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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina

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
Western NC 635 192 31.4 27.1-36.0 443 68.6 64.0-72.9
GENDER
Male 272 84 30.6 24.5-37.5 188 69.4 62.5-75.5
Female 363 108 32.3 26.8-38.3 255 67.7 61.7-73.2
RACE
White 589 175 30.8 26.4-35.5 414 69.2 64.5-73.6
Other 44 16 38.5 23.1-56.6 28 61.5 43.4-76.9
AGE
18-44 235 71 31.9 24.9-40.0 164 68.1 60.0-75.1
45+ 396 121 31.2 26.3-36.5 275 68.8 63.5-73.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 363 113 32.6 27.1-38.6 250 67.4 61.4-72.9
Some College + 271 79 29.7 23.3-37.1 192 70.3 62.9-76.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 390 114 30.2 24.9-36.1 276 69.8 63.9-75.1
$50,000+ 104 27 24.8 16.9-34.8 77 75.2 65.2-83.1
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
Wake 412 140 33.6 28.5-39.1 272 66.4 60.9-71.5
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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