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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford 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
-Guilford County 267 173 57.5 49.6-65.1 69 29.6 22.6-37.7 25 12.9 8.2-19.6
GENDER
Male 111 61 47.5 36.7-58.6 29 31.0 20.9-43.3 21 21.5 13.5-32.5
Female 156 112 70.1 60.0-78.6 40 27.9 19.5-38.2 4 2.0 0.7- 5.4
RACE
White 188 126 59.7 50.2-68.5 44 26.4 18.7-35.8 18 13.9 8.1-23.0
Other 78 47 53.6 39.4-67.1 24 35.7 22.6-51.2 7 10.8 4.9-22.0
AGE
18-44 134 83 51.7 41.1-62.2 38 33.6 23.7-45.1 13 14.7 8.2-25.0
45+ 131 89 67.3 57.2-76.0 30 22.7 15.3-32.5 12 10.0 5.4-17.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 82 44 48.2 35.1-61.6 28 37.2 24.9-51.5 10 14.5 7.0-27.7
Some College + 185 129 61.9 52.1-70.9 41 26.0 17.9-36.1 15 12.1 6.8-20.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 133 82 49.5 38.5-60.6 38 35.2 24.5-47.8 13 15.2 8.2-26.6
$50,000+ 109 76 67.2 56.1-76.6 23 21.5 13.9-31.7 10 11.3 5.8-21.0

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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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