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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Union 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
-Union County 177 115 61.6 52.5-70.0 45 26.2 18.7-35.3 17 12.2 7.3-19.6
GENDER
Male 78 49 61.0 47.8-72.8 15 18.3 9.8-31.5 14 20.7 12.2-33.0
Female 99 66 62.4 49.7-73.5 30 35.4 24.4-48.3 3 2.2 0.7- 7.2
RACE
White 155 104 64.8 55.1-73.4 37 24.4 16.9-33.9 14 10.8 6.1-18.2
Other 22 11 46.4 24.9-69.3 8 34.6 15.5-60.5 3 19.0 6.2-45.3
AGE
18-44 94 63 62.0 49.8-73.0 22 24.8 15.4-37.4 9 13.1 6.9-23.6
45+ 82 51 60.6 48.0-72.0 23 29.0 18.9-41.7 8 10.4 4.9-20.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 50 24 39.1 25.2-55.0 15 33.2 18.9-51.5 11 27.7 15.3-44.8
Some College + 127 91 72.1 61.7-80.6 30 22.9 15.1-33.2 6 5.0 2.0-11.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 47 25 40.7 25.8-57.5 13 34.8 19.4-54.2 9 24.5 12.4-42.5
$50,000+ 116 82 73.5 63.9-81.2 27 20.4 13.6-29.5 7 6.1 2.8-12.7

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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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