BRFSS 2005 - Gaston County: (Now, thinking about the moderate physical activities you do when you are not working in a usual week, do you do moderate activities for at least 10 minutes at a time such as brisk walking,bicycling, vacuuming, gardening, or anything else that causes small increases in breathing or heart rate?*)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	17,056	13,422	78.8	77.9-79.6	3,634	21.2	20.4-22.1
-Gaston County	447	349	78.2	71.8-83.4	98	21.8	16.6-28.2
GENDER
Male	150	121	78.1	64.8-87.3	29	21.9	12.7-35.2
Female	297	228	78.2	72.6-82.9	69	21.8	17.1-27.4
RACE
White	389	310	78.7	71.4-84.5	79	21.3	15.5-28.6
Other	58	39	74.9	61.5-84.7	19	25.1	15.3-38.5
AGE
18-44	144	122	81.4	67.7-90.1	22	18.6	9.9-32.3
45+	300	225	75.5	69.5-80.7	75	24.5	19.3-30.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	231	171	73.5	63.3-81.6	60	26.5	18.4-36.7
Some College +	215	177	83.4	76.3-88.6	38	16.6	11.4-23.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	252	188	72.1	62.0-80.4	64	27.9	19.6-38.0
$50,000+	122	110	89.4	81.0-94.4	12	10.6	5.6-19.0

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*If a respondent reported less than 10 mins activity/week for the next phy. activity quest., that respondent was counted in NO category

^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	17,056	13,422	78.8	77.9-79.6	3,634	21.2	20.4-22.1
-Gaston County	447	349	78.2	71.8-83.4	98	21.8	16.6-28.2
GENDER
Male	150	121	78.1	64.8-87.3	29	21.9	12.7-35.2
Female	297	228	78.2	72.6-82.9	69	21.8	17.1-27.4
RACE
White	389	310	78.7	71.4-84.5	79	21.3	15.5-28.6
Other	58	39	74.9	61.5-84.7	19	25.1	15.3-38.5
AGE
18-44	144	122	81.4	67.7-90.1	22	18.6	9.9-32.3
45+	300	225	75.5	69.5-80.7	75	24.5	19.3-30.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	231	171	73.5	63.3-81.6	60	26.5	18.4-36.7
Some College +	215	177	83.4	76.3-88.6	38	16.6	11.4-23.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	252	188	72.1	62.0-80.4	64	27.9	19.6-38.0
$50,000+	122	110	89.4	81.0-94.4	12	10.6	5.6-19.0

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Physical Activity

Now, thinking about the moderate physical activities you do when you are not working in a usual week, do you do moderate activities for at least 10 minutes at a time such as brisk walking,bicycling, vacuuming, gardening, or anything else that causes small increases in breathing or heart rate?*