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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Physical Activity

When you are at work, which of the following best describes what you do?
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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%)
All Participants 46,796 29,587 62.3 61.6-63.0 10,171 22.3 21.7-22.9 7,038 15.4 14.9-16.0
Arizona 1,597 994 61.0 57.1-64.8 359 22.2 19.2-25.5 244 16.7 13.6-20.4
Colorado 2,552 1,685 63.2 60.9-65.3 512 20.9 19.1-22.8 355 16.0 14.3-17.7
Connecticut 3,400 2,361 68.0 65.9-70.0 654 19.7 18.0-21.4 385 12.3 10.9-13.9
Delaware 2,397 1,477 61.3 58.5-64.1 571 23.6 21.3-26.1 349 15.1 13.0-17.4
Hawaii 3,743 2,251 59.1 57.0-61.2 746 20.8 19.1-22.5 746 20.2 18.4-22.0
Illinois 1,641 1,082 64.2 61.3-66.9 389 25.3 22.8-28.0 170 10.5 8.9-12.3
Iowa 2,210 1,388 59.8 57.4-62.2 459 21.6 19.6-23.7 363 18.6 16.6-20.6
Maine 1,438 905 60.2 57.3-63.0 295 21.2 18.8-23.7 238 18.6 16.4-21.1
Maryland 2,794 1,998 70.2 67.9-72.3 475 18.0 16.1-19.9 321 11.9 10.4-13.5
Michigan 3,443 2,107 57.5 55.4-59.7 820 24.7 22.9-26.7 516 17.7 16.1-19.6
Missouri 2,631 1,633 62.6 60.0-65.1 533 19.6 17.5-21.8 465 17.9 15.9-20.0
Montana 2,471 1,321 54.6 51.9-57.3 567 21.1 19.0-23.3 583 24.3 22.0-26.7
North Carolina 3,851 2,538 63.1 60.7-65.5 830 22.2 20.2-24.3 483 14.7 13.0-16.6
North Dakota 1,894 1,085 55.7 53.2-58.2 459 24.5 22.4-26.8 350 19.7 17.7-21.9
Ohio 2,418 1,509 59.8 57.4-62.2 553 23.2 21.2-25.3 356 17.0 15.1-19.0
South Carolina 2,446 1,445 57.6 54.9-60.2 666 27.1 24.8-29.6 335 15.3 13.3-17.5
Tennessee 1,815 1,184 62.8 60.1-65.4 378 21.9 19.8-24.2 253 15.3 13.4-17.5
Virginia 2,586 1,704 66.4 63.9-68.8 555 21.3 19.3-23.5 327 12.3 10.8-14.1
Virgin Islands 1,469 920 56.2 52.9-59.5 350 26.6 23.7-29.6 199 17.2 14.7-20.1

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

* 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.

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