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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 | 5,079 | 3,195 | 58.9 | 56.7-61.1 | 1,283 | 26.2 | 24.3-28.1 | 601 | 14.9 | 13.2-16.8 |
| -Appalachian/Wilkes | 236 | 141 | 58.7 | 49.3-67.5 | 58 | 25.7 | 17.3-36.3 | 37 | 15.7 | 10.9-22.0 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 95 | 46 | 46.9 | 33.3-61.0 | 25 | 31.0 | 17.3-49.2 | 24 | 22.1 | 13.8-33.3 |
| Female | 141 | 95 | 71.2 | 62.4-78.7 | 33 | 19.9 | 13.9-27.8 | 13 | 8.8 | 4.9-15.5 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 226 | 135 | 58.7 | 49.1-67.7 | 55 | 25.4 | 16.9-36.3 | 36 | 15.9 | 11.0-22.4 |
| Other | 10 | 6 | 57.2 | 25.4-84.0 | 3 | 35.0 | 11.1-69.8 | 1 | 7.8 | 1.0-40.7 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-44 | 131 | 83 | 64.8 | 55.1-73.4 | 29 | 18.6 | 12.6-26.7 | 19 | 16.6 | 10.3-25.5 |
| 45+ | 103 | 58 | 51.6 | 35.9-66.9 | 28 | 34.1 | 18.8-53.6 | 17 | 14.3 | 8.1-24.0 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 98 | 47 | 43.8 | 30.4-58.2 | 31 | 36.1 | 21.1-54.4 | 20 | 20.1 | 12.1-31.6 |
| Some College + | 138 | 94 | 70.9 | 61.4-78.8 | 27 | 17.1 | 11.3-25.1 | 17 | 12.0 | 7.0-19.8 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 134 | 71 | 49.7 | 37.0-62.5 | 39 | 32.6 | 19.5-49.2 | 24 | 17.6 | 11.1-26.8 |
| $50,000+ | 67 | 50 | 74.5 | 61.1-84.5 | 12 | 18.0 | 10.0-30.5 | 5 | 7.4 | 2.8-18.4 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||
| Buncombe | 240 | 143 | 56.4 | 48.7-63.8 | 58 | 24.5 | 18.5-31.5 | 39 | 19.1 | 13.5-26.4 |
| Guilford | 272 | 201 | 68.0 | 60.4-74.6 | 49 | 20.6 | 15.0-27.7 | 22 | 11.4 | 7.2-17.8 |
| Mecklenburg | 260 | 192 | 67.4 | 59.5-74.5 | 50 | 21.7 | 16.0-28.6 | 18 | 10.9 | 6.3-18.3 |
| Orange | 276 | 201 | 68.4 | 59.2-76.4 | 50 | 21.6 | 14.7-30.6 | 25 | 9.9 | 6.3-15.4 |
| Wake | 285 | 209 | 67.4 | 60.0-74.1 | 58 | 23.9 | 18.0-31.0 | 18 | 8.7 | 4.9-14.9 |
| Chatham/Lee | 213 | 126 | 55.4 | 47.0-63.5 | 64 | 30.1 | 23.1-38.0 | 23 | 14.5 | 9.3-21.9 |
| Nash/Wilson | 213 | 138 | 60.4 | 51.9-68.3 | 53 | 25.4 | 19.0-33.0 | 22 | 14.2 | 8.4-23.1 |
| Craven/Pamlico | 209 | 134 | 62.1 | 53.5-69.9 | 47 | 22.8 | 16.2-31.1 | 28 | 15.2 | 10.2-22.0 |
| Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 228 | 143 | 62.0 | 54.7-68.7 | 54 | 23.9 | 18.3-30.6 | 31 | 14.1 | 9.8-20.0 |
| Franklin/Gran./Vance | 252 | 146 | 50.9 | 42.1-59.5 | 70 | 27.0 | 20.3-35.0 | 36 | 22.1 | 14.3-32.6 |
| Graham/Swain/Jackson | 234 | 136 | 43.1 | 29.8-57.5 | 60 | 30.6 | 15.9-50.7 | 38 | 26.3 | 13.7-44.4 |
| Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 237 | 137 | 55.1 | 47.6-62.3 | 74 | 30.9 | 24.6-38.0 | 26 | 14.1 | 9.2-20.9 |
| Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 210 | 128 | 54.1 | 45.0-63.0 | 56 | 30.5 | 22.0-40.5 | 26 | 15.4 | 10.1-22.9 |
| Northeast NC I | 231 | 143 | 62.1 | 54.4-69.2 | 69 | 28.7 | 22.2-36.1 | 19 | 9.3 | 5.7-14.8 |
| Northeast NC II | 264 | 153 | 53.2 | 45.6-60.5 | 77 | 31.2 | 24.6-38.7 | 34 | 15.6 | 10.5-22.6 |
| Northeastern Partnership | 495 | 296 | 56.1 | 50.4-61.6 | 146 | 30.4 | 25.4-35.9 | 53 | 13.5 | 9.8-18.5 |
| Mountain AHEC | 679 | 397 | 53.1 | 46.6-59.6 | 177 | 24.5 | 19.9-29.8 | 105 | 22.3 | 15.9-30.4 |
| NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
| Eastern NC | 1,702 | 1,027 | 56.0 | 51.9-60.0 | 467 | 28.0 | 24.6-31.8 | 208 | 16.0 | 12.9-19.5 |
| Piedmont | 2,304 | 1,531 | 61.5 | 58.5-64.4 | 541 | 25.1 | 22.6-27.8 | 232 | 13.4 | 11.3-15.9 |
| Western NC | 1,073 | 637 | 54.0 | 48.9-59.0 | 275 | 26.8 | 22.7-31.4 | 161 | 19.2 | 14.6-24.9 |
*This question was asked only of respondents who reported being employed or self-employed.
^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.
** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.
*** 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, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore,
Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood,
Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.
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