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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 7,115 4,476 58.9 57.1-60.6 1,741 25.9 24.3-27.5 898 15.2 14.0-16.6
GENDER
Male 2,988 1,664 53.1 50.5-55.7 702 25.3 23.0-27.7 622 21.7 19.6-23.9
Female 4,127 2,812 66.3 64.1-68.4 1,039 26.6 24.6-28.8 276 7.1 6.0- 8.3
RACE
White 5,526 3,598 61.3 59.3-63.2 1,210 22.4 20.7-24.2 718 16.3 14.8-18.0
African American 1,012 596 59.2 54.7-63.5 318 29.5 25.7-33.7 98 11.3 8.7-14.6
Asian 66 42 67.6 51.5-80.4 19 25.3 14.1-41.2 5 7.0 2.1-21.3
Native American 134 73 49.8 38.7-61.0 38 29.5 20.1-40.9 23 20.7 13.2-30.9
Other Minorities 348 148 39.9 32.7-47.6 151 45.3 38.0-52.9 49 14.7 10.4-20.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 337 145 36.3 29.7-43.5 152 50.0 42.7-57.4 40 13.7 9.5-19.3
-English Speaking 128 78 55.3 42.8-67.2 35 30.2 19.5-43.5 15 14.5 7.7-25.6
-Spanish Speaking 209 67 29.5 21.9-38.3 117 57.1 48.1-65.7 25 13.4 8.5-20.4
Non-Hispanic 6,763 4,322 61.1 59.3-62.8 1,584 23.5 22.0-25.1 857 15.4 14.1-16.8
AGE
18-24 272 125 43.8 36.4-51.4 86 32.0 25.0-39.9 61 24.2 18.3-31.3
25-34 1,055 621 55.8 51.6-59.8 282 27.6 24.0-31.4 152 16.7 13.8-20.0
35-44 1,746 1,051 59.1 56.0-62.2 458 27.4 24.6-30.4 237 13.5 11.6-15.7
45-54 2,092 1,367 64.5 61.7-67.1 452 21.0 18.9-23.3 273 14.5 12.5-16.8
55-64 1,481 1,006 67.5 64.4-70.5 338 22.6 20.0-25.4 137 9.9 8.1-12.1
65-74 359 236 63.4 56.6-69.8 93 23.0 18.1-28.9 30 13.5 8.9-20.0
75+ 70 40 53.0 38.3-67.2 24 42.0 28.1-57.4 6 5.0 2.1-11.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 556 230 37.0 31.2-43.3 194 35.3 29.3-41.8 132 27.7 22.3-33.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,922 1,018 46.9 43.6-50.2 537 29.3 26.3-32.5 367 23.8 20.9-27.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,952 1,192 57.0 53.5-60.5 503 28.4 25.2-31.8 257 14.6 12.3-17.2
College Graduate 2,679 2,032 75.5 73.1-77.7 505 18.7 16.7-20.8 142 5.9 4.7- 7.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 245 118 44.0 33.8-54.8 94 45.0 34.6-55.9 33 10.9 6.9-16.9
$15,000- 24,999 902 407 38.8 33.6-44.2 312 36.7 31.6-42.2 183 24.5 20.2-29.4
$25,000- 34,999 777 408 46.4 41.2-51.7 237 32.0 27.1-37.4 132 21.5 17.4-26.4
$35,000- 49,999 1,168 712 55.4 51.1-59.6 265 23.3 19.8-27.2 191 21.3 17.8-25.3
$50,000-74,999 1,397 927 62.2 58.2-66.1 327 24.0 20.8-27.4 143 13.8 10.8-17.5
$75,000+ 2,057 1,562 74.6 71.9-77.1 360 18.1 15.9-20.6 135 7.3 5.9- 9.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,458 924 60.6 56.4-64.6 301 18.8 15.7-22.4 233 20.6 17.5-24.1
No 5,399 3,402 58.7 56.7-60.6 1,378 27.8 26.0-29.7 619 13.5 12.1-15.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 882 515 50.9 46.1-55.6 214 28.0 23.7-32.8 153 21.2 17.0-26.0
Non-Veteran 6,230 3,960 60.0 58.2-61.9 1,526 25.6 23.9-27.3 744 14.4 13.1-15.8

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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.

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