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| Total Respond.^ |
Mostly sitting/standing | Mostly walking | Mostly heavy labor | |||||||
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| 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 |
| COUNTY/REGIONS | ||||||||||
| Alamance | 153 | 94 | 46.4 | 33.7-59.7 | 43 | 41.8 | 27.5-57.5 | 16 | 11.8 | 6.5-20.3 |
| Buncombe | 196 | 137 | 66.8 | 57.8-74.7 | 33 | 16.3 | 10.9-23.7 | 26 | 16.9 | 10.7-25.6 |
| Cabarrus | 161 | 115 | 64.2 | 53.0-74.1 | 34 | 27.1 | 17.8-38.9 | 12 | 8.7 | 4.7-15.6 |
| Catawba | 167 | 106 | 57.6 | 46.5-68.0 | 38 | 25.6 | 15.9-38.5 | 23 | 16.8 | 10.6-25.5 |
| Cumberland | 174 | 115 | 61.4 | 51.4-70.6 | 43 | 29.2 | 20.6-39.6 | 16 | 9.4 | 5.4-15.9 |
| Davidson | 157 | 100 | 61.3 | 51.2-70.5 | 30 | 16.7 | 11.3-24.1 | 27 | 22.0 | 14.1-32.5 |
| Durham | 236 | 183 | 66.9 | 57.4-75.2 | 39 | 22.4 | 15.3-31.5 | 14 | 10.7 | 5.6-19.5 |
| Forsyth | 191 | 138 | 65.5 | 55.5-74.3 | 38 | 22.7 | 15.4-32.3 | 15 | 11.8 | 6.4-20.8 |
| Gaston | 134 | 78 | 55.9 | 45.5-65.7 | 36 | 30.2 | 21.7-40.3 | 20 | 13.9 | 8.1-23.0 |
| Guilford | 221 | 153 | 66.7 | 56.3-75.6 | 52 | 23.8 | 16.3-33.3 | 16 | 9.5 | 5.1-17.2 |
| Iredell | 199 | 115 | 59.1 | 49.7-67.9 | 60 | 29.0 | 21.6-37.7 | 24 | 11.8 | 7.5-18.3 |
| Johnston | 187 | 115 | 55.1 | 44.9-64.9 | 42 | 23.9 | 16.9-32.5 | 30 | 21.0 | 12.8-32.7 |
| Mecklenburg | 325 | 234 | 69.5 | 62.6-75.6 | 68 | 22.1 | 16.9-28.4 | 23 | 8.4 | 5.1-13.5 |
| New Hanover | 170 | 120 | 68.4 | 57.6-77.6 | 39 | 25.1 | 16.6-36.1 | 11 | 6.4 | 3.2-12.5 |
| Onslow | 184 | 122 | 62.0 | 52.4-70.8 | 32 | 21.3 | 13.8-31.5 | 30 | 16.6 | 11.1-24.2 |
| Orange | 199 | 154 | 73.7 | 65.3-80.7 | 32 | 19.6 | 13.3-28.0 | 13 | 6.7 | 3.7-11.8 |
| Pitt | 172 | 109 | 58.1 | 48.5-67.1 | 52 | 31.2 | 23.4-40.2 | 11 | 10.8 | 4.9-21.8 |
| Randolph | 170 | 100 | 50.1 | 40.2-59.9 | 45 | 25.9 | 18.4-35.0 | 25 | 24.1 | 15.4-35.6 |
| Robeson | 159 | 92 | 53.0 | 42.4-63.3 | 46 | 28.9 | 20.1-39.7 | 21 | 18.1 | 10.8-28.6 |
| Rowan | 188 | 125 | 64.4 | 53.8-73.7 | 43 | 25.1 | 16.7-35.9 | 20 | 10.5 | 5.7-18.7 |
| Union | 177 | 115 | 61.6 | 52.5-70.0 | 45 | 26.2 | 18.7-35.3 | 17 | 12.2 | 7.3-19.6 |
| Wake | 327 | 264 | 76.6 | 69.0-82.8 | 44 | 14.3 | 10.1-19.8 | 19 | 9.1 | 4.7-17.1 |
| Wayne | 161 | 95 | 60.7 | 51.0-69.5 | 40 | 23.3 | 16.6-31.7 | 26 | 16.1 | 10.1-24.6 |
| NC REGIONS | ||||||||||
| Eastern NC | 1,646 | 1,041 | 61.5 | 56.9-65.9 | 407 | 25.2 | 21.2-29.7 | 198 | 13.2 | 10.5-16.5 |
| Piedmont | 3,218 | 2,194 | 63.3 | 60.5-66.0 | 705 | 23.5 | 21.2-25.9 | 319 | 13.2 | 11.2-15.6 |
| Western NC | 1,197 | 741 | 59.3 | 54.9-63.5 | 266 | 22.7 | 19.3-26.6 | 190 | 18.0 | 15.1-21.3 |
| AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC) | ||||||||||
| Mountain AHEC | 790 | 497 | 59.2 | 54.5-63.8 | 162 | 20.6 | 17.0-24.8 | 131 | 20.2 | 16.5-24.4 |
| Northwest | 1,339 | 844 | 60.8 | 56.6-64.9 | 325 | 25.2 | 21.6-29.1 | 170 | 14.0 | 11.4-17.0 |
| Charlotte | 844 | 562 | 61.2 | 56.1-66.0 | 197 | 24.5 | 20.6-28.9 | 85 | 14.4 | 10.5-19.4 |
| Greensboro | 807 | 541 | 58.3 | 51.7-64.7 | 184 | 27.2 | 21.8-33.4 | 82 | 14.5 | 10.1-20.3 |
| Southern Regional | 532 | 326 | 61.3 | 54.3-67.9 | 144 | 25.9 | 20.0-32.7 | 62 | 12.8 | 8.9-18.3 |
| Coastal | 237 | 161 | 55.1 | 39.7-69.5 | 58 | 34.6 | 20.2-52.5 | 18 | 10.3 | 4.6-21.7 |
| Wake | 798 | 591 | 69.1 | 63.9-73.9 | 141 | 19.6 | 15.9-24.0 | 66 | 11.3 | 7.7-16.1 |
| Area L | 62 | 44 | 70.3 | 53.9-82.7 | 9 | 15.7 | 7.3-30.6 | 9 | 14.0 | 6.1-29.1 |
| Eastern | 652 | 410 | 63.9 | 57.2-70.1 | 158 | 22.1 | 17.4-27.7 | 84 | 14.0 | 9.8-19.6 |
*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.
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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