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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Physical Activity - Transportation

In the past week, how much time did you walk or bicycle for transportation, such as to and from
work or shopping, or walk to the bus stop?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Less than 30 min. 30 min. to 1 hour 1 to 2 hours 2 hours or more No time
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 11,659 405 4.0 3.4- 4.7 376 3.8 3.1- 4.6 340 3.4 2.8- 4.2 503 5.4 4.6- 6.3 10,035 83.5 82.1-84.8
-Eastern NC 3,174 113 4.6 3.3- 6.3 106 4.1 2.7- 6.3 91 3.5 2.2- 5.5 137 5.5 3.9- 7.6 2,727 82.4 79.2-85.2
GENDER
Male 1,148 54 6.0 3.9- 9.1 31 4.1 2.1- 7.9 39 4.0 1.9- 8.3 62 6.7 4.1-10.9 962 79.1 73.5-83.8
Female 2,026 59 3.2 2.0- 5.2 75 4.1 2.4- 7.0 52 2.9 1.9- 4.5 75 4.3 2.9- 6.2 1,765 85.4 82.0-88.3
RACE
White 2,160 73 4.1 2.8- 6.0 64 4.0 2.2- 7.1 61 3.2 2.1- 4.9 85 3.9 2.8- 5.4 1,877 84.8 81.4-87.7
African American 701 26 3.4 1.8- 6.5 28 4.5 2.3- 8.9 20 1.5 0.9- 2.6 39 9.1 4.8-16.6 588 81.4 74.2-87.0
Other Minorities 296 14 9.5 4.0-20.9 14 4.4 1.8-10.8 10 9.1 2.6-27.2 13 7.1 2.3-19.9 245 69.9 54.9-81.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 123 8 7.8 2.1-24.9 5 4.1 0.9-17.2 6 12.6 2.9-41.1 7 2.9 1.2- 6.9 97 72.6 50.5-87.3
Non-Hispanic 3,044 105 4.3 3.1- 6.0 101 4.1 2.7- 6.4 85 2.8 1.9- 4.0 130 5.7 4.0- 8.0 2,623 83.1 80.0-85.8
AGE
18-24 113 10 8.4 3.8-17.7 4 9.5 3.0-26.0 5 3.4 1.0-10.6 14 14.3 6.3-29.0 80 64.4 49.4-77.0
25-34 343 17 6.1 2.6-13.3 18 3.1 1.3- 7.2 13 5.2 2.5-10.6 16 4.1 2.0- 8.2 279 81.5 73.5-87.5
35-44 476 24 4.6 2.5- 8.4 17 4.1 1.7- 9.6 15 5.1 1.3-18.4 21 3.4 1.8- 6.4 399 82.7 73.6-89.1
45-54 624 25 4.5 2.5- 7.8 21 3.0 1.5- 5.9 19 2.8 1.4- 5.4 34 6.2 3.8-10.0 525 83.5 78.5-87.6
55-64 656 21 3.3 1.6- 6.5 26 3.8 2.2- 6.7 19 1.3 0.7- 2.1 32 5.0 2.8- 8.7 558 86.6 82.0-90.2
65+ 941 16 1.2 0.5- 2.6 18 2.5 1.1- 5.3 19 2.6 1.4- 4.8 19 1.7 0.9- 3.2 869 92.1 88.8-94.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 411 17 8.1 3.4-18.1 11 6.7 2.1-19.2 9 1.6 0.8- 3.5 19 3.6 2.0- 6.4 355 79.9 69.0-87.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 994 26 3.0 1.5- 5.7 39 4.4 2.4- 7.8 27 1.9 1.0- 3.5 44 7.0 4.1-11.7 858 83.7 78.4-88.0
Some Post-H.S. 901 33 3.5 2.2- 5.7 25 3.4 1.2- 9.4 29 5.4 2.3-12.5 38 5.2 2.3-11.3 776 82.4 74.9-88.1
College Graduate 863 37 5.9 3.5- 9.7 31 3.2 1.9- 5.3 26 4.2 2.2- 7.9 35 4.6 2.7- 7.8 734 82.1 77.0-86.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 405 24 11.7 6.0-21.5 15 3.4 1.5- 7.2 11 3.4 1.2- 9.4 21 7.3 3.7-13.7 334 74.3 64.0-82.5
$15,000- 24,999 548 12 3.6 1.1-11.1 21 4.7 2.2- 9.6 17 5.8 1.5-19.7 22 5.1 2.6- 9.7 476 80.9 70.6-88.2
$25,000- 34,999 324 11 3.2 1.3- 7.6 12 1.9 0.9- 4.2 10 5.0 1.8-13.2 14 5.2 2.5-10.7 277 84.6 76.4-90.4
$35,000- 49,999 438 19 5.3 2.3-11.8 8 5.6 1.4-19.7 13 2.0 0.9- 4.1 15 3.4 1.6- 7.1 383 83.8 73.7-90.5
$50,000-74,999 441 11 2.1 1.1- 4.1 16 4.2 1.5-11.2 11 2.2 0.9- 5.4 17 4.3 2.1- 8.4 386 87.2 80.8-91.7
$75,000+ 606 25 4.5 2.5- 7.8 20 4.8 1.6-13.4 22 3.9 2.0- 7.5 26 5.5 2.3-12.4 513 81.4 73.5-87.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,210 36 3.8 2.0- 7.1 38 3.3 1.7- 6.3 30 3.1 1.7- 5.6 47 7.4 4.5-11.9 1,059 82.4 77.2-86.6
No 1,943 76 4.9 3.4- 7.2 67 4.5 2.7- 7.6 61 3.7 2.0- 6.6 90 4.6 2.9- 7.2 1,649 82.3 78.1-85.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 517 17 2.5 1.2- 5.0 14 3.6 1.6- 7.8 24 8.2 3.1-20.0 23 8.0 3.7-16.3 439 77.7 67.6-85.3
Non-Veteran 2,396 89 5.4 3.8- 7.6 88 4.6 2.8- 7.4 58 2.4 1.5- 3.7 98 4.6 3.0- 6.9 2,063 83.1 79.5-86.2

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*Those who reported walking/biking just for excerise were excluded from this table.
(See results for NC BRFSS 2000)

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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.

**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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