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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%) | ||
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 |
-Alamance County | 237 | 142 | 52.7 | 44.4-60.8 | 70 | 34.2 | 26.5-42.9 | 25 | 13.1 | 8.5-19.8 |
GENDER | ||||||||||
Male | 82 | 38 | 41.2 | 28.9-54.6 | 26 | 36.1 | 23.5-51.0 | 18 | 22.7 | 13.8-34.9 |
Female | 155 | 104 | 63.8 | 54.6-72.1 | 44 | 32.3 | 24.3-41.6 | 7 | 3.9 | 1.6- 9.0 |
RACE | ||||||||||
White | 167 | 109 | 61.2 | 52.0-69.8 | 36 | 21.4 | 15.1-29.3 | 22 | 17.4 | 11.0-26.4 |
Other | 69 | 33 | 37.4 | 24.6-52.2 | 33 | 57.2 | 42.0-71.1 | 3 | 5.5 | 1.7-16.3 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-44 | 120 | 70 | 48.9 | 37.8-60.1 | 36 | 37.4 | 26.5-49.7 | 14 | 13.8 | 7.9-22.8 |
45+ | 117 | 72 | 58.9 | 48.1-68.9 | 34 | 29.0 | 20.6-39.0 | 11 | 12.1 | 5.9-23.4 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 102 | 51 | 39.1 | 28.1-51.4 | 38 | 46.6 | 33.7-60.0 | 13 | 14.3 | 7.5-25.4 |
Some College + | 135 | 91 | 63.6 | 53.4-72.8 | 32 | 24.2 | 16.7-33.6 | 12 | 12.2 | 6.6-21.4 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 135 | 71 | 43.0 | 32.9-53.8 | 48 | 42.7 | 31.5-54.6 | 16 | 14.3 | 8.2-23.8 |
$50,000+ | 82 | 59 | 68.3 | 55.1-79.1 | 15 | 19.7 | 11.5-31.7 | 8 | 12.0 | 5.5-24.2 |
*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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