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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

NC Physical Activity--WHITE 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 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
GENDER
Male 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
Female 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
AGE
18-24 313 239 80.0 72.5-85.8 26 5.0 2.7- 9.2 19 4.7 2.3- 9.5 24 8.1 4.5-14.1 5 2.1 0.6- 7.0
25-34 774 654 86.1 82.2-89.2 37 4.7 3.0- 7.2 27 2.5 1.4- 4.3 42 5.0 3.1- 7.9 14 1.8 0.8- 3.9
35-44 921 778 85.8 82.5-88.6 51 5.3 3.7- 7.4 34 3.3 2.1- 5.2 47 4.2 2.8- 6.3 11 1.5 0.7- 3.2
45-54 985 843 86.5 83.1-89.3 58 5.2 3.6- 7.5 35 3.7 2.3- 5.9 39 3.1 2.0- 4.9 10 1.5 0.6- 3.6
55-64 746 655 88.6 84.9-91.5 35 4.6 2.8- 7.5 23 2.5 1.4- 4.5 26 3.1 1.8- 5.4 7 1.2 0.5- 2.9
65-74 647 579 91.5 88.1-94.0 23 2.8 1.6- 4.9 22 3.3 1.7- 6.2 17 1.9 1.0- 3.8 6 0.5 0.2- 1.2
75+ 492 439 89.6 84.6-93.1 23 5.4 2.7-10.4 15 2.9 1.5- 5.5 12 1.7 0.8- 3.4 3 0.4 0.1- 1.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 637 573 89.3 85.0-92.5 29 4.2 2.6- 6.8 9 1.2 0.5- 2.9 21 4.3 2.2- 8.1 5 1.0 0.3- 3.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,422 1,260 89.8 87.3-91.9 56 3.3 2.2- 4.8 45 2.8 1.9- 4.2 45 2.5 1.6- 3.9 16 1.6 0.7- 3.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,143 966 84.0 80.4-87.1 63 5.8 4.0- 8.3 45 4.0 2.5- 6.3 51 4.6 3.0- 7.0 18 1.6 0.8- 3.0
College Graduate 1,699 1,407 83.4 80.6-85.9 107 6.1 4.7- 8.0 77 4.1 3.0- 5.8 90 5.1 3.7- 7.1 18 1.2 0.6- 2.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 417 341 78.8 70.8-85.0 29 6.0 3.7- 9.7 19 5.7 2.5-12.2 23 8.0 4.0-15.4 5 1.5 0.4- 5.6
$15,000- 24,999 669 572 87.8 83.6-91.0 38 5.1 2.9- 8.7 25 4.1 2.5- 6.8 28 2.4 1.5- 3.9 6 0.6 0.1- 2.7
$25,000- 34,999 566 473 84.1 78.7-88.3 32 6.0 3.6- 9.6 23 3.5 1.8- 6.8 28 3.7 1.9- 7.1 10 2.8 1.1- 6.8
$35,000- 49,999 705 603 86.1 81.9-89.4 29 3.5 1.9- 6.2 28 4.1 2.5- 6.4 32 3.9 2.3- 6.5 13 2.5 1.1- 5.6
$50,000-74,999 637 553 88.0 84.2-91.1 30 4.4 2.8- 7.1 19 2.4 1.2- 4.8 30 4.3 2.6- 7.0 5 0.8 0.3- 2.2
$75,000+ 753 614 83.0 79.2-86.3 56 7.0 5.0- 9.7 36 4.0 2.5- 6.3 37 4.2 2.7- 6.4 10 1.8 0.8- 3.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 355 302 83.4 77.9-87.8 24 7.4 4.4-12.1 9 3.1 1.5- 6.3 18 5.5 3.3- 9.2 2 0.6 0.1- 2.4
Forsyth 333 291 86.4 81.0-90.4 20 5.5 3.2- 9.3 5 1.8 0.7- 4.8 11 3.5 1.9- 6.5 6 2.9 1.1- 7.4
Guilford 271 233 84.3 78.3-88.8 17 7.3 4.2-12.4 7 3.3 1.5- 7.1 11 3.5 1.9- 6.6 3 1.5 0.4- 5.3
Henderson/Transylvania 419 356 85.4 81.1-88.9 15 3.3 1.8- 6.0 20 4.5 2.8- 7.3 24 5.9 3.8- 9.2 4 0.9 0.3- 2.5
Mecklenburg 261 232 87.4 80.5-92.0 13 4.5 2.5- 8.0 10 4.3 2.0- 9.1 4 3.4 1.0-11.2 2 0.4 0.1- 1.7
Orange 344 254 70.6 62.9-77.2 30 9.5 6.2-14.3 25 8.2 4.8-13.6 31 10.7 6.8-16.4 4 1.1 0.4- 3.3
Pitt 285 237 83.8 78.1-88.3 11 3.1 1.6- 6.1 20 6.0 3.7- 9.8 11 5.3 2.7-10.1 6 1.7 0.7- 3.9
Randolph 373 333 85.9 76.9-91.8 14 3.4 2.0- 5.9 9 3.1 1.4- 6.7 15 7.0 2.5-18.2 2 0.6 0.1- 2.4
Robeson 167 146 80.4 68.7-88.4 8 7.7 2.9-18.8 5 6.7 2.2-18.5 5 3.6 1.2-10.2 3 1.7 0.5- 5.4
Wake 301 251 81.6 75.7-86.4 26 8.7 5.8-12.9 9 2.9 1.4- 5.8 11 5.5 2.7-11.2 4 1.2 0.4- 3.1
Western NC 583 513 89.1 86.0-91.5 24 4.0 2.6- 6.1 21 3.4 2.1- 5.4 20 3.0 1.8- 4.8 5 0.6 0.2- 1.6
Piedmont NC 698 617 90.0 87.3-92.3 32 3.9 2.6- 5.8 17 2.1 1.2- 3.7 25 2.9 1.8- 4.5 7 1.1 0.5- 2.5
Eastern NC 520 450 84.5 80.2-88.1 21 4.4 2.6- 7.2 19 4.0 2.4- 6.7 21 4.7 2.8- 7.6 9 2.4 1.2- 5.0

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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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