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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 |
| -Eastern NC | 2,900 | 1,789 | 56.4 | 53.8-58.9 | 755 | 26.0 | 23.9-28.2 | 356 | 17.6 | 15.4-20.1 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 1,173 | 618 | 47.7 | 43.9-51.4 | 299 | 25.8 | 22.7-29.1 | 256 | 26.5 | 23.0-30.4 |
| Female | 1,727 | 1,171 | 67.4 | 64.6-70.1 | 456 | 26.3 | 23.8-29.0 | 100 | 6.3 | 4.9- 8.0 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 1,950 | 1,275 | 60.9 | 57.9-63.8 | 425 | 22.0 | 19.7-24.5 | 250 | 17.1 | 14.7-19.8 |
| African American | 675 | 382 | 51.6 | 46.5-56.6 | 221 | 30.8 | 26.5-35.5 | 72 | 17.6 | 13.4-22.8 |
| Other Minorities | 271 | 129 | 39.1 | 31.0-47.9 | 108 | 40.3 | 31.9-49.3 | 34 | 20.6 | 12.2-32.5 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 157 | 61 | 31.6 | 22.8-41.9 | 80 | 54.6 | 44.4-64.4 | 16 | 13.8 | 8.1-22.4 |
| Non-Hispanic | 2,741 | 1,726 | 59.0 | 56.4-61.5 | 675 | 23.0 | 21.1-25.0 | 340 | 18.0 | 15.7-20.6 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 154 | 77 | 43.8 | 33.8-54.3 | 44 | 23.7 | 16.7-32.6 | 33 | 32.5 | 22.4-44.5 |
| 25-34 | 567 | 314 | 49.4 | 44.4-54.4 | 158 | 27.8 | 23.6-32.5 | 95 | 22.8 | 18.5-27.7 |
| 35-44 | 748 | 472 | 60.8 | 56.5-65.0 | 182 | 24.7 | 21.1-28.8 | 94 | 14.4 | 11.5-17.8 |
| 45-54 | 811 | 500 | 58.4 | 54.0-62.6 | 219 | 28.1 | 24.2-32.4 | 92 | 13.5 | 10.7-16.9 |
| 55-64 | 481 | 325 | 66.9 | 61.6-71.9 | 117 | 23.6 | 19.3-28.6 | 39 | 9.5 | 6.6-13.4 |
| 65-74 | 108 | 80 | 73.6 | 62.7-82.2 | 26 | 24.5 | 16.2-35.3 | 2 | 1.9 | 0.5- 7.7 |
| 75+ | 21 | 14 | 75.6 | 50.8-90.3 | 6 | 22.7 | 8.7-47.6 | 1 | 1.7 | 0.2-11.6 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 242 | 112 | 40.5 | 32.2-49.4 | 84 | 36.1 | 28.1-45.0 | 46 | 23.4 | 16.6-31.9 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 921 | 510 | 49.8 | 45.2-54.5 | 244 | 24.3 | 20.9-28.1 | 167 | 25.8 | 21.2-31.1 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 808 | 490 | 55.8 | 51.3-60.2 | 220 | 28.1 | 24.3-32.3 | 98 | 16.1 | 12.8-19.9 |
| College Graduate | 926 | 675 | 72.4 | 68.7-75.9 | 206 | 21.3 | 18.3-24.7 | 45 | 6.2 | 4.4- 8.8 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 157 | 85 | 45.0 | 34.8-55.6 | 50 | 31.8 | 22.4-43.0 | 22 | 23.2 | 14.3-35.3 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 509 | 270 | 43.3 | 37.3-49.5 | 158 | 35.2 | 29.3-41.6 | 81 | 21.5 | 16.5-27.5 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 411 | 229 | 44.8 | 37.4-52.4 | 107 | 23.9 | 18.6-30.2 | 75 | 31.3 | 23.1-40.9 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 493 | 307 | 59.4 | 54.0-64.6 | 121 | 24.5 | 20.3-29.4 | 65 | 16.1 | 12.3-20.8 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 502 | 327 | 65.4 | 60.2-70.3 | 125 | 23.0 | 19.0-27.7 | 50 | 11.6 | 8.5-15.6 |
| $75,000+ | 584 | 426 | 71.4 | 66.7-75.8 | 126 | 20.6 | 17.0-24.7 | 32 | 7.9 | 5.2-11.9 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 539 | 350 | 62.2 | 55.3-68.6 | 119 | 19.3 | 15.3-24.0 | 70 | 18.5 | 12.7-26.3 |
| No | 2,296 | 1,404 | 55.2 | 52.4-57.9 | 614 | 27.2 | 24.9-29.7 | 278 | 17.6 | 15.3-20.2 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 457 | 278 | 57.0 | 51.1-62.8 | 105 | 21.7 | 17.5-26.7 | 74 | 21.3 | 16.3-27.3 |
| Non-Veteran | 2,441 | 1,509 | 56.1 | 53.3-58.9 | 650 | 27.0 | 24.7-29.5 | 282 | 16.8 | 14.4-19.6 |
*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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