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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Onslow 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
-Onslow County 216 136 61.8 52.8-70.2 51 24.1 17.1-32.8 29 14.1 9.1-21.1
GENDER
Male 92 45 51.4 38.0-64.5 25 27.5 17.3-40.8 22 21.1 12.9-32.6
Female 124 91 77.3 67.7-84.7 26 19.1 12.2-28.7 7 3.6 1.6- 8.1
RACE
White 173 112 64.8 54.8-73.6 35 20.0 13.3-28.8 26 15.3 9.5-23.6
Other 43 24 49.3 30.4-68.3 16 42.0 23.4-63.1 3 8.8 2.7-24.7
AGE
18-44 136 85 60.7 49.5-70.9 33 25.3 16.8-36.2 18 14.0 8.1-22.9
45+ 80 51 65.5 52.8-76.4 18 20.1 12.1-31.5 11 14.4 7.4-26.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 81 41 53.1 37.6-68.0 21 25.2 14.2-40.5 19 21.7 12.6-35.0
Some College + 135 95 68.7 57.7-77.9 30 23.3 15.2-34.0 10 8.0 3.6-17.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 118 70 56.5 44.5-67.8 28 24.4 14.9-37.3 20 19.1 11.5-30.0
$50,000+ 83 57 68.2 56.0-78.4 18 24.0 15.1-36.0 8 7.7 3.3-17.1

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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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