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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Henderson/Transylvania Counties

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 3,851 2,538 63.1 60.7-65.4 830 22.2 20.3-24.3 483 14.7 13.0-16.6
Henderson/ Transylvania 216 120 54.1 45.2-62.8 59 28.0 21.0-36.4 37 17.8 12.5-24.8
GENDER
Male 101 41 41.7 31.2-53.0 31 32.4 22.6-44.1 29 25.9 17.6-36.2
Female 115 79 71.9 60.0-81.4 28 21.8 13.9-32.4 8 6.3 2.8-13.5
RACE
White 191 111 57.9 49.5-65.9 47 22.5 16.5-30.0 33 19.6 13.6-27.3
Other 22 7 39.9 13.5-73.7 12 53.0 23.5-80.5 3 7.2 2.0-22.3
AGE
18-44 126 67 51.5 39.7-63.2 35 30.1 20.7-41.4 24 18.4 11.7-27.7
45+ 88 53 60.3 47.5-71.9 23 23.9 15.1-35.6 12 15.8 8.5-27.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 87 47 54.8 40.1-68.7 21 26.7 16.3-40.5 19 18.5 10.8-29.9
Some College + 128 73 53.8 43.6-63.7 37 28.9 20.4-39.2 18 17.3 10.6-26.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 126 69 55.0 42.6-66.9 36 27.1 18.2-38.4 21 17.9 10.9-27.8
$50,000+ 53 33 64.2 49.2-76.9 14 24.5 14.1-38.9 6 11.3 4.8-24.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 235 168 66.3 58.9-73.1 34 16.9 12.1-23.2 33 16.7 11.7-23.4
Forsyth 274 191 64.3 56.9-71.1 60 23.2 17.8-29.6 23 12.5 7.7-19.8
Guilford 246 177 66.6 58.7-73.6 48 22.3 16.4-29.7 21 11.1 6.8-17.7
Mecklenburg 287 209 70.1 62.8-76.4 54 18.7 13.8-24.7 24 11.3 7.1-17.5
Orange 282 217 77.3 70.2-83.1 38 14.1 9.6-20.1 27 8.6 5.6-13.1
Pitt 260 167 58.3 49.8-66.4 65 31.2 23.3-40.4 28 10.5 7.0-15.4
Randolph 246 146 58.2 50.7-65.4 62 23.4 17.9-30.1 38 18.3 13.1-25.1
Robeson 232 137 53.7 45.4-61.7 61 26.0 19.5-33.7 34 20.4 13.9-28.9
Wake 294 230 77.9 71.8-82.9 37 12.3 8.6-17.4 27 9.8 6.5-14.7
Western NC 338 184 51.3 45.1-57.5 92 28.1 22.8-34.1 62 20.6 15.8-26.5
Piedmont NC 509 325 63.1 57.7-68.1 115 21.0 17.2-25.4 69 15.9 12.3-20.3
Eastern NC 432 267 59.2 53.2-64.8 105 25.9 21.0-31.6 60 14.9 11.1-19.7

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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, 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, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Person, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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