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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Union 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
-Union County 326 20 6.8 4.1-11.1 13 4.1 2.2- 7.6 10 3.5 1.8- 6.8 15 7.1 3.5-14.0 268 78.5 71.5-84.2
GENDER
Male 102 8 7.3 3.2-15.8 5 4.3 1.7-10.2 5 6.5 2.7-14.9 4 7.0 2.1-21.0 80 74.9 62.8-84.0
Female 224 12 6.5 3.5-12.1 8 4.0 1.7- 9.1 5 1.6 0.6- 4.2 11 7.2 2.9-16.5 188 80.6 71.7-87.3
RACE
White 281 14 5.9 3.2-10.8 10 3.1 1.6- 6.0 9 4.1 2.0- 8.2 12 7.2 3.1-15.8 236 79.6 71.7-85.8
Other 45 6 10.6 4.4-23.2 3 8.5 2.6-24.4 1 0.8 0.1- 5.6 3 6.5 2.0-19.5 32 73.6 56.7-85.7
AGE
18-44 126 12 9.5 5.1-16.9 6 4.8 2.1-10.9 4 2.9 1.0- 7.9 6 6.3 2.4-15.6 98 76.5 66.4-84.4
45+ 197 8 3.4 1.6- 7.1 7 3.2 1.4- 7.2 6 4.3 1.7-10.3 9 8.1 2.8-21.5 167 80.9 70.3-88.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 112 6 4.4 1.8-10.8 3 4.5 1.3-14.5 4 4.6 1.6-12.6 6 9.1 3.1-23.9 93 77.3 64.2-86.6
Some College + 214 14 8.0 4.4-14.0 10 4.0 2.0- 7.7 6 2.9 1.2- 7.1 9 6.1 2.3-15.1 175 79.0 70.3-85.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 124 7 5.1 2.1-11.9 5 5.8 2.1-15.1 3 2.4 0.6- 9.2 6 5.8 2.3-13.8 103 80.8 70.4-88.2
$50,000+ 165 12 9.0 4.8-16.2 8 4.1 1.9- 8.6 7 5.0 2.3-10.6 8 9.4 3.7-21.9 130 72.6 61.7-81.3

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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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