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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Physical Activity

On days when you do moderate activities for at least 10 minutes at a time,how much total time per day do you spend doing these activities?*

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Respond.^
10-20 minutes 21-30 minutes 31-60 minutes 1-2 hours More than 2 hours
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,901 2,663 19.2 18.3-20.1 4,407 33.2 32.1-34.4 3,804 30.6 29.5-31.7 1,189 10.0 9.3-10.7 838 7.1 6.5- 7.7
-Gaston County 337 73 19.7 15.2-25.0 108 29.7 24.2-35.8 99 29.5 23.9-35.7 40 14.8 9.3-22.8 17 6.4 3.6-11.1
GENDER
Male 117 20 17.6 10.7-27.5 31 24.1 16.2-34.2 36 25.1 17.3-34.8 21 23.0 12.5-38.5 9 10.3 4.9-20.4
Female 220 53 21.4 16.2-27.7 77 34.2 27.5-41.8 63 33.0 26.0-41.0 19 8.1 5.0-12.9 8 3.2 1.6- 6.5
RACE
White 299 63 17.8 13.6-23.0 100 32.1 26.1-38.9 90 30.9 24.9-37.7 31 12.9 7.2-22.1 15 6.2 3.4-11.3
Other 38 10 31.6 16.2-52.5 8 14.0 6.3-28.3 9 20.0 9.1-38.4 9 27.1 13.1-47.7 2 7.3 1.6-28.4
AGE
18-44 120 18 13.5 8.1-21.6 38 28.6 20.1-39.0 36 27.6 19.1-38.0 19 20.9 11.0-36.1 9 9.3 4.4-18.8
45+ 216 55 25.5 19.3-32.9 70 30.8 24.5-38.0 62 30.7 24.2-38.1 21 9.2 5.8-14.2 8 3.7 1.8- 7.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 162 45 24.6 17.7-33.1 45 25.8 18.7-34.4 46 30.2 22.3-39.4 17 11.1 6.3-18.8 9 8.4 3.8-17.5
Some College + 174 28 15.0 10.0-22.0 63 33.5 25.6-42.5 53 28.8 21.5-37.5 22 18.1 9.3-32.3 8 4.5 2.2- 9.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 180 45 24.8 17.9-33.1 48 23.6 17.0-31.8 48 27.4 20.2-36.0 30 18.0 12.0-25.9 9 6.3 3.1-12.5
$50,000+ 108 12 12.1 6.7-21.0 43 36.6 27.3-46.9 40 37.0 27.5-47.6 5 4.6 1.8-11.2 8 9.8 4.1-21.5

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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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