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Total Respond.^ |
Mostly sitting,/standing | Mostly walking | Mostly heavy labor | |||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 2,147 | 1,509 | 69.8 | 66.8-72.7 | 514 | 25.0 | 22.3-27.9 | 124 | 5.2 | 3.8- 7.0 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-24 | 113 | 71 | 63.5 | 49.7-75.3 | 32 | 27.3 | 17.3-40.2 | 10 | 9.3 | 3.4-22.6 |
25-34 | 411 | 291 | 69.8 | 62.9-75.9 | 96 | 26.0 | 20.2-32.8 | 24 | 4.2 | 2.3- 7.5 |
35-44 | 541 | 384 | 71.6 | 65.9-76.8 | 128 | 22.6 | 18.1-27.9 | 29 | 5.7 | 3.2-10.0 |
45-54 | 616 | 434 | 70.1 | 64.5-75.1 | 144 | 25.8 | 21.0-31.4 | 38 | 4.1 | 2.6- 6.4 |
55-64 | 347 | 251 | 72.8 | 65.1-79.4 | 82 | 23.1 | 17.0-30.4 | 14 | 4.1 | 1.8- 9.2 |
65-74 | 88 | 56 | 61.5 | 45.9-75.0 | 26 | 31.5 | 19.1-47.4 | 6 | 7.0 | 2.6-17.2 |
75+ | 15 | 11 | 63.8 | 23.7-90.9 | 3 | 33.8 | 7.6-76.0 | 1 | 2.5 | 0.3-17.0 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 109 | 50 | 56.7 | 41.9-70.4 | 41 | 30.7 | 19.4-44.9 | 18 | 12.6 | 6.0-24.3 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 592 | 388 | 64.6 | 58.5-70.3 | 162 | 27.9 | 22.8-33.7 | 42 | 7.5 | 4.7-11.7 |
Some Post-H.S. | 610 | 457 | 73.4 | 67.8-78.4 | 122 | 23.5 | 18.7-29.2 | 31 | 3.0 | 1.8- 5.0 |
College Graduate | 835 | 614 | 72.6 | 67.6-77.0 | 188 | 23.2 | 19.2-27.8 | 33 | 4.2 | 2.2- 7.9 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 94 | 53 | 53.1 | 38.8-66.8 | 30 | 39.4 | 26.1-54.5 | 11 | 7.5 | 3.7-14.7 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 315 | 181 | 58.9 | 50.5-66.8 | 98 | 32.3 | 25.1-40.5 | 36 | 8.8 | 5.3-14.1 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 266 | 193 | 67.0 | 56.7-75.9 | 60 | 23.8 | 16.7-32.8 | 13 | 9.2 | 3.9-20.0 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 385 | 272 | 69.9 | 62.4-76.5 | 97 | 26.6 | 20.3-34.1 | 16 | 3.5 | 1.7- 6.9 |
$50,000-74,999 | 331 | 246 | 72.5 | 65.2-78.9 | 76 | 25.6 | 19.4-32.9 | 9 | 1.9 | 0.7- 4.9 |
$75,000+ | 415 | 328 | 80.6 | 74.7-85.3 | 79 | 18.3 | 13.6-24.2 | 8 | 1.1 | 0.5- 2.6 |
COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||
Buncombe | 128 | 86 | 68.5 | 58.8-76.9 | 34 | 26.1 | 18.5-35.5 | 8 | 5.4 | 2.5-11.3 |
Guilford | 117 | 92 | 76.6 | 65.7-84.9 | 24 | 22.7 | 14.5-33.6 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 4.7 |
Mecklenburg | 89 | 68 | 75.9 | 64.2-84.8 | 16 | 17.2 | 9.9-28.1 | 5 | 6.8 | 2.6-16.9 |
Orange | 135 | 104 | 68.7 | 52.5-81.3 | 25 | 27.9 | 15.7-44.5 | 6 | 3.4 | 1.2- 9.2 |
Wake | 114 | 86 | 76.1 | 66.6-83.6 | 26 | 22.0 | 14.9-31.3 | 2 | 1.9 | 0.4- 8.5 |
Chatham/Lee | 78 | 52 | 63.0 | 49.7-74.5 | 22 | 29.7 | 19.1-43.2 | 4 | 7.3 | 2.8-17.8 |
Nash/Wilson | 66 | 49 | 72.9 | 59.1-83.3 | 15 | 24.8 | 14.7-38.6 | 2 | 2.3 | 0.6- 9.4 |
Craven/Pamlico | 88 | 61 | 68.4 | 56.6-78.2 | 21 | 24.5 | 15.7-36.0 | 6 | 7.2 | 3.0-16.1 |
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 116 | 80 | 70.7 | 61.0-78.8 | 31 | 25.8 | 18.1-35.3 | 5 | 3.5 | 1.4- 8.4 |
Appalachian/Wilkes | 134 | 90 | 71.0 | 61.9-78.6 | 32 | 20.4 | 14.1-28.5 | 12 | 8.7 | 4.7-15.5 |
Franklin/Gran./Vance | 87 | 65 | 76.8 | 65.1-85.4 | 16 | 15.8 | 9.2-25.8 | 6 | 7.4 | 2.9-17.8 |
Graham/Swain/Jackson | 118 | 78 | 67.7 | 57.5-76.5 | 27 | 20.2 | 13.5-29.1 | 13 | 12.1 | 6.8-20.7 |
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 66 | 47 | 67.3 | 53.7-78.5 | 14 | 22.9 | 13.6-36.0 | 5 | 9.8 | 4.0-22.1 |
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 80 | 59 | 69.4 | 56.6-79.8 | 21 | 30.6 | 20.2-43.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Northeast NC I | 72 | 49 | 69.5 | 56.8-79.8 | 18 | 22.6 | 14.2-34.1 | 5 | 7.9 | 2.8-20.3 |
Northeast NC II | 107 | 73 | 66.9 | 55.8-76.3 | 25 | 25.5 | 16.8-36.6 | 9 | 7.7 | 3.9-14.6 |
Northeastern Partnership | 179 | 122 | 67.6 | 59.1-75.2 | 43 | 24.6 | 17.8-33.0 | 14 | 7.7 | 4.4-13.3 |
Mountain AHEC | 366 | 245 | 70.8 | 64.6-76.4 | 94 | 23.4 | 18.3-29.3 | 27 | 5.8 | 3.6- 9.3 |
NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
Eastern NC | 631 | 436 | 67.0 | 60.9-72.5 | 155 | 27.2 | 22.1-33.1 | 40 | 5.8 | 3.5- 9.3 |
Piedmont | 940 | 683 | 70.4 | 66.0-74.5 | 217 | 24.7 | 21.0-28.9 | 40 | 4.8 | 3.0- 7.8 |
Western NC | 576 | 390 | 72.3 | 67.3-76.7 | 142 | 22.3 | 18.2-27.0 | 44 | 5.5 | 3.8- 7.9 |
*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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