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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Physical Activity - Transportation-FEMALES

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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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
-FEMALES 7,327 223 3.1 2.6- 3.8 230 3.3 2.6- 4.2 184 3.0 2.2- 3.9 273 4.3 3.6- 5.2 6,417 86.3 84.8-87.7
RACE
White 5,833 169 3.1 2.4- 3.9 171 3.1 2.3- 4.2 140 2.9 2.2- 3.8 202 3.8 3.1- 4.7 5,151 87.1 85.5-88.6
African American 1,067 34 2.5 1.6- 3.9 43 3.5 2.3- 5.4 34 3.4 1.5- 7.9 53 5.8 3.8- 8.8 903 84.7 80.3-88.2
Other Minorities 391 20 5.9 2.9-11.5 15 4.6 2.0-10.5 10 3.0 1.2- 7.4 17 5.9 3.3-10.5 329 80.6 73.3-86.2
AGE
18-24 174 7 3.8 1.4- 9.6 4 3.7 0.9-13.8 8 5.3 1.7-15.2 17 8.7 4.9-15.0 138 78.5 68.2-86.1
25-34 709 27 3.0 1.7- 5.0 32 3.6 2.2- 5.9 25 4.5 2.7- 7.4 22 2.7 1.5- 5.0 603 86.2 82.3-89.3
35-44 1,123 51 4.0 2.9- 5.5 42 4.0 2.5- 6.2 26 2.0 1.0- 3.9 46 3.7 2.6- 5.4 958 86.3 83.3-88.9
45-54 1,366 51 3.8 2.6- 5.5 43 2.5 1.7- 3.6 42 3.1 2.1- 4.5 67 5.5 4.0- 7.5 1,163 85.2 82.4-87.6
55-64 1,506 39 2.3 1.5- 3.6 56 4.3 3.0- 6.2 41 1.9 1.3- 2.8 65 5.4 3.7- 7.6 1,305 86.1 83.3-88.5
65+ 2,373 45 1.9 1.3- 2.9 50 2.1 1.3- 3.2 38 1.9 1.2- 2.8 53 1.9 1.3- 2.8 2,187 92.2 90.5-93.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 876 30 4.2 2.3- 7.4 20 5.1 1.9-12.6 20 2.9 1.3- 6.3 23 3.4 2.0- 5.9 783 84.5 78.0-89.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,153 52 3.0 1.9- 4.7 68 2.4 1.7- 3.5 49 2.5 1.6- 4.1 83 5.3 3.7- 7.6 1,901 86.7 83.9-89.1
Some Post-H.S. 1,954 60 2.6 1.9- 3.6 48 2.9 1.9- 4.5 51 3.1 1.5- 6.2 73 4.3 3.1- 6.1 1,722 87.0 83.8-89.6
College Graduate 2,334 80 3.3 2.4- 4.5 94 3.6 2.8- 4.7 64 3.2 2.2- 4.7 94 3.9 2.9- 5.1 2,002 86.0 83.8-87.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 912 34 6.0 3.2-10.7 23 2.9 1.5- 5.3 21 4.6 1.5-13.6 33 6.6 4.0-10.8 801 79.9 72.7-85.6
$15,000- 24,999 1,201 27 1.7 1.1- 2.7 46 5.1 3.0- 8.5 28 2.3 1.4- 3.6 51 6.1 3.8- 9.6 1,049 84.8 80.6-88.3
$25,000- 34,999 758 27 3.0 1.6- 5.4 21 2.4 1.4- 4.0 20 3.9 1.8- 8.5 30 5.4 3.3- 8.8 660 85.3 80.3-89.2
$35,000- 49,999 951 33 3.9 2.3- 6.8 24 5.0 2.0-11.6 23 2.4 1.5- 4.0 30 2.5 1.6- 4.0 841 86.1 80.7-90.2
$50,000- 74,999 997 26 2.3 1.5- 3.4 39 3.2 2.1- 4.8 22 2.8 1.4- 5.4 39 3.5 2.3- 5.3 871 88.3 85.2-90.8
$75,000+ 1,330 49 3.7 2.6- 5.2 37 2.2 1.5- 3.3 48 3.6 2.2- 5.9 57 4.1 2.9- 5.9 1,139 86.4 83.5-88.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,683 67 2.5 1.9- 3.4 79 2.7 2.0- 3.7 67 3.8 2.1- 6.6 79 4.0 2.9- 5.7 2,391 86.9 84.1-89.3
No 4,596 153 3.4 2.6- 4.3 148 3.5 2.6- 4.7 117 2.6 2.0- 3.5 191 4.5 3.6- 5.6 3,987 86.1 84.2-87.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 167 5 1.5 0.6- 4.0 4 1.2 0.4- 3.1 5 4.4 1.1-15.8 7 4.3 1.7-10.1 146 88.6 79.5-94.0
Non-Veteran 6,558 208 3.3 2.7- 4.1 214 3.4 2.7- 4.4 161 2.8 2.1- 3.8 237 4.1 3.3- 5.0 5,738 86.3 84.7-87.8

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

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^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.

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