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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 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
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 270 154 50.4 43.1-57.7 80 34.9 27.9-42.7 36 14.7 10.2-20.6
GENDER
Male 100 47 43.3 32.4-54.8 31 36.2 25.2-48.9 22 20.5 13.0-30.9
Female 170 107 57.4 48.5-65.9 49 33.7 25.5-42.9 14 8.9 5.0-15.3
RACE
White 172 102 56.2 47.5-64.4 43 26.9 19.6-35.6 27 17.0 11.5-24.2
Other 97 52 42.7 31.0-55.3 37 47.0 34.3-60.1 8 10.4 4.4-22.4
AGE
18-44 132 71 45.0 35.2-55.2 43 39.7 29.7-50.7 18 15.3 9.3-24.2
45+ 137 83 59.4 50.0-68.2 36 26.8 19.3-35.9 18 13.8 8.5-21.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 136 71 41.1 31.7-51.1 43 39.7 29.3-51.1 22 19.3 12.3-29.0
Some College + 134 83 61.1 51.2-70.2 37 29.5 21.3-39.4 14 9.4 5.3-16.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 145 77 41.5 32.1-51.6 48 40.7 30.3-51.9 20 17.8 11.0-27.5
$50,000+ 91 64 71.1 60.2-80.1 18 19.4 12.1-29.7 9 9.5 4.9-17.7

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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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