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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

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
-Western NC 419 246 61.9 55.9-67.6 173 38.1 32.4-44.1
GENDER
Male 161 79 57.3 47.4-66.6 82 42.7 33.4-52.6
Female 258 167 66.2 58.9-72.8 91 33.8 27.2-41.1
RACE
White 380 219 60.6 54.3-66.7 161 39.4 33.3-45.7
African American 10 7 80.4 46.4-95.1 3 19.6 4.9-53.6
Other Minorities 27 19 78.0 56.3-90.7 8 22.0 9.3-43.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 17 14 86.5 62.0-96.2 3 13.5 3.8-38.0
Non-Hispanic 401 232 61.1 54.9-67.0 169 38.9 33.0-45.1
AGE
18-24 15 10 75.8 46.3-92.0 5 24.2 8.0-53.7
25-34 51 35 68.8 53.3-80.9 16 31.2 19.1-46.7
35-44 56 41 70.4 54.5-82.5 15 29.6 17.5-45.5
45-54 93 60 64.2 51.2-75.4 33 35.8 24.6-48.8
55-64 91 50 55.2 43.1-66.8 41 44.8 33.2-56.9
65-74 67 32 44.7 31.8-58.3 35 55.3 41.7-68.2
75+ 46 18 44.6 28.5-62.0 28 55.4 38.0-71.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 49 34 82.3 66.8-91.5 15 17.7 8.5-33.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 128 70 56.1 45.2-66.5 58 43.9 33.5-54.8
Some Post-H.S. 112 63 56.8 45.0-67.8 49 43.2 32.2-55.0
College Graduate 127 77 64.6 54.8-73.4 50 35.4 26.6-45.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 58 35 69.9 54.7-81.8 23 30.1 18.2-45.3
$15,000- 24,999 71 38 54.4 39.3-68.7 33 45.6 31.3-60.7
$25,000- 34,999 60 38 60.5 44.2-74.8 22 39.5 25.2-55.8
$35,000- 49,999 63 29 49.3 34.9-63.7 34 50.7 36.3-65.1
$50,000-74,999 51 33 66.6 51.3-79.1 18 33.4 20.9-48.7
$75,000+ 65 42 66.5 52.1-78.4 23 33.5 21.6-47.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 166 95 65.1 55.2-73.7 71 34.9 26.3-44.8
No 249 149 60.4 52.7-67.5 100 39.6 32.5-47.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 68 32 58.1 44.5-70.5 36 41.9 29.5-55.5
Non-Veteran 351 214 62.7 56.0-68.9 137 37.3 31.1-44.0

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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.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** 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, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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