active connections from status

[rkmr.em at gmail.com]

this is from my /nginx_status page:

Active connections: 82
server accepts handled requests
 4489 4489 5657
Reading: 0 Writing: 2 Waiting: 80


does this mean 82 connections are waiting to be served? this is very high
right?
my config is below:

http {
    upstream backend{
         server 127.0.0.1:9000;
         server 127.0.0.1:9001;
    }
    include       conf/mime.types;
    default_type  application/octet-stream;
    access_log  logs/access.log;

    sendfile        on;
    keepalive_timeout  65;

    gzip  on;


    server {
        listen       8089;
        server_name  localhost;
        location /nginx_status {
            stub_status on;
            access_log   off;
            #allow SOME.IP.ADD.RESS;
            #deny all;
        }



        location /static {
            root   /home/mark/work/kissme;
        }
        location / {
            root   /home/mark/work/kissme;

        fastcgi_pass backend;

        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $fastcgi_script_name;
        fastcgi_param PATH_INFO       $fastcgi_script_name;
        fastcgi_param QUERY_STRING    $query_string;
        fastcgi_param CONTENT_TYPE    $content_type;
        fastcgi_param CONTENT_LENGTH  $content_length;
        fastcgi_param REQUEST_METHOD  $request_method;
        fastcgi_param REMOTE_ADDR     $remote_addr;
        fastcgi_param REMOTE_PORT     $remote_port;
        fastcgi_param SERVER_PROTOCOL $server_protocol;
        fastcgi_param SERVER_ADDR     $server_addr;
        fastcgi_param SERVER_PORT     $server_port;
        fastcgi_param SERVER_NAME     $server_name;
    }

    }
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