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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Physical Activity-MALES

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%)
TOTAL 2,121 1,162 51.4 48.1-54.6 528 26.0 23.2-28.9 431 22.6 19.9-25.7
RACE
White 1,545 893 55.9 52.1-59.7 333 21.0 18.2-24.1 319 23.1 19.8-26.7
African American 361 199 55.3 47.7-62.7 106 28.4 22.2-35.6 56 16.2 11.2-23.0
Asian 21 14 77.9 50.4-92.5 6 19.9 6.4-47.7 1 2.1 0.3-14.8
Native American 51 22 22.5 11.1-40.4 13 34.9 14.3-63.3 16 42.6 20.7-67.8
Other Minorities 130 27 12.4 7.1-20.7 66 56.5 43.7-68.4 37 31.1 20.3-44.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 138 31 13.5 8.0-22.0 68 55.2 42.7-67.1 39 31.3 20.6-44.3
-English Speaking 37 16 34.9 15.9-60.3 13 54.0 28.9-77.3 8 11.1 3.5-30.3
-Spanish Speaking 101 15 8.6 4.1-17.2 55 55.5 41.4-68.7 31 35.9 23.4-50.7
Non-Hispanic 1,981 1,129 55.5 52.2-58.8 460 22.8 20.2-25.6 392 21.7 18.9-24.8
AGE
18-24 142 57 38.7 28.1-50.4 37 26.3 17.5-37.5 48 35.0 25.1-46.4
25-34 458 221 43.9 37.3-50.8 124 29.9 24.0-36.4 113 26.2 20.1-33.4
35-44 594 317 52.3 46.5-58.0 140 23.5 18.9-28.9 137 24.2 19.4-29.7
45-54 514 315 60.7 54.1-66.9 122 23.3 18.4-29.2 77 15.9 11.4-21.8
55-64 305 181 63.2 55.2-70.5 85 27.3 20.6-35.1 39 9.5 6.2-14.4
65-74 84 55 59.5 44.1-73.2 19 33.8 20.8-49.8 10 6.7 3.0-14.1
75+ 10 7 64.1 25.4-90.4 0 0.0 . - . 3 35.9 9.6-74.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 256 85 22.6 16.3-30.4 93 38.9 29.9-48.7 78 38.6 29.0-49.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 657 284 39.7 34.2-45.5 176 27.4 22.5-33.1 197 32.8 27.3-38.8
Some Post-H.S. 510 266 53.3 46.5-59.9 140 26.7 21.4-32.9 104 20.0 15.2-25.9
College Graduate 696 525 74.8 70.0-79.1 119 18.0 14.2-22.5 52 7.2 5.0-10.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 64 25 36.3 19.6-57.2 20 40.0 21.8-61.4 19 23.7 10.9-44.0
$15,000- 24,999 320 134 36.3 28.6-44.7 95 27.3 20.6-35.2 91 36.4 28.2-45.5
$25,000- 34,999 254 115 34.5 26.6-43.3 70 28.9 20.7-38.7 69 36.6 27.5-46.8
$35,000- 49,999 372 190 46.7 39.4-54.1 109 35.9 28.9-43.6 73 17.4 12.6-23.6
$50,000-74,999 333 192 56.7 49.0-64.0 78 22.7 16.9-29.7 63 20.6 15.3-27.3
$75,000+ 421 323 77.9 71.6-83.2 74 17.2 12.5-23.2 24 4.8 2.6- 8.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 98 49 46.1 35.2-57.4 21 22.9 14.5-34.2 28 31.0 21.2-42.8
Guilford 109 72 60.4 48.9-70.9 19 20.0 11.9-31.6 18 19.6 11.8-30.6
Mecklenburg 118 83 61.7 50.1-72.1 23 22.9 15.0-33.5 12 15.4 8.2-27.0
Orange 118 80 67.7 55.6-77.9 21 15.9 9.6-25.2 17 16.3 9.6-26.4
Wake 126 88 62.3 51.1-72.2 23 23.4 15.0-34.5 15 14.4 7.8-24.9
Chatham/Lee 99 55 51.0 39.0-62.8 27 28.7 19.3-40.4 17 20.3 12.2-31.8
Nash/Wilson 96 52 50.8 39.0-62.4 27 28.2 18.9-39.7 17 21.0 11.8-34.7
Craven/Pamlico 90 53 59.4 47.3-70.4 17 18.4 10.8-29.6 20 22.2 14.0-33.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 104 57 54.7 44.0-65.0 21 22.0 14.3-32.1 26 23.3 15.8-33.1
Appalachian/Wilkes 95 46 46.9 33.3-61.0 25 31.0 17.3-49.2 24 22.1 13.8-33.3
Franklin/Gran./Vance 105 46 39.0 27.7-51.7 30 26.1 16.9-37.9 29 34.9 22.5-49.7
Graham/Swain/Jackson 98 45 28.4 15.6-46.1 29 36.3 15.0-64.8 24 35.3 16.0-61.1
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 91 45 50.3 38.7-61.8 30 31.3 21.9-42.6 16 18.4 10.7-29.7
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 75 33 40.2 27.5-54.5 18 29.7 16.2-48.1 24 30.0 19.1-43.7
Northeast NC I 72 41 56.4 42.9-69.1 20 28.6 17.8-42.4 11 15.0 8.1-26.1
Northeast NC II 106 50 44.9 34.1-56.2 36 33.9 24.1-45.4 20 21.2 13.0-32.6
Northeastern Partnership 178 91 48.1 39.2-57.0 56 32.4 24.5-41.5 31 19.5 13.0-28.2
Mountain AHEC 275 128 39.2 30.4-48.7 74 25.3 18.2-34.1 73 35.5 25.1-47.5
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 670 346 49.1 43.1-55.1 182 26.6 21.6-32.2 142 24.3 19.2-30.3
Piedmont 1,007 603 55.0 50.6-59.3 226 24.8 21.1-28.8 178 20.2 16.8-24.2
Western NC 444 213 39.7 32.9-47.0 120 30.2 23.7-37.6 111 30.1 22.5-39.0

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*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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