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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Wake County

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%)
North Carolina 6,481 1,668 24.6 23.1-26.3 4,813 75.4 73.7-76.9
Wake County 412 140 33.6 28.5-39.1 272 66.4 60.9-71.5
GENDER
Male 177 66 33.8 26.4-42.2 111 66.2 57.8-73.6
Female 235 74 33.3 26.7-40.7 161 66.7 59.3-73.3
RACE
White 300 94 30.3 24.7-36.5 206 69.7 63.5-75.3
Other 110 46 41.5 30.8-53.0 64 58.5 47.0-69.2
AGE
18-44 233 80 34.5 27.8-42.0 153 65.5 58.0-72.2
45+ 175 57 31.0 23.9-39.1 118 69.0 60.9-76.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 104 34 38.7 28.1-50.5 70 61.3 49.5-71.9
Some College + 308 106 31.8 26.2-38.0 202 68.2 62.0-73.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 147 63 46.6 36.9-56.5 84 53.4 43.5-63.1
$50,000+ 172 49 26.7 19.9-34.9 123 73.3 65.1-80.1
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
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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