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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 HEAVY TRAFFIC?

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,484 2,164 33.2 31.4-35.0 4,320 66.8 65.0-68.6
Western NC 634 202 31.7 27.5-36.3 432 68.3 63.7-72.5
GENDER
Male 272 70 28.0 22.0-35.0 202 72.0 65.0-78.0
Female 362 132 36.1 30.7-41.9 230 63.9 58.1-69.3
RACE
White 588 189 32.2 27.8-36.9 399 67.8 63.1-72.2
Other 44 12 23.4 11.9-41.0 32 76.6 59.0-88.1
AGE
18-44 234 76 31.0 24.3-38.7 158 69.0 61.3-75.7
45+ 396 123 31.9 26.8-37.4 273 68.1 62.6-73.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 362 114 30.2 24.9-36.1 248 69.8 63.9-75.1
Some College + 271 87 33.8 27.2-41.0 184 66.2 59.0-72.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 389 139 36.2 30.6-42.2 250 63.8 57.8-69.4
$50,000+ 103 16 19.2 11.2-30.9 87 80.8 69.1-88.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 400 153 36.8 31.5-42.4 247 63.2 57.6-68.5
Forsyth 452 164 35.5 30.5-40.8 288 64.5 59.2-69.5
Guilford 408 156 35.5 30.1-41.3 252 64.5 58.7-69.9
Henderson/Transylvania 459 121 28.3 22.4-34.9 338 71.7 65.1-77.6
Mecklenburg 436 164 34.2 28.9-39.9 272 65.8 60.1-71.1
Orange 425 115 23.6 18.8-29.3 310 76.4 70.7-81.2
Pitt 406 129 29.0 24.1-34.5 277 71.0 65.5-75.9
Randolph 416 131 27.2 22.5-32.4 285 72.8 67.6-77.5
Robeson 419 139 28.3 23.6-33.6 280 71.7 66.4-76.4
Wake 413 137 30.7 25.9-36.0 276 69.3 64.0-74.1
Piedmont NC 854 287 34.6 30.5-39.0 567 65.4 61.0-69.5
Eastern NC 762 266 33.4 29.5-37.5 496 66.6 62.5-70.5

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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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