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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Franklin/Nash/Wilson 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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson 232 134 51.6 43.1-59.9 62 28.1 21.2-36.3 36 20.3 14.4-28.0
GENDER
Male 96 39 38.3 27.1-51.0 27 30.7 20.6-42.9 30 31.0 21.3-42.7
Female 136 95 71.1 61.3-79.2 35 24.3 16.8-33.7 6 4.6 1.9-10.8
RACE
White 153 96 59.4 49.4-68.7 30 20.0 13.5-28.6 27 20.6 13.9-29.4
Other 79 38 35.0 23.3-48.8 32 45.2 30.8-60.4 9 19.8 9.5-36.8
AGE
18-44 113 70 55.3 43.5-66.6 22 22.5 14.4-33.3 21 22.2 14.1-33.2
45+ 119 64 45.9 35.2-57.0 40 36.6 25.9-48.8 15 17.5 10.2-28.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 113 55 46.0 33.8-58.8 33 27.6 17.9-39.9 25 26.4 17.2-38.3
Some College + 119 79 58.6 47.8-68.7 29 28.8 20.0-39.4 11 12.6 6.8-22.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 117 55 40.4 28.7-53.3 36 30.0 20.0-42.4 26 29.6 19.7-42.0
$50,000+ 91 63 61.6 49.1-72.7 21 28.8 18.8-41.3 7 9.7 4.4-19.8

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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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