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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake 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
-Wake County 526 18 3.2 1.6- 6.3 26 4.4 2.9- 6.7 17 2.7 1.4- 5.2 19 3.9 2.2- 6.6 446 85.7 81.5-89.1
GENDER
Male 197 9 4.9 2.0-11.2 10 4.4 2.3- 8.2 6 2.0 0.9- 4.7 12 6.3 3.3-11.8 160 82.4 74.9-88.0
Female 329 9 1.6 0.8- 3.1 16 4.5 2.6- 7.6 11 3.4 1.4- 8.2 7 1.4 0.7- 3.1 286 89.1 84.4-92.5
RACE
White 408 14 3.0 1.3- 6.6 19 4.5 2.8- 7.2 14 3.1 1.4- 6.5 16 4.1 2.3- 7.1 345 85.3 80.4-89.1
Other 113 4 3.9 1.1-12.7 7 4.4 1.9- 9.9 3 1.9 0.6- 6.1 2 1.5 0.3- 8.0 97 88.3 79.3-93.6
AGE
18-44 199 6 2.8 0.9- 8.6 11 3.8 2.0- 7.0 3 1.6 0.4- 7.1 7 3.7 1.6- 8.2 172 88.1 81.6-92.5
45+ 319 11 3.6 1.7- 7.2 15 5.5 3.2- 9.2 14 4.4 2.5- 7.7 12 4.3 2.3- 7.9 267 82.3 76.8-86.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 102 5 2.9 0.9- 9.0 1 0.5 0.1- 3.7 3 4.1 0.9-16.7 5 2.4 0.9- 6.1 88 90.1 79.8-95.5
Some College + 424 13 3.3 1.5- 7.3 25 5.7 3.7- 8.5 14 2.3 1.3- 4.1 14 4.3 2.3- 7.9 358 84.3 79.5-88.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 152 8 2.5 1.2- 5.3 8 5.1 2.5-10.4 6 2.9 1.2- 7.2 9 4.4 2.1- 9.1 121 85.0 77.8-90.2
$50,000+ 308 7 2.2 0.8- 5.8 15 4.8 2.8- 8.0 9 2.8 1.1- 7.0 10 4.5 2.2- 9.0 267 85.7 80.0-90.0

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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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