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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

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
-New Hanover County 366 11 4.0 1.5-10.3 18 6.8 2.9-15.1 14 4.9 2.0-12.0 19 5.3 3.0- 9.1 304 79.0 70.2-85.7
GENDER
Male 138 6 6.7 2.0-20.1 6 9.3 2.6-27.9 4 4.0 0.9-16.3 11 7.4 3.5-15.1 111 72.6 57.5-83.9
Female 228 5 1.5 0.6- 4.1 12 4.5 2.4- 8.0 10 5.8 1.8-17.3 8 3.3 1.6- 6.9 193 84.9 75.9-90.9
RACE
White 314 10 4.1 1.3-11.7 12 6.4 2.2-17.1 12 5.6 2.1-14.0 14 4.9 2.5- 9.3 266 79.0 68.8-86.5
Other 51 1 3.7 0.5-22.3 6 8.7 3.4-20.3 2 1.4 0.3- 5.8 5 7.6 2.9-18.4 37 78.6 63.0-88.8
AGE
18-44 72 4 6.3 1.7-20.8 5 8.9 2.3-28.7 2 4.0 0.6-21.7 4 4.8 1.6-13.4 57 76.0 58.5-87.6
45+ 288 7 1.9 0.9- 4.2 12 4.8 2.6- 8.6 12 5.9 2.2-14.5 14 5.5 3.1- 9.5 243 81.9 74.6-87.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 111 2 2.3 0.5-10.9 7 13.1 3.7-37.5 6 2.9 1.1- 7.0 5 5.4 1.8-15.0 91 76.2 57.2-88.5
Some College + 255 9 4.8 1.5-14.2 11 3.8 1.8- 8.0 8 5.9 1.9-16.7 14 5.2 2.7- 9.8 213 80.3 70.3-87.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 154 7 8.2 2.3-25.4 7 6.5 2.7-15.1 8 2.8 1.3- 6.0 5 4.8 1.6-13.5 127 77.7 64.0-87.2
$50,000+ 161 2 0.9 0.2- 3.9 7 2.9 1.3- 6.2 6 9.2 3.0-24.7 9 4.7 2.3- 9.4 137 82.3 70.1-90.2

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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.

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