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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Durham County

Physical Activity

When you are at work, which of the following best describes what you do?
Would you say:

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  Total
Respond.#
Mostly sitting/standing Mostly walking Mostly heavy labor
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,665 2,462 61.4 58.7-64.0 809 25.2 22.8-27.8 394 13.4 11.7-15.3
Durham County 242 174 69.2 60.0-77.1 53 19.6 14.2-26.3 15 11.3 5.4-22.1
GENDER
Male 99 67 65.3 50.4-77.7 19 16.7 9.8-27.0 13 18.0 8.1-35.5
Female 143 107 74.0 64.3-81.8 34 23.1 15.8-32.5 2 2.9 0.7-10.7
RACE
White 125 97 78.3 69.5-85.1 19 13.0 8.1-20.2 9 8.7 4.4-16.4
Other 113 73 61.2 46.6-74.0 34 25.3 16.4-36.9 6 13.6 4.7-33.6
AGE
18-44 169 125 72.7 63.8-80.2 34 19.5 13.2-27.8 10 7.8 4.1-14.2
45+ 70 46 58.0 37.0-76.4 19 20.5 11.5-34.0 5 21.4 5.8-54.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 59 35 57.6 42.5-71.5 16 25.4 14.2-41.1 8 17.0 8.4-31.3
Some College + 183 139 73.1 61.5-82.2 37 17.6 12.0-25.1 7 9.3 3.0-25.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 110 69 66.4 54.6-76.5 33 23.4 15.3-34.1 8 10.2 5.0-19.5
$50,000+ 109 88 72.5 55.3-84.9 16 14.8 8.7-24.1 5 12.7 3.3-38.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 249 162 61.1 53.7-67.9 54 23.8 17.9-30.9 33 15.1 10.6-21.2
Cumberland 254 169 55.7 43.4-67.4 49 28.5 16.6-44.4 36 15.7 10.4-23.2
Forsyth 258 176 63.6 56.2-70.3 60 23.9 18.6-30.3 22 12.5 7.6-19.9
Gaston 259 168 60.3 53.2-67.0 66 28.6 22.6-35.5 25 11.0 7.1-16.8
Guilford 250 184 70.1 62.9-76.4 44 21.0 15.5-27.9 22 8.9 5.5-14.0
Mecklenburg 279 210 74.1 67.7-79.6 55 19.9 15.0-25.9 14 6.0 3.5-10.2
New Hanover 241 164 59.0 48.8-68.5 53 28.9 19.4-40.7 24 12.1 7.7-18.4
Onslow 276 175 57.3 47.4-66.7 64 26.5 18.5-36.6 37 16.1 9.2-26.7
Wake 296 220 71.7 65.1-77.5 49 16.3 12.2-21.5 27 11.9 7.6-18.2
Western NC 313 201 59.2 52.7-65.4 67 22.1 17.1-28.1 45 18.7 13.9-24.6
Piedmont NC 395 246 58.6 51.8-65.1 105 29.6 23.5-36.5 44 11.8 8.5-16.2
Eastern NC 353 213 55.6 49.2-61.8 90 27.1 21.8-33.1 50 17.3 12.8-23.0

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported being employed or self-employed.

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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