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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Western North Carolina**

Physical Activity

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%)
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
-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
GENDER
Male 444 213 39.7 32.9-47.0 120 30.2 23.7-37.6 111 30.1 22.5-39.0
Female 629 424 71.4 66.6-75.8 155 22.8 18.8-27.3 50 5.8 4.1- 8.2
RACE
White 968 580 56.1 50.7-61.3 244 25.6 21.5-30.2 144 18.4 13.6-24.4
African American 39 27 65.0 43.4-81.7 7 22.3 9.8-43.1 5 12.8 3.9-34.7
Other Minorities 60 27 20.3 10.5-35.6 23 47.6 25.8-70.4 10 32.0 13.5-58.7
AGE
18-24 71 38 55.0 39.7-69.4 18 20.8 11.4-35.0 15 24.2 13.1-40.4
25-34 214 122 46.1 33.6-59.0 54 26.2 17.2-37.8 38 27.7 14.4-46.7
35-44 263 153 53.4 44.4-62.2 67 27.3 19.6-36.6 43 19.3 12.7-28.4
45-54 285 186 63.4 54.1-71.7 63 24.7 17.1-34.2 36 12.0 7.7-18.1
55-64 175 101 55.6 44.8-65.9 55 30.5 21.7-41.1 19 13.9 7.6-24.0
65-74 52 29 36.2 21.4-54.1 17 52.4 33.6-70.5 6 11.4 4.3-27.1
75+ 3 3 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 94 29 21.4 11.4-36.7 38 33.6 17.9-54.0 27 45.0 23.4-68.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 338 185 47.5 39.8-55.3 95 32.6 25.3-40.9 58 19.9 14.3-27.0
Some Post-H.S. 303 192 64.0 55.5-71.8 62 19.2 13.5-26.5 49 16.8 11.0-24.8
College Graduate 337 230 67.7 60.4-74.3 80 23.9 18.1-31.0 27 8.4 5.1-13.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 60 27 40.2 23.7-59.4 20 43.1 24.1-64.4 13 16.7 7.9-31.6
$15,000- 24,999 189 97 43.7 33.0-55.0 53 26.6 17.2-38.7 39 29.7 19.1-43.1
$25,000- 34,999 165 98 58.2 46.6-68.9 41 25.4 16.6-36.7 26 16.4 9.9-26.0
$35,000- 49,999 180 112 56.6 45.7-66.8 48 31.2 21.9-42.3 20 12.2 6.9-20.7
$50,000-74,999 160 103 57.3 46.6-67.4 43 31.8 22.3-43.0 14 10.9 6.0-19.0
$75,000+ 151 108 71.6 60.3-80.6 33 22.0 14.1-32.5 10 6.5 2.4-16.2
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
Appalachian/Wilkes 236 141 58.7 49.3-67.5 58 25.7 17.3-36.3 37 15.7 10.9-22.0
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

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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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