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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I**

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
-Northeast Partnership I 217 130 56.4 47.7-64.7 63 30.7 23.5-39.0 24 12.9 8.1-20.0
GENDER
Male 92 45 50.4 37.7-63.0 28 30.8 20.7-43.2 19 18.8 11.1-29.9
Female 125 85 65.6 55.6-74.4 35 30.5 22.0-40.5 5 3.9 1.5- 9.7
RACE
White 110 68 63.2 51.2-73.8 28 24.1 15.8-34.9 14 12.7 7.1-21.8
Other 106 61 49.0 37.4-60.7 35 37.8 26.9-50.2 10 13.2 6.2-25.7
AGE
18-44 95 53 50.9 37.5-64.3 31 35.4 24.0-48.8 11 13.6 6.7-25.7
45+ 122 77 62.3 51.7-71.8 32 25.6 17.6-35.6 13 12.1 6.7-21.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 99 54 55.1 41.8-67.6 30 30.6 20.1-43.6 15 14.3 8.1-23.9
Some College + 118 76 57.8 46.7-68.2 33 30.8 21.7-41.5 9 11.4 5.0-23.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 132 75 52.9 41.0-64.4 37 28.5 19.5-39.6 20 18.6 11.2-29.3
$50,000+ 68 46 67.9 54.4-79.0 19 28.5 17.9-42.1 3 3.6 1.0-11.8

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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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