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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 3,804 2,082 51.0 48.9-53.1 945 25.8 24.0-27.7 777 23.2 21.4-25.1
Female 5,397 3,731 68.0 66.4-69.6 1,378 26.7 25.2-28.3 288 5.2 4.5- 6.0
RACE
White 6,903 4,514 61.8 60.3-63.4 1,564 23.1 21.8-24.5 825 15.0 13.8-16.3
African American 1,592 962 55.9 52.6-59.2 486 30.3 27.3-33.5 144 13.7 11.3-16.6
Asian 73 48 72.6 58.7-83.1 21 22.9 13.2-36.7 4 4.5 1.4-13.5
Native American 155 83 49.6 39.8-59.5 50 27.9 20.3-36.9 22 22.5 14.3-33.5
Other Minorities 452 187 33.9 28.2-40.0 197 45.2 38.7-51.8 68 20.9 15.5-27.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 536 213 32.0 27.0-37.4 258 51.6 45.8-57.4 65 16.4 12.3-21.4
-English Speaking 159 91 47.9 38.5-57.5 53 40.0 30.6-50.2 15 12.1 7.0-20.0
-Spanish Speaking 377 122 28.1 22.5-34.5 205 54.5 47.6-61.2 50 17.5 12.7-23.5
Non-Hispanic 8,660 5,596 61.5 60.1-62.9 2,065 23.3 22.2-24.5 999 15.2 14.0-16.4
AGE
18-24 461 223 43.3 37.6-49.2 158 33.7 28.3-39.4 80 23.0 18.0-29.0
25-34 1,783 1,044 53.0 50.0-55.9 483 28.3 25.7-31.0 256 18.8 16.4-21.4
35-44 2,468 1,574 61.5 59.0-63.9 593 24.2 22.1-26.5 301 14.3 12.6-16.3
45-54 2,468 1,593 63.0 60.6-65.4 595 23.8 21.7-26.0 280 13.2 11.6-15.1
55-64 1,579 1,087 69.0 66.1-71.7 359 22.3 19.8-24.9 133 8.7 7.2-10.6
65-74 328 219 65.3 58.8-71.2 97 29.7 24.1-36.1 12 5.0 2.7- 9.0
75+ 76 50 69.0 55.8-79.6 23 27.7 17.7-40.7 3 3.3 1.0-10.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 812 333 36.0 31.5-40.8 323 40.1 35.4-45.0 156 23.9 19.8-28.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,629 1,454 49.4 46.7-52.1 729 28.2 25.9-30.8 446 22.3 19.9-25.0
Some Post-H.S. 2,403 1,503 57.9 55.2-60.6 605 26.8 24.4-29.3 295 15.3 13.3-17.5
College Graduate 3,351 2,519 74.7 72.8-76.6 664 19.1 17.4-20.8 168 6.2 5.2- 7.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 438 224 42.6 36.2-49.2 161 40.3 33.9-47.1 53 17.1 12.3-23.3
$15,000- 24,999 1,442 729 41.4 37.7-45.2 475 36.8 33.0-40.7 238 21.8 18.7-25.4
$25,000- 34,999 1,240 718 51.0 46.9-55.1 319 24.3 21.2-27.8 203 24.6 20.6-29.2
$35,000- 49,999 1,540 950 57.1 53.9-60.3 390 26.3 23.5-29.2 200 16.6 14.2-19.4
$50,000-74,999 1,596 1,069 65.6 62.5-68.5 356 22.2 19.6-24.9 171 12.3 10.3-14.5
$75,000+ 2,157 1,643 75.0 72.6-77.2 404 18.7 16.7-20.8 110 6.3 5.0- 7.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,623 1,046 61.1 57.5-64.5 363 22.3 19.5-25.3 214 16.6 13.8-19.9
No 7,383 4,659 58.3 56.7-59.8 1,900 26.7 25.3-28.1 824 15.0 13.8-16.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,043 607 54.4 50.4-58.3 264 25.1 21.8-28.7 172 20.5 17.2-24.3
Non-Veteran 8,153 5,201 59.0 57.5-60.5 2,059 26.4 25.1-27.7 893 14.6 13.4-15.8

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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.

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