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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover 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
-New Hanover County 233 159 64.4 56.3-71.8 49 19.4 14.1-26.2 25 16.2 10.4-24.3
GENDER
Male 90 59 62.5 50.2-73.4 14 12.5 7.1-21.2 17 25.0 15.3-38.0
Female 143 100 66.5 55.9-75.6 35 27.1 18.7-37.5 8 6.4 2.6-14.8
RACE
White 196 135 65.3 56.6-73.1 38 19.0 13.2-26.5 23 15.8 10.0-23.9
Other 37 24 59.8 37.9-78.3 11 21.9 10.8-39.2 2 18.4 4.7-50.6
AGE
18-44 108 67 56.3 44.7-67.2 24 20.2 12.8-30.4 17 23.5 14.3-36.1
45+ 124 92 75.5 65.4-83.3 24 17.8 11.3-27.1 8 6.7 2.9-14.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 68 40 51.2 36.7-65.6 16 22.2 12.2-36.8 12 26.6 14.8-43.0
Some College + 165 119 72.1 63.3-79.4 33 17.8 12.4-24.9 13 10.1 5.2-18.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 102 68 59.6 46.9-71.1 20 18.7 10.9-30.3 14 21.7 12.5-35.0
$50,000+ 112 79 70.8 60.6-79.2 25 21.8 14.5-31.5 8 7.4 3.5-15.2

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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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