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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Onslow 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
Onslow County 276 175 57.3 47.4-66.7 64 26.5 18.5-36.6 37 16.1 9.2-26.7
GENDER
Male 131 72 50.1 36.7-63.4 29 26.4 15.2-41.9 30 23.5 13.0-38.6
Female 145 103 70.0 61.3-77.6 35 26.7 19.5-35.5 7 3.2 1.5- 6.9
RACE
White 212 135 54.8 43.3-65.9 44 25.7 16.1-38.4 33 19.5 10.7-32.7
Other 59 38 66.0 49.1-79.6 18 28.4 16.3-44.6 3 5.6 1.5-18.5
AGE
18-44 204 128 55.5 43.6-66.8 45 25.1 15.6-37.8 31 19.4 10.7-32.7
45+ 70 45 62.8 48.8-74.9 19 31.8 20.2-46.3 6 5.4 2.3-12.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 122 70 58.6 47.5-68.8 33 27.0 18.6-37.3 19 14.5 8.9-22.7
Some College + 154 105 56.3 40.9-70.6 31 26.1 14.1-43.4 18 17.5 7.1-37.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 168 102 53.3 40.3-65.9 41 28.1 17.0-42.7 25 18.6 8.9-34.9
$50,000+ 74 55 69.4 55.6-80.4 16 26.1 15.8-39.9 3 4.5 1.3-14.3
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
Durham 242 174 69.2 60.0-77.1 53 19.6 14.2-26.3 15 11.3 5.4-22.1
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
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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