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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western NC 2,506 80 4.4 2.8- 6.6 64 3.3 2.2- 4.8 65 3.0 2.2- 4.1 106 5.5 4.0- 7.5 2,191 83.9 81.0-86.4
GENDER
Male 952 36 5.8 3.1-10.9 38 4.0 2.7- 5.8 32 3.6 2.3- 5.6 56 7.6 4.9-11.5 790 79.0 73.9-83.3
Female 1,554 44 3.0 2.1- 4.3 26 2.7 1.3- 5.4 33 2.5 1.6- 3.7 50 3.7 2.5- 5.4 1,401 88.1 85.2-90.6
RACE
White 2,313 73 4.4 2.7- 6.9 59 3.3 2.2- 4.9 54 2.7 2.0- 3.8 94 5.3 3.8- 7.3 2,033 84.4 81.3-87.0
African American 70 3 7.4 1.9-25.4 2 6.6 1.5-25.5 4 6.4 1.9-19.3 4 4.9 1.7-13.6 57 74.7 57.0-86.8
Other Minorities 112 3 1.6 0.5- 5.1 3 0.9 0.2- 3.0 6 5.4 1.7-15.8 5 9.0 3.0-23.9 95 83.1 69.1-91.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 48 2 2.0 0.5- 8.3 1 0.6 0.1- 4.1 3 4.0 0.9-15.8 2 5.0 0.8-25.4 40 88.5 72.5-95.8
Non-Hispanic 2,453 78 4.4 2.9- 6.8 63 3.4 2.3- 4.9 61 3.0 2.2- 4.1 103 5.5 4.0- 7.5 2,148 83.7 80.7-86.3
AGE
18-24 73 4 3.8 1.2-11.5 5 5.8 2.2-14.2 3 4.1 1.2-13.5 9 10.2 4.9-19.9 52 76.2 63.0-85.7
25-34 169 7 9.4 3.0-25.7 3 1.3 0.4- 4.0 7 3.9 1.7- 8.5 8 4.6 2.0-10.2 144 80.8 68.2-89.2
35-44 316 9 3.4 1.7- 6.8 12 6.3 2.6-14.5 12 3.7 2.0- 6.8 12 7.7 3.0-18.5 271 78.9 69.4-86.0
45-54 447 22 5.2 3.3- 8.1 8 1.9 0.8- 4.3 16 3.8 2.1- 6.6 25 6.0 3.6- 9.9 376 83.2 78.3-87.1
55-64 592 16 2.3 1.3- 3.9 11 2.1 1.1- 4.1 14 2.0 1.1- 3.6 25 4.5 2.9- 6.8 526 89.1 86.0-91.6
65+ 890 21 2.7 1.7- 4.4 25 3.2 2.0- 5.1 12 1.4 0.7- 2.5 26 2.8 1.8- 4.5 806 89.8 87.1-92.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 328 8 4.1 1.7- 9.7 8 2.0 0.8- 5.1 8 3.7 1.5- 8.9 9 3.5 1.3- 9.1 295 86.6 79.5-91.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 805 22 2.4 1.5- 3.9 16 2.4 1.3- 4.5 17 2.1 1.2- 3.8 30 4.4 2.7- 7.1 720 88.7 85.3-91.3
Some Post-H.S. 628 22 3.8 2.2- 6.6 8 3.5 1.2- 9.6 18 3.2 1.7- 6.1 27 7.4 3.8-14.0 553 82.0 75.0-87.4
College Graduate 741 28 7.2 3.2-15.2 32 4.5 3.0- 6.8 22 3.6 2.2- 5.6 40 5.9 3.9- 8.8 619 78.9 72.5-84.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 327 8 3.1 1.3- 7.1 6 2.0 0.8- 4.7 6 3.1 1.1- 8.1 8 3.6 1.3- 9.5 299 88.3 81.7-92.7
$15,000- 24,999 457 12 2.6 1.3- 5.0 12 6.3 2.5-15.2 10 3.3 1.4- 7.3 18 4.6 2.3- 9.1 405 83.2 75.5-88.8
$25,000- 34,999 314 13 4.4 1.9-10.0 5 1.7 0.7- 4.0 12 4.7 2.1-10.0 18 8.7 4.7-15.7 266 80.5 72.8-86.5
$35,000- 49,999 334 15 5.4 3.1- 9.3 2 0.7 0.2- 2.9 8 3.2 1.4- 7.4 13 4.6 2.4- 8.4 296 86.1 80.6-90.3
$50,000-74,999 329 14 9.1 2.8-25.6 11 3.2 1.5- 6.7 8 2.5 1.2- 5.4 22 5.2 3.1- 8.6 274 79.9 68.4-88.0
$75,000+ 371 5 1.7 0.6- 4.9 20 4.9 2.9- 8.2 12 2.6 1.4- 4.7 18 8.6 3.8-18.3 316 82.2 73.7-88.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 965 28 4.3 2.7- 6.8 22 2.6 1.6- 4.2 24 3.3 2.0- 5.5 33 3.7 2.5- 5.5 858 86.1 82.8-89.0
No 1,523 49 4.2 2.3- 7.6 41 3.6 2.2- 5.7 40 2.9 1.9- 4.2 70 6.2 4.2- 9.1 1,323 83.1 79.1-86.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 312 6 1.8 0.8- 4.3 12 3.8 2.0- 7.0 11 3.0 1.5- 5.7 15 5.4 2.9- 9.8 268 86.0 80.9-90.0
Non-Veteran 1,987 72 5.1 3.2- 7.8 47 3.3 2.1- 5.1 50 2.9 2.0- 4.0 82 5.8 4.1- 8.2 1,736 83.0 79.5-85.9

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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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