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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina

NC Physical Activity

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%)
North Carolina 6,434 5,485 85.7 84.4-87.0 372 5.5 4.7- 6.3 244 3.5 2.9- 4.2 260 4.1 3.3- 5.0 73 1.3 0.9- 1.8
Western NC 628 553 88.6 85.5-91.1 27 4.4 2.9- 6.6 22 3.2 2.0- 5.1 20 2.7 1.7- 4.4 6 1.0 0.4- 2.8
GENDER
Male 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
Female 360 317 88.4 84.2-91.6 16 4.4 2.6- 7.4 10 2.4 1.2- 4.6 16 4.6 2.7- 7.9 1 0.2 0.0- 1.1
RACE
White 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
Other 43 39 88.1 68.9-96.1 3 10.0 2.8-30.3 1 1.9 0.3-12.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 234 195 85.2 79.4-89.6 11 4.6 2.4- 9.0 8 3.3 1.5- 7.0 16 5.0 2.9- 8.6 4 1.8 0.6- 5.9
45+ 390 354 91.4 88.0-93.9 16 4.2 2.5- 7.0 14 3.2 1.8- 5.5 4 0.8 0.3- 2.4 2 0.4 0.1- 1.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 356 320 91.1 87.5-93.8 10 2.5 1.3- 4.9 10 2.3 1.2- 4.5 12 3.2 1.7- 6.0 4 0.8 0.3- 2.4
Some College + 271 232 85.2 79.5-89.5 17 7.0 4.1-11.6 12 4.4 2.3- 8.3 8 2.1 1.0- 4.2 2 1.3 0.3- 6.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 384 333 88.7 84.8-91.6 18 4.5 2.6- 7.6 17 3.8 2.3- 6.2 12 2.2 1.2- 4.1 4 0.8 0.3- 2.3
$50,000+ 104 90 87.4 79.2-92.6 6 6.5 2.8-14.2 4 3.0 1.1- 7.9 4 3.1 1.1- 8.1 0 0.0 . - .
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 398 338 83.0 77.9-87.2 27 7.4 4.6-11.6 10 3.0 1.5- 5.9 21 6.1 3.8- 9.7 2 0.5 0.1- 2.1
Forsyth 448 390 86.5 82.1-89.9 29 6.2 4.0- 9.5 8 1.8 0.8- 4.0 14 3.2 1.8- 5.5 7 2.3 0.9- 5.6
Guilford 406 344 79.6 73.3-84.7 25 7.8 4.8-12.3 16 4.9 2.9- 8.4 17 6.3 3.1-12.2 4 1.4 0.5- 4.1
Henderson/Transylvania 457 389 86.4 82.5-89.6 17 3.3 1.9- 5.7 21 4.1 2.5- 6.5 26 5.5 3.5- 8.4 4 0.7 0.3- 2.1
Mecklenburg 433 373 85.2 80.3-89.0 28 6.4 4.3- 9.4 18 3.6 2.0- 6.3 11 4.4 2.1- 8.8 3 0.5 0.1- 1.7
Orange 423 311 70.1 63.5-75.9 40 10.1 7.0-14.4 31 8.1 5.1-12.6 36 10.2 6.8-15.0 5 1.5 0.5- 4.4
Pitt 402 329 80.0 74.4-84.7 23 6.9 4.0-11.5 26 5.9 3.8- 9.0 16 5.5 3.2- 9.3 8 1.7 0.8- 3.7
Randolph 410 365 85.6 77.4-91.2 15 3.5 2.1- 6.0 12 3.6 1.8- 6.9 16 6.7 2.5-16.9 2 0.6 0.1- 2.2
Robeson 413 350 82.0 76.0-86.8 30 7.8 4.9-12.3 15 4.6 2.3- 8.9 10 3.6 1.4- 8.5 8 2.0 0.9- 4.6
Wake 409 341 81.5 76.4-85.6 36 9.6 6.7-13.6 14 3.5 2.0- 6.1 14 4.6 2.4- 8.6 4 0.8 0.3- 2.2
Piedmont NC 849 742 89.0 86.4-91.2 42 4.4 3.1- 6.3 23 2.5 1.5- 4.0 32 2.8 1.9- 4.2 10 1.3 0.7- 2.6
Eastern NC 758 660 85.2 81.7-88.2 33 4.4 2.9- 6.5 28 4.1 2.7- 6.2 27 4.6 2.9- 7.2 10 1.7 0.8- 3.4

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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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