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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Rowan 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
-Rowan County 382 11 4.1 1.8- 9.3 8 1.6 0.7- 3.6 11 4.2 1.6-10.3 22 6.5 3.7-11.1 330 83.6 76.8-88.7
GENDER
Male 133 3 3.1 0.9- 9.9 2 1.6 0.4- 6.9 6 8.1 2.6-22.3 5 4.2 1.5-11.7 117 82.9 70.4-90.8
Female 249 8 4.9 1.6-13.8 6 1.6 0.7- 3.9 5 1.3 0.5- 3.4 17 8.1 4.2-14.9 213 84.1 75.7-90.0
RACE
White 338 10 4.8 2.0-11.3 8 2.0 0.9- 4.5 10 2.9 1.4- 6.2 17 5.6 3.0-10.4 293 84.6 78.0-89.5
Other 42 1 1.5 0.2-10.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 9.1 1.3-43.0 5 9.9 3.1-27.3 35 79.5 54.8-92.5
AGE
18-44 93 5 6.1 1.9-17.8 1 1.0 0.1- 6.9 4 6.7 2.0-20.5 7 8.1 3.4-18.0 76 78.1 64.5-87.5
45+ 286 6 2.5 0.9- 6.3 7 2.2 1.0- 4.8 7 2.0 0.9- 4.2 15 5.1 2.8- 9.1 251 88.2 83.2-91.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 181 5 4.4 1.1-16.5 4 1.7 0.5- 5.7 7 6.3 1.9-18.7 12 8.1 3.7-16.6 153 79.4 67.2-87.8
Some College + 201 6 3.8 1.6- 8.9 4 1.5 0.5- 4.2 4 2.1 0.6- 7.4 10 4.9 2.3-10.2 177 87.7 80.9-92.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 200 5 4.5 1.1-16.7 4 1.7 0.5- 5.7 6 2.7 1.1- 6.3 13 8.1 3.8-16.6 172 83.0 72.8-89.9
$50,000+ 120 6 6.0 2.5-13.7 1 0.6 0.1- 4.5 3 3.0 0.7-11.5 6 4.8 2.1-10.6 104 85.5 76.4-91.5

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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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