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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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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 3,692 2,402 62.3 59.8-64.8 847 22.8 20.8-24.9 443 14.8 12.9-17.0
GENDER
Male 1,545 893 55.9 52.1-59.7 333 21.0 18.2-24.1 319 23.1 19.8-26.7
Female 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
18-24 195 106 53.6 43.3-63.6 47 21.2 14.5-29.9 42 25.2 17.2-35.4
25-34 716 453 57.8 51.9-63.4 162 24.3 19.9-29.4 101 17.9 13.2-23.9
35-44 983 625 61.7 57.1-66.1 222 21.7 18.2-25.7 136 16.6 13.2-20.7
45-54 993 680 68.0 63.3-72.4 216 21.4 17.7-25.5 97 10.6 7.8-14.4
55-64 592 395 68.3 62.5-73.6 151 24.8 20.0-30.4 46 6.9 4.6-10.2
65-74 165 109 61.2 49.8-71.6 43 32.7 22.9-44.5 13 6.0 3.0-11.6
75+ 25 18 63.9 33.4-86.2 3 21.7 4.5-61.7 4 14.4 3.9-41.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 227 103 41.7 31.3-52.9 70 25.6 17.8-35.5 54 32.7 21.4-46.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,036 577 51.2 46.4-56.1 273 25.3 21.5-29.5 186 23.5 19.3-28.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,004 658 62.6 57.7-67.3 223 23.9 20.1-28.3 123 13.5 10.3-17.5
College Graduate 1,424 1,064 74.1 70.5-77.4 280 19.6 16.8-22.9 80 6.3 4.5- 8.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 121 70 58.8 43.2-72.8 35 31.2 18.9-46.8 16 10.1 4.6-20.6
$15,000- 24,999 471 245 47.7 40.2-55.2 131 23.8 18.5-30.0 95 28.6 21.4-37.0
$25,000- 34,999 447 283 51.3 43.7-58.9 101 21.6 16.3-28.0 63 27.1 20.1-35.5
$35,000- 49,999 677 421 59.3 53.5-64.9 176 28.9 23.8-34.5 80 11.8 8.6-16.1
$50,000-74,999 597 395 61.9 56.1-67.4 136 24.4 19.7-29.8 66 13.7 10.1-18.3
$75,000+ 787 613 79.3 74.8-83.1 144 17.3 13.9-21.5 30 3.4 1.9- 6.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 212 127 57.6 49.5-65.2 52 23.8 18.0-30.8 33 18.6 12.7-26.4
Guilford 183 136 69.5 60.3-77.4 35 21.6 14.6-30.6 12 8.9 4.9-15.8
Mecklenburg 156 126 82.4 74.4-88.3 21 11.4 7.0-18.1 9 6.2 2.9-12.6
Orange 226 173 71.3 60.9-79.9 37 20.8 13.1-31.5 16 7.9 4.5-13.4
Wake 205 158 77.8 70.4-83.7 37 17.5 12.1-24.5 10 4.7 2.4- 9.0
Chatham/Lee 151 99 62.7 52.6-71.9 38 25.3 17.7-34.8 14 11.9 6.6-20.6
Nash/Wilson 127 86 61.1 49.6-71.5 31 26.9 18.7-37.1 10 12.0 4.8-27.0
Craven/Pamlico 159 106 66.2 57.0-74.2 33 19.0 13.1-26.8 20 14.8 9.3-23.0
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 210 133 64.1 56.7-70.9 48 21.5 16.1-28.1 29 14.4 9.9-20.5
Appalachian/Wilkes 226 135 58.7 49.1-67.7 55 25.4 16.9-36.3 36 15.9 11.0-22.4
Franklin/Gran./Vance 153 95 55.6 43.6-66.9 32 16.5 11.1-23.8 26 27.9 17.1-42.2
Graham/Swain/Jackson 198 114 55.0 46.2-63.5 52 23.1 17.2-30.1 32 21.9 14.7-31.3
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 101 66 62.3 51.1-72.4 26 28.1 19.2-39.1 9 9.5 4.7-18.3
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 132 84 58.0 48.0-67.5 30 23.5 16.3-32.6 18 18.5 11.3-28.9
Northeast NC I 106 67 62.9 51.8-72.8 27 24.2 16.0-34.9 12 12.9 7.1-22.3
Northeast NC II 183 108 53.0 44.1-61.7 48 28.0 20.7-36.8 27 19.0 12.3-28.2
Northeastern Partnership 289 175 55.4 48.0-62.5 75 27.1 21.1-34.1 39 17.5 12.1-24.7
Mountain AHEC 599 353 56.0 49.0-62.8 156 23.1 18.7-28.1 90 20.9 14.2-29.7
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,059 669 59.1 54.2-63.9 256 24.0 20.2-28.1 134 16.9 13.1-21.5
Piedmont 1,665 1,153 65.5 62.1-68.8 347 21.5 18.8-24.5 165 12.9 10.5-15.8
Western NC 968 580 56.1 50.7-61.3 244 25.6 21.5-30.2 144 18.4 13.6-24.4

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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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