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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Physical Activity

Physical Activity Recommendation Status*

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  Total
Respond.^
Meets Recommendation Some Physical Activity Physically Inactive
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 16,491 6,556 42.1 41.0-43.1 6,756 39.7 38.7-40.8 3,179 18.2 17.4-19.0
-Gaston County 433 165 40.9 34.8-47.4 180 41.9 35.7-48.4 88 17.1 13.5-21.5
GENDER
Male 146 69 46.8 35.6-58.3 53 39.5 28.6-51.6 24 13.7 8.5-21.2
Female 287 96 36.1 29.9-42.7 127 43.9 37.5-50.6 64 20.0 15.5-25.5
RACE
White 376 152 43.4 36.6-50.4 154 40.6 33.9-47.7 70 16.0 12.2-20.8
Other 57 13 26.5 14.6-43.1 26 49.8 34.6-64.9 18 23.8 14.2-37.0
AGE
18-44 142 68 49.1 37.8-60.5 57 41.0 30.1-52.9 17 9.9 5.9-16.2
45+ 289 96 33.7 27.9-40.1 123 43.1 36.7-49.7 70 23.2 18.1-29.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 221 71 35.6 27.7-44.3 95 43.9 34.9-53.4 55 20.5 15.2-27.0
Some College + 211 94 46.9 38.0-56.0 84 39.6 31.7-48.2 33 13.5 8.8-20.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 242 82 31.8 24.8-39.7 103 47.6 38.8-56.5 57 20.6 15.2-27.3
$50,000+ 120 64 55.0 44.9-64.7 47 37.5 28.4-47.5 9 7.5 3.6-14.9

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*Meets recommendation = Moderate physical activity for 30 or more minutes per day, five or more days per week or vigorous physical activity for 20 or more minutes per day, three or more days per week.
Some Physical Activity = Do some physical activit y, but do not meet recommendations ABOVE.
Physically Inactive = Respondents reporting no activity.

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = 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.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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