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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover 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
-New Hanover County 170 120 68.4 57.6-77.6 39 25.1 16.6-36.1 11 6.4 3.2-12.5
GENDER
Male 73 48 69.8 56.0-80.7 18 21.0 12.2-33.7 7 9.2 4.0-20.1
Female 97 72 66.9 49.6-80.5 21 30.1 16.6-48.2 4 3.1 1.1- 8.4
RACE
White 143 100 70.0 59.9-78.5 32 22.0 14.8-31.4 11 8.0 4.0-15.3
Other 27 20 61.9 29.7-86.2 7 38.1 13.8-70.3 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 55 37 64.7 46.2-79.6 13 27.6 14.0-47.2 5 7.7 2.8-19.4
45+ 111 80 72.8 62.8-81.0 25 21.9 14.7-31.5 6 5.2 2.2-12.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 38 23 58.0 39.0-74.9 9 24.0 11.9-42.5 6 18.0 6.8-39.9
Some College + 132 97 71.0 58.2-81.2 30 25.4 15.6-38.5 5 3.6 1.4- 8.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 50 34 66.4 50.2-79.6 13 25.2 14.1-41.0 3 8.3 2.7-22.9
$50,000+ 103 76 75.1 64.1-83.6 20 20.1 12.4-30.8 7 4.8 2.1-10.6

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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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