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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Randolph 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 3,851 2,538 63.1 60.7-65.4 830 22.2 20.3-24.3 483 14.7 13.0-16.6
Randolph County 246 146 58.2 50.7-65.4 62 23.4 17.9-30.1 38 18.3 13.1-25.1
GENDER
Male 115 57 51.4 40.7-61.9 30 23.6 16.1-33.2 28 25.0 17.0-35.2
Female 131 89 68.0 58.0-76.5 32 23.2 15.8-32.6 10 8.8 4.5-16.7
RACE
White 227 136 58.4 50.5-65.9 56 22.5 16.9-29.4 35 19.1 13.5-26.3
Other 19 10 56.6 32.4-78.0 6 34.3 15.2-60.4 3 9.1 2.7-26.3
AGE
18-44 138 79 57.3 47.2-66.8 35 25.9 18.3-35.2 24 16.8 10.9-25.2
45+ 107 67 60.5 49.1-70.9 27 19.6 12.8-28.9 13 19.9 11.4-32.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 150 79 50.8 41.2-60.4 40 26.4 19.0-35.4 31 22.7 15.8-31.6
Some College + 96 67 70.5 58.3-80.4 22 18.5 11.4-28.6 7 11.0 4.7-23.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 133 75 54.8 45.1-64.2 36 27.3 19.4-37.0 22 17.8 11.6-26.4
$50,000+ 70 42 58.8 44.6-71.6 17 21.7 12.8-34.5 11 19.5 10.2-34.2
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
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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