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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

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
-Durham County 297 219 67.7 60.1-74.5 52 19.4 14.3-25.8 26 12.9 7.8-20.5
GENDER
Male 116 85 63.0 51.2-73.5 17 17.7 10.7-27.9 14 19.2 10.8-31.9
Female 181 134 73.5 65.1-80.4 35 21.5 15.1-29.7 12 5.1 2.6- 9.7
RACE
White 165 127 77.0 68.8-83.7 23 15.3 9.8-23.2 15 7.6 4.3-13.2
Other 129 89 58.7 46.9-69.6 29 23.4 15.4-33.8 11 17.9 9.3-31.6
AGE
18-44 180 129 66.5 56.7-75.0 37 19.7 13.6-27.5 14 13.9 7.4-24.4
45+ 116 89 70.2 57.8-80.3 15 19.0 10.7-31.4 12 10.8 5.1-21.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 70 39 46.3 31.5-61.8 19 23.6 13.6-37.7 12 30.1 16.5-48.4
Some College + 227 180 77.4 70.0-83.4 33 17.5 12.0-24.8 14 5.1 2.8- 9.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 136 87 53.4 42.1-64.4 33 25.8 17.4-36.4 16 20.8 11.8-33.8
$50,000+ 140 117 85.4 77.9-90.6 15 10.8 6.2-17.9 8 3.8 1.8- 8.2

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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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