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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Robeson 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
-Robeson County 227 136 54.4 46.2-62.3 69 31.1 24.1-39.0 22 14.5 9.0-22.6
GENDER
Male 88 43 44.8 33.3-56.9 29 33.0 22.6-45.3 16 22.2 13.1-35.1
Female 139 93 66.3 56.8-74.6 40 28.7 21.0-37.9 6 5.0 2.1-11.4
RACE
White 89 61 67.4 55.2-77.6 22 26.4 17.0-38.5 6 6.2 2.7-13.8
Other 137 75 48.2 38.0-58.6 47 34.2 25.0-44.7 15 17.6 10.0-28.9
AGE
18-44 125 70 49.7 39.2-60.3 38 32.4 23.2-43.3 17 17.8 10.4-28.9
45+ 101 65 63.0 51.4-73.2 31 28.6 19.9-39.2 5 8.4 3.1-20.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 111 60 47.1 36.0-58.5 38 36.5 26.2-48.2 13 16.4 8.7-28.9
Some College + 115 75 63.8 53.0-73.4 31 24.1 16.5-33.6 9 12.1 6.1-22.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 166 97 51.9 42.3-61.4 49 29.4 21.5-38.8 20 18.6 11.5-28.8
$50,000+ 45 28 61.8 44.7-76.4 16 36.3 22.0-53.5 1 1.9 0.3-12.2

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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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