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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

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 II 256 155 54.1 46.3-61.7 70 27.2 20.8-34.8 31 18.7 12.5-27.0
GENDER
Male 94 50 45.1 33.8-56.9 22 24.6 15.1-37.3 22 30.3 19.6-43.7
Female 162 105 64.2 55.4-72.1 48 30.1 22.6-38.8 9 5.7 2.9-10.9
RACE
White 162 105 62.3 53.4-70.5 38 22.5 16.0-30.6 19 15.2 9.5-23.4
Other 94 50 43.8 31.7-56.7 32 33.2 21.8-46.9 12 23.1 12.3-39.1
AGE
18-44 121 68 49.6 39.0-60.2 31 23.8 16.3-33.3 22 26.7 17.1-39.2
45+ 134 86 59.7 48.2-70.2 39 32.1 21.9-44.2 9 8.2 4.0-16.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 130 74 49.8 39.2-60.4 32 24.1 15.6-35.3 24 26.1 17.1-37.8
Some College + 126 81 59.4 48.0-69.8 38 31.0 22.0-41.7 7 9.6 3.5-23.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 140 73 42.0 32.5-52.1 49 37.5 27.5-48.7 18 20.5 12.2-32.5
$50,000+ 88 62 72.5 61.5-81.2 18 16.9 10.4-26.4 8 10.6 5.3-20.2

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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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