BRFSS 2005 - Gaston County: (Leisure Time Physical Activity *)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	17,247	12,560	74.4	73.5-75.3	4,687	25.6	24.7-26.5
-Gaston County	449	320	69.8	63.4-75.6	129	30.2	24.4-36.6
GENDER
Male	151	113	71.8	59.2-81.7	38	28.2	18.3-40.8
Female	298	207	68.2	61.8-74.1	91	31.8	25.9-38.2
RACE
White	391	285	71.1	64.0-77.4	106	28.9	22.6-36.0
Other	58	35	62.1	46.5-75.5	23	37.9	24.5-53.5
AGE
18-44	145	105	68.8	56.5-78.9	40	31.2	21.1-43.5
45+	301	213	70.7	64.5-76.3	88	29.3	23.7-35.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	231	141	59.2	49.8-68.0	90	40.8	32.0-50.2
Some College +	217	179	81.8	74.5-87.4	38	18.2	12.6-25.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	253	167	60.6	51.2-69.3	86	39.4	30.7-48.8
$50,000+	123	108	87.1	79.2-92.3	15	12.9	7.7-20.8

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*Data in this table were derived from the exercise question.
Yes = Respondents who report any level of physical activity or exercise.
No = Respondents reporting no physical activity or exercise.

^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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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	17,247	12,560	74.4	73.5-75.3	4,687	25.6	24.7-26.5
-Gaston County	449	320	69.8	63.4-75.6	129	30.2	24.4-36.6
GENDER
Male	151	113	71.8	59.2-81.7	38	28.2	18.3-40.8
Female	298	207	68.2	61.8-74.1	91	31.8	25.9-38.2
RACE
White	391	285	71.1	64.0-77.4	106	28.9	22.6-36.0
Other	58	35	62.1	46.5-75.5	23	37.9	24.5-53.5
AGE
18-44	145	105	68.8	56.5-78.9	40	31.2	21.1-43.5
45+	301	213	70.7	64.5-76.3	88	29.3	23.7-35.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	231	141	59.2	49.8-68.0	90	40.8	32.0-50.2
Some College +	217	179	81.8	74.5-87.4	38	18.2	12.6-25.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	253	167	60.6	51.2-69.3	86	39.4	30.7-48.8
$50,000+	123	108	87.1	79.2-92.3	15	12.9	7.7-20.8

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Physical Activity

Leisure Time Physical Activity *