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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
-Piedmont NC 5,979 212 3.6 2.9- 4.6 206 3.7 2.9- 4.7 184 3.5 2.7- 4.5 260 5.3 4.4- 6.4 5,117 83.9 82.1-85.5
GENDER
Male 2,232 92 4.2 2.9- 6.0 77 4.4 3.0- 6.5 85 3.9 2.8- 5.4 112 6.1 4.6- 8.2 1,866 81.3 78.2-84.0
Female 3,747 120 3.1 2.4- 4.0 129 3.0 2.4- 3.8 99 3.1 2.1- 4.6 148 4.5 3.6- 5.7 3,251 86.3 84.3-88.0
RACE
White 4,840 157 2.9 2.3- 3.6 161 3.2 2.6- 4.0 148 3.3 2.6- 4.2 201 5.5 4.3- 6.9 4,173 85.1 83.3-86.7
African American 809 34 3.9 2.4- 6.2 31 4.5 2.6- 7.6 26 4.1 2.0- 8.2 36 3.9 2.3- 6.4 682 83.6 78.9-87.4
Other Minorities 284 18 6.8 3.1-14.3 12 5.7 1.8-16.7 10 4.3 1.5-11.9 21 7.5 4.3-12.7 223 75.7 65.6-83.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 208 15 7.5 3.3-16.3 13 7.0 2.4-18.9 7 3.8 1.0-13.5 8 4.5 2.0- 9.9 165 77.1 65.5-85.7
Non-Hispanic 5,752 195 3.3 2.6- 4.1 193 3.4 2.8- 4.3 176 3.5 2.7- 4.5 251 5.4 4.4- 6.6 4,937 84.4 82.7-86.0
AGE
18-24 156 4 2.8 0.9- 8.1 6 4.1 1.6-10.1 8 6.3 2.6-14.4 22 12.8 7.5-20.8 116 74.1 64.4-81.9
25-34 564 24 4.3 2.1- 8.5 22 4.4 2.0- 9.4 21 3.6 1.8- 7.1 21 3.3 1.8- 5.9 476 84.4 78.6-88.8
35-44 959 42 3.5 2.3- 5.2 37 3.9 2.5- 5.8 24 2.8 1.6- 4.9 43 4.5 3.1- 6.6 813 85.3 82.0-88.1
45-54 1,204 55 4.3 3.1- 6.0 38 2.3 1.6- 3.4 51 4.0 2.9- 5.6 61 6.0 4.2- 8.6 999 83.3 80.2-86.0
55-64 1,246 45 4.2 2.6- 6.7 57 5.1 3.6- 7.2 37 2.2 1.5- 3.2 59 4.7 3.3- 6.6 1,048 83.8 80.5-86.5
65+ 1,794 39 2.0 1.3- 3.0 44 2.7 1.8- 4.2 40 2.8 1.8- 4.4 51 3.1 1.9- 4.8 1,620 89.5 87.0-91.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 701 24 4.1 2.1- 7.9 19 4.5 1.5-12.5 17 4.6 2.0-10.3 26 6.0 2.7-12.7 615 80.8 72.5-87.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,601 47 3.5 2.1- 5.7 56 3.6 2.2- 5.6 54 3.5 2.4- 5.1 77 5.8 4.2- 8.0 1,367 83.7 80.3-86.5
Some Post-H.S. 1,466 52 3.7 2.2- 6.3 36 2.7 1.7- 4.4 37 3.1 1.5- 6.3 65 5.6 3.9- 7.9 1,276 84.8 81.0-88.0
College Graduate 2,204 87 3.5 2.6- 4.6 95 4.2 3.2- 5.4 76 3.4 2.5- 4.6 91 4.5 3.3- 6.1 1,855 84.5 82.2-86.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 537 22 4.2 2.0- 8.5 11 4.8 1.1-19.2 19 8.3 3.2-19.5 29 5.7 3.4- 9.3 456 77.1 66.2-85.3
$15,000- 24,999 823 28 4.2 2.0- 8.5 35 4.7 2.9- 7.4 29 4.1 2.6- 6.5 45 7.3 4.7-11.1 686 79.8 74.5-84.2
$25,000- 34,999 560 23 4.5 2.2- 9.3 15 2.0 1.1- 3.7 12 3.3 1.3- 8.0 19 3.5 1.9- 6.3 491 86.7 81.0-90.8
$35,000- 49,999 752 21 3.0 1.7- 5.0 31 4.9 3.0- 7.7 25 3.2 1.9- 5.4 33 4.1 2.4- 6.7 642 84.9 80.9-88.2
$50,000-74,999 885 26 3.5 1.6- 7.6 42 5.4 3.3- 8.7 24 2.5 1.4- 4.6 31 3.8 2.2- 6.5 762 84.8 80.0-88.6
$75,000+ 1,552 67 3.5 2.6- 4.8 41 2.7 1.8- 4.2 60 3.5 2.4- 5.0 72 6.4 4.3- 9.3 1,312 83.9 80.7-86.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,968 63 3.2 2.3- 4.4 58 3.0 2.0- 4.5 53 3.2 1.7- 5.9 77 4.7 3.4- 6.5 1,717 85.9 82.8-88.4
No 3,968 148 3.8 2.9- 5.1 146 4.0 3.0- 5.3 131 3.6 2.8- 4.8 180 5.5 4.3- 7.0 3,363 83.1 80.9-85.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 707 26 4.5 2.6- 7.8 28 4.3 2.7- 6.9 22 3.4 2.0- 5.9 30 5.2 3.0- 8.7 601 82.6 77.8-86.5
Non-Veteran 4,793 169 3.5 2.7- 4.4 162 3.3 2.6- 4.2 143 3.5 2.6- 4.8 207 5.2 4.2- 6.5 4,112 84.5 82.6-86.2

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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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