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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln Counties

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 9,201 5,813 58.5 57.1-59.9 2,323 26.2 25.0-27.5 1,065 15.3 14.2-16.5
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 264 158 55.5 47.6-63.1 63 22.3 16.6-29.4 43 22.2 15.9-30.0
GENDER
Male 114 55 43.8 33.3-54.9 28 23.9 15.4-35.0 31 32.3 22.5-44.0
Female 150 103 72.2 63.7-79.3 35 20.2 14.3-27.7 12 7.7 4.2-13.7
RACE
White 228 136 54.8 46.4-62.8 52 21.2 15.2-28.9 40 24.0 17.1-32.6
Other 36 22 60.2 38.4-78.7 11 29.8 14.6-51.4 3 9.9 2.8-29.9
AGE
18-44 140 89 55.2 44.4-65.4 25 18.9 11.7-29.0 26 26.0 17.3-37.0
45+ 123 68 55.8 45.6-65.4 38 29.0 20.9-38.8 17 15.2 9.1-24.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 132 69 47.8 37.0-58.9 33 20.5 13.7-29.5 30 31.6 21.6-43.7
Some College + 132 89 64.3 53.1-74.1 30 24.5 15.7-36.1 13 11.2 6.2-19.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 152 94 57.4 47.1-67.0 37 21.1 14.5-29.7 21 21.5 13.6-32.3
$50,000+ 89 54 58.1 45.7-69.6 21 23.2 14.2-35.4 14 18.7 10.8-30.4

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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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): 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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