 5.1 2.2-11.5 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1
Western NC 268 236 88.8 84.0-92.3 11 4.4 2.3- 8.2 12 3.9 2.1- 7.2 4 1.1 0.4- 3.1 5 1.8 0.6- 5.0
Piedmont NC 313 272 89.7 85.4-92.8 19 4.5 2.6- 7.8 9 2.4 1.1- 5.1 9 2.1 1.0- 4.4 4 1.3 0.4- 3.9
Eastern NC 275 240 84.2 78.1-88.9 14 5.1 2.8- 9.0 7 3.3 1.5- 7.1 9 4.9 2.4- 9.8 5 2.5 1.0- 6.3

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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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