TABLE 2. Weighted prevalence of frequent exertion at work, frequent standing at work, and both frequent exertion and frequent standing at work among adult U.S. workers,* by industry group — National Health Interview Survey, 2015.
| Industry group† | Both frequent exertion and frequent standing at work |
Frequent exertion at work |
Frequent standing at work |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. in sample exposed | Weighted no. in population | % (95% CI) | No. in sample exposed | Weighted no. in population | % (95% CI) | No. in sample exposed | Weighted no. in population | % (95% CI) | |
| Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, and Hunting |
199 |
1,168,731 |
70.9 (63.2–78.5) |
213 |
1,241,068 |
75.2 (68.0–82.5) |
238 |
1,428,182 |
86.6 (81.2–92.0) |
| Construction |
741 |
5,673,721 |
67.2 (63.5–70.8) |
782 |
5,959,974 |
70.6 (67.0–74.2) |
900 |
7,041,656 |
83.4 (80.4–86.3) |
| Accommodation and Food Services |
703 |
5,272,820 |
57.7 (53.6–61.7) |
712 |
5,317,174 |
58.2 (54.1–62.2) |
1,093 |
8,459,753 |
92.5 (90.6–94.4) |
| Retail Trade |
955 |
7,504,966 |
54.6 (51.1–58.2) |
977 |
7,682,555 |
55.9 (52.4–59.4) |
1,403 |
11,235,663 |
81.7 (79.3–84.1) |
| Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation |
138 |
1,165,969 |
50.1 (41.3–59.0) |
143 |
1,214,309 |
52.2 (43.8–60.6) |
244 |
1,869,437 |
80.4 (74.7–86.0) |
| Health Care and Social Assistance |
1,128 |
8,186,368 |
45.9 (43.2–48.6) |
1,171 |
8,486,195 |
47.6 (44.9–50.3) |
1,858 |
13,360,776 |
74.9 (72.7–77.1) |
| Administrative and support and Waste management and remediation services |
350 |
2,780,964 |
45.7 (41.2–50.1) |
374 |
2,955,167 |
48.5 (43.9–53.1) |
539 |
4,230,331 |
69.4 (65.6–73.3) |
| Manufacturing |
818 |
6,742,939 |
44.7 (41.8–47.7) |
872 |
7,299,479 |
48.4 (45.4–51.4) |
1,198 |
10,054,756 |
66.7 (63.7–69.6) |
| Other service (except Public Administration) |
372 |
2,875,412 |
44.1 (39.5–48.7) |
389 |
3,003,845 |
46.0 (41.6–50.5) |
624 |
4,830,228 |
74.0 (69.8–78.3) |
| Transportation and warehousing |
294 |
2,238,125 |
43.7 (38.5–49.0) |
352 |
2,781,765 |
54.4 (49.3–59.5) |
383 |
2,882,926 |
56.4 (51.2–61.5) |
| Wholesale trade |
181 |
1,563,819 |
40.2 (33.3–47.2) |
195 |
1,683,560 |
43.3 (36.4–50.2) |
274 |
2,349,503 |
60.4 (54.3–66.6) |
| Utilities |
54 |
283,706 |
27.7 (19.3–36.1) |
56 |
288,971 |
28.2 (19.8–36.6) |
96 |
593,375 |
57.9 (47.4–68.5) |
| Mining |
60 |
217,846 |
27.0 (19.3–34.6) |
63 |
226,742 |
28.1 (20.2–36.0) |
88 |
470,569 |
58.3 (46.0–70.5) |
| Real Estate and Rental and Leasing |
107 |
745,525 |
26.2 (20.2–32.2) |
110 |
794,548 |
27.9 (21.7–34.2) |
242 |
1,773,803 |
62.4 (55.2–69.6) |
| Information |
84 |
701,050 |
23.7 (17.7–29.6) |
96 |
816,293 |
27.5 (21.2–33.9) |
157 |
1,305,710 |
44.0 (37.1–51.0) |
| Public administration |
218 |
1,594,215 |
23.0 (19.6–26.4) |
234 |
1,706,227 |
24.6 (21.1–28.1) |
525 |
3,794,816 |
54.8 (50.4–59.2) |
| Education services |
390 |
2,698,347 |
22.7 (19.9–25.5) |
402 |
2,778,152 |
23.4 (20.5–26.2) |
1,187 |
8,599,529 |
72.3 (69.4–75.2) |
| Professional, scientific, and technical services |
134 |
1,026,452 |
9.8 (7.6–12.0) |
153 |
1,159,929 |
11.1 (8.8–13.3) |
404 |
3,149,955 |
30.1 (26.5–33.6) |
| Finance and Insurance |
55 |
342,473 |
5.0 (3.2–6.8) |
64 |
413,560 |
6.0 (3.9–8.2) |
209 |
1,651,592 |
24.1 (20.3–27.9) |
| All currently employed adults | 6,982 | 52,785,257 | 39.5 (38.5–40.5) | 7,359 | 55,811,322 | 41.7 (40.7–42.7) | 11,669 | 89,111,151 | 66.6 (65.6–67.6) |
Abbreviation: CI = confidence interval.
* The survey sample consisted of 17,464 U.S. workers aged ≥18 years who worked at least 20 hours per week.
† The Management of Companies and Enterprises industry group was removed from the results because the cell size was <10 and did not meet the National Center for Health Statistics’ standards of reliability.