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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 263 193 65.7 57.2-73.3 55 27.4 20.1-36.2 15 6.9 3.8-12.2
GENDER
Male 107 75 61.2 48.2-72.8 22 29.4 18.3-43.6 10 9.4 4.5-18.7
Female 156 118 71.1 61.4-79.2 33 25.0 17.3-34.7 5 3.9 1.5- 9.7
RACE
White 222 173 76.3 69.0-82.3 37 17.6 12.4-24.5 12 6.0 3.2-11.1
Other 40 19 27.8 14.9-45.8 18 62.3 41.7-79.2 3 9.9 2.6-31.4
AGE
18-44 129 86 56.0 44.6-66.8 36 36.8 26.1-48.9 7 7.2 3.1-15.7
45+ 132 106 82.0 73.7-88.1 18 11.5 6.9-18.6 8 6.5 3.0-13.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 39 19 27.2 15.0-44.3 16 60.5 40.7-77.3 4 12.3 4.1-31.8
Some College + 223 174 78.3 71.4-84.0 38 16.5 11.5-23.0 11 5.2 2.7- 9.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 83 49 42.1 29.0-56.5 24 45.4 30.2-61.5 10 12.5 5.7-25.2
$50,000+ 151 126 83.6 76.1-89.2 21 12.3 7.8-18.7 4 4.1 1.5-10.9

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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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