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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 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
-Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 226 119 49.4 41.7-57.2 68 30.1 23.5-37.6 39 20.5 14.7-27.9
GENDER
Male 105 42 41.6 31.1-52.9 29 27.4 18.9-38.0 34 31.0 21.9-41.9
Female 121 77 61.0 50.5-70.6 39 34.0 24.8-44.5 5 5.0 1.9-12.7
RACE
White 200 105 50.0 41.7-58.2 59 28.4 21.7-36.2 36 21.7 15.3-29.7
Other 26 14 45.5 25.9-66.5 9 42.1 22.4-64.7 3 12.4 3.9-33.5
AGE
18-44 122 67 51.3 41.0-61.5 37 30.2 21.7-40.4 18 18.4 11.4-28.5
45+ 103 52 45.8 35.2-56.9 30 29.5 20.6-40.3 21 24.6 15.9-36.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 114 52 45.1 34.2-56.5 42 33.3 24.0-44.1 20 21.6 13.4-32.8
Some College + 112 67 54.4 43.6-64.8 26 26.3 17.6-37.3 19 19.3 12.1-29.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 122 55 42.2 31.9-53.2 41 33.1 24.0-43.7 26 24.7 16.5-35.3
$50,000+ 87 59 63.6 51.2-74.5 18 23.6 14.4-36.0 10 12.8 6.6-23.3

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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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