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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina

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
Piedmont NC 509 325 63.1 57.7-68.1 115 21.0 17.2-25.4 69 15.9 12.3-20.3
GENDER
Male 197 107 57.5 48.9-65.6 47 20.2 14.8-26.9 43 22.4 16.1-30.1
Female 312 218 68.7 62.2-74.5 68 21.9 16.9-27.8 26 9.4 6.2-14.1
RACE
White 413 271 63.9 58.0-69.4 84 19.5 15.4-24.2 58 16.7 12.6-21.7
Other 95 53 59.0 46.3-70.7 31 27.5 18.3-39.2 11 13.4 6.9-24.4
AGE
18-44 296 181 60.6 53.5-67.3 73 22.7 17.6-28.6 42 16.7 12.1-22.7
45+ 209 141 66.8 58.7-74.0 41 18.3 13.1-25.1 27 14.9 9.7-22.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 244 123 52.5 44.8-60.1 69 24.8 19.1-31.4 52 22.8 17.0-29.7
Some College + 265 202 75.8 69.1-81.5 46 16.5 12.1-22.2 17 7.6 4.4-12.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 248 148 59.8 52.1-67.0 64 22.3 17.1-28.6 36 17.9 12.6-24.8
$50,000+ 167 117 68.6 59.4-76.5 33 20.6 14.2-28.7 17 10.9 6.3-18.1
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
Henderson/Transylvania 216 120 54.1 45.2-62.8 59 28.0 21.0-36.4 37 17.8 12.5-24.8
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
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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