2015 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Use of Trails and Greenways

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,664 3,783 66.6 65.1-68.1 1,881 33.4 31.9-34.9
-Western 1,023 757 74.9 71.3-78.1 266 25.1 21.9-28.7
GENDER
Male 449 339 77.9 72.9-82.1 110 22.1 17.9-27.1
Female 574 418 72.2 67.0-76.8 156 27.8 23.2-33.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 884 661 75.3 71.6-78.7 223 24.7 21.3-28.4
Non-Hispanic Black 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 98 69 78.3 68.1-85.9 29 21.7 14.1-31.9
AGE
18-34 138 115 84.4 75.9-90.3 23 15.6 9.7-24.1
35-44 109 76 72.9 62.0-81.6 33 27.1 18.4-38.0
45-54 153 116 76.3 66.2-84.1 37 23.7 15.9-33.8
55-64 223 171 76.8 69.5-82.7 52 23.2 17.3-30.5
65-74 241 180 71.9 63.6-78.9 61 28.1 21.1-36.4
75+ 148 91 58.4 48.3-67.8 57 41.6 32.2-51.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 106 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 284 197 68.3 61.1-74.7 87 31.7 25.3-38.9
Some Post-H.S. 288 230 81.1 75.2-85.9 58 18.9 14.1-24.8
College Graduate 342 261 77.6 72.0-82.3 81 22.4 17.7-28.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 99 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 183 106 58.1 48.4-67.1 77 41.9 32.9-51.6
$25,000- 34,999 106 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 136 110 81.2 71.6-88.0 26 18.8 12.0-28.4
$50,000- 74,999 143 116 81.8 72.7-88.3 27 18.2 11.7-27.3
$75,000+ 176 148 86.9 80.4-91.4 28 13.1 8.6-19.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 326 226 66.7 59.5-73.2 100 33.3 26.8-40.5
No 694 528 78.4 74.4-81.9 166 21.6 18.1-25.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 144 108 76.6 67.7-83.6 36 23.4 16.4-32.3
Non-Veteran 877 648 74.6 70.7-78.2 229 25.4 21.8-29.3
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY
Regional City or Suburban 240 170 72.8 66.0-78.7 70 27.2 21.3-34.0
Rural 783 587 75.6 71.4-79.4 196 24.4 20.6-28.6

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2015 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2015 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^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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