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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg 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 6,061 3,976 62.3 60.2-64.4 1,378 23.9 22.0-25.8 707 13.8 12.3-15.5
-Mecklenburg County 325 234 69.5 62.6-75.6 68 22.1 16.9-28.4 23 8.4 5.1-13.5
GENDER
Male 149 103 65.7 56.0-74.3 30 21.3 14.3-30.4 16 13.0 7.6-21.5
Female 176 131 74.5 65.2-82.0 38 23.2 16.0-32.5 7 2.3 1.0- 5.2
RACE
White 236 174 70.8 63.1-77.5 44 19.2 13.8-25.9 18 10.0 5.7-16.9
Other 80 54 67.8 53.1-79.6 21 26.2 15.6-40.5 5 6.1 2.1-16.2
AGE
18-44 122 84 66.4 55.5-75.8 27 24.1 16.1-34.4 11 9.5 4.8-18.1
45+ 198 145 72.7 64.9-79.3 41 20.1 14.5-27.1 12 7.2 3.7-13.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 51 26 47.6 30.8-65.0 15 28.6 15.2-47.2 10 23.8 11.4-43.2
Some College + 274 208 74.3 67.3-80.3 53 20.7 15.3-27.3 13 5.0 2.7- 9.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 90 58 66.4 51.8-78.4 26 28.2 17.4-42.3 6 5.4 1.9-14.5
$50,000+ 196 152 76.4 68.7-82.7 33 17.0 11.7-24.1 11 6.6 3.5-12.2

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*This question was asked only of respondents who reported being employed or self-employed.

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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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