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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 205 129 57.5 49.2-65.5 48 24.5 18.2-32.2 28 17.9 11.8-26.4
GENDER
Male 70 26 35.8 24.3-49.2 23 31.6 20.6-45.2 21 32.6 20.5-47.6
Female 135 103 74.8 65.4-82.4 25 18.9 12.3-28.0 7 6.3 2.9-13.1
RACE
White 166 110 60.6 51.2-69.3 32 20.5 14.1-28.7 24 18.9 11.9-28.7
Other 38 18 41.6 25.3-59.9 16 44.6 27.2-63.3 4 13.8 5.1-32.5
AGE
18-44 90 58 55.7 43.1-67.6 17 22.4 13.6-34.5 15 22.0 12.3-36.1
45+ 114 71 59.8 49.3-69.5 30 26.6 18.3-36.9 13 13.6 7.7-22.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 82 44 47.1 35.1-59.5 22 28.5 18.0-42.0 16 24.3 14.9-37.1
Some College + 123 85 64.7 53.5-74.5 26 21.8 14.6-31.1 12 13.5 6.4-26.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 111 68 60.8 49.8-70.7 27 23.6 15.4-34.3 16 15.7 9.3-25.1
$50,000+ 75 51 56.1 41.7-69.5 14 23.1 13.5-36.7 10 20.8 9.9-38.5

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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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