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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 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
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 282 170 52.3 44.2-60.3 87 31.1 24.6-38.5 25 16.6 9.5-27.2
GENDER
Male 105 50 39.8 28.9-51.9 35 32.4 22.4-44.3 20 27.8 15.7-44.2
Female 177 120 66.5 57.8-74.2 52 29.7 22.3-38.3 5 3.8 1.4-10.0
RACE
White 191 123 57.7 48.5-66.4 50 27.7 20.6-36.3 18 14.6 8.2-24.6
Other 91 47 41.7 28.1-56.6 37 37.8 24.9-52.8 7 20.5 7.1-46.5
AGE
18-44 130 74 47.6 36.2-59.3 44 31.7 22.4-42.7 12 20.7 10.0-38.1
45+ 152 96 58.4 48.7-67.5 43 30.5 22.3-40.0 13 11.1 6.0-19.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 132 68 40.2 29.7-51.7 43 32.2 22.7-43.5 21 27.6 15.8-43.7
Some College + 150 102 66.6 57.0-75.0 44 29.9 21.8-39.4 4 3.6 1.2- 9.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 169 94 43.2 33.5-53.6 57 35.9 26.7-46.3 18 20.9 10.8-36.5
$50,000+ 93 63 67.8 56.1-77.6 24 22.7 14.7-33.4 6 9.5 4.3-19.9

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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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