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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 |
-Cabarrus County | 249 | 155 | 58.7 | 50.7-66.3 | 65 | 25.9 | 19.7-33.3 | 29 | 15.3 | 9.7-23.4 |
GENDER | ||||||||||
Male | 107 | 60 | 49.3 | 38.2-60.5 | 25 | 26.1 | 17.1-37.8 | 22 | 24.6 | 15.1-37.4 |
Female | 142 | 95 | 70.4 | 61.3-78.2 | 40 | 25.7 | 18.4-34.6 | 7 | 3.9 | 1.8- 8.2 |
RACE | ||||||||||
White | 208 | 129 | 60.4 | 52.0-68.2 | 58 | 28.5 | 21.5-36.8 | 21 | 11.1 | 6.8-17.4 |
Other | 39 | 24 | 50.3 | 29.8-70.7 | 7 | 15.3 | 6.5-31.9 | 8 | 34.4 | 15.4-60.2 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-44 | 127 | 79 | 56.8 | 45.6-67.3 | 33 | 26.7 | 18.1-37.5 | 15 | 16.5 | 8.8-28.7 |
45+ | 120 | 74 | 61.1 | 50.8-70.6 | 32 | 25.1 | 17.5-34.7 | 14 | 13.7 | 7.5-23.7 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 89 | 46 | 46.9 | 34.1-60.2 | 28 | 28.3 | 18.3-41.0 | 15 | 24.8 | 13.3-41.6 |
Some College + | 160 | 109 | 65.7 | 56.0-74.3 | 37 | 24.5 | 17.0-34.1 | 14 | 9.7 | 5.3-17.2 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 111 | 57 | 49.5 | 38.2-60.9 | 35 | 29.7 | 20.3-41.2 | 19 | 20.8 | 12.6-32.3 |
$50,000+ | 112 | 82 | 69.8 | 58.6-79.1 | 22 | 22.7 | 14.4-33.9 | 8 | 7.5 | 3.6-15.2 |
*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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