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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Physical Activity

How many days per week do you do these moderate activities for at least 10 minutes at a time?

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  Total
Respond.^
1 day 2 days 3-4 days 5-6 days Everyday
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 13,333 684 5.0 4.6- 5.6 1,650 12.2 11.5-13.0 4,496 34.3 33.2-35.4 2,478 18.5 17.6-19.4 4,025 29.9 28.9-31.0
-Gaston County 347 20 6.3 3.8-10.2 39 9.3 6.5-13.1 112 33.3 27.5-39.7 70 23.8 17.6-31.4 106 27.3 22.1-33.2
GENDER
Male 120 8 8.2 3.9-16.6 9 5.9 2.8-11.9 34 27.5 19.1-37.8 29 31.3 20.0-45.4 40 27.0 18.8-37.1
Female 227 12 4.6 2.6- 8.1 30 12.1 8.2-17.5 78 38.1 31.0-45.8 41 17.6 12.8-23.8 66 27.5 21.3-34.7
RACE
White 308 14 4.2 2.3- 7.3 34 9.2 6.4-13.2 100 33.4 27.3-40.1 63 24.4 17.6-32.8 97 28.8 23.2-35.2
Other 39 6 19.5 8.2-39.7 5 9.8 3.3-25.5 12 33.0 18.0-52.4 7 20.2 8.7-40.3 9 17.5 7.4-36.2
AGE
18-44 121 7 6.5 2.8-14.2 14 9.1 5.0-15.8 39 30.6 21.7-41.3 31 31.4 20.4-45.1 30 22.4 14.9-32.2
45+ 224 13 6.1 3.4-10.7 25 9.6 6.3-14.4 72 35.4 28.5-42.9 39 17.1 12.4-23.3 75 31.7 25.3-39.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 170 13 8.9 4.7-16.0 19 8.4 5.0-13.8 53 33.0 25.0-42.2 29 21.1 14.0-30.5 56 28.5 21.3-37.0
Some College + 176 6 3.4 1.5- 7.7 20 10.2 6.3-16.1 59 33.7 25.7-42.8 41 26.6 17.1-38.8 50 26.2 19.2-34.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 187 11 7.9 4.0-14.9 21 10.8 6.6-17.0 58 32.2 24.6-40.9 32 18.0 12.2-25.8 65 31.1 23.7-39.6
$50,000+ 109 6 4.7 2.0-10.4 11 7.5 3.9-13.7 40 38.9 29.2-49.5 27 24.8 16.2-35.9 25 24.2 16.5-34.2

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*This question was asked only of respondents who reported doing moderate activities at least 10 minutes at a time.

^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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