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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Rowan 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
-Rowan County 188 125 64.4 53.8-73.7 43 25.1 16.7-35.9 20 10.5 5.7-18.7
GENDER
Male 72 42 56.1 39.3-71.6 18 28.0 14.4-47.5 12 15.9 7.1-31.8
Female 116 83 71.7 60.5-80.8 25 22.5 14.2-33.6 8 5.8 2.6-12.5
RACE
White 161 108 67.5 57.6-76.0 35 21.0 14.5-29.3 18 11.6 6.0-21.3
Other 26 16 51.2 24.1-77.5 8 42.3 16.7-72.8 2 6.6 1.4-25.3
AGE
18-44 76 51 62.2 46.0-76.1 20 30.3 17.6-46.9 5 7.5 2.1-23.6
45+ 109 72 67.5 57.1-76.5 22 17.0 10.9-25.6 15 15.5 9.0-25.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 70 36 49.2 32.8-65.8 24 40.5 24.3-59.1 10 10.3 5.0-19.8
Some College + 118 89 75.0 62.9-84.1 19 14.3 8.6-22.8 10 10.7 4.3-24.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 79 44 54.8 39.6-69.1 22 26.2 15.6-40.5 13 19.0 8.8-36.4
$50,000+ 90 70 80.8 70.9-87.9 15 14.9 8.7-24.2 5 4.3 1.7-10.6

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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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