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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)*

Environmental Policy (Asked January--March Only)

Do you believe you would increase your physical activity if your community had more accessible sidewalks
or trails for walking or bicycling?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,973 2,491 67.2 65.2-69.1 1,482 32.8 30.9-34.8
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 153 86 62.0 51.8-71.3 67 38.0 28.7-48.2
GENDER
Male 61 30 61.1 44.2-75.6 31 38.9 24.4-55.8
Female 92 56 63.0 50.8-73.6 36 37.0 26.4-49.2
RACE
White 134 72 60.9 50.0-70.7 62 39.1 29.3-50.0
Other 18 14 86.9 63.4-96.2 4 13.1 3.8-36.6
AGE
18-44 40 31 78.0 57.7-90.2 9 22.0 9.8-42.3
45+ 113 55 53.2 42.2-64.0 58 46.8 36.0-57.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 65 37 60.4 42.8-75.6 28 39.6 24.4-57.2
Some College + 87 49 63.8 51.2-74.8 38 36.2 25.2-48.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 100 56 55.9 43.3-67.8 44 44.1 32.2-56.7
$50,000+ 34 21 71.2 52.8-84.6 13 28.8 15.4-47.2

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.


*Mountain AHEC: Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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