BRFSS 2005 - Gaston County: (Now, thinking about the vigorous physical activities you do when you are not working in a usual week, do you do vigorous activities for at least 10 minutes at a time, such as running, aerobics, heavy yard work, or anything else that causes large increases in breathing or heart rate?*)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	17,008	6,137	41.7	40.7-42.8	10,871	58.3	57.2-59.3
-Gaston County	447	138	36.2	29.8-43.1	309	63.8	56.9-70.2
GENDER
Male	150	58	45.5	34.1-57.4	92	54.5	42.6-65.9
Female	297	80	28.5	23.0-34.7	217	71.5	65.3-77.0
RACE
White	389	122	37.4	30.3-45.0	267	62.6	55.0-69.7
Other	58	16	29.1	17.2-45.0	42	70.9	55.0-82.8
AGE
18-44	144	57	46.2	34.8-58.0	87	53.8	42.0-65.2
45+	300	80	27.6	22.3-33.6	220	72.4	66.4-77.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	231	57	30.4	21.7-40.9	174	69.6	59.1-78.3
Some College +	215	81	42.7	33.9-52.1	134	57.3	47.9-66.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	252	65	27.6	19.4-37.7	187	72.4	62.3-80.6
$50,000+	122	53	46.8	37.0-56.9	69	53.2	43.1-63.0

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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	17,008	6,137	41.7	40.7-42.8	10,871	58.3	57.2-59.3
-Gaston County	447	138	36.2	29.8-43.1	309	63.8	56.9-70.2
GENDER
Male	150	58	45.5	34.1-57.4	92	54.5	42.6-65.9
Female	297	80	28.5	23.0-34.7	217	71.5	65.3-77.0
RACE
White	389	122	37.4	30.3-45.0	267	62.6	55.0-69.7
Other	58	16	29.1	17.2-45.0	42	70.9	55.0-82.8
AGE
18-44	144	57	46.2	34.8-58.0	87	53.8	42.0-65.2
45+	300	80	27.6	22.3-33.6	220	72.4	66.4-77.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	231	57	30.4	21.7-40.9	174	69.6	59.1-78.3
Some College +	215	81	42.7	33.9-52.1	134	57.3	47.9-66.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	252	65	27.6	19.4-37.7	187	72.4	62.3-80.6
$50,000+	122	53	46.8	37.0-56.9	69	53.2	43.1-63.0

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Physical Activity

Now, thinking about the vigorous physical activities you do when you are not working in a usual week, do you do vigorous activities for at least 10 minutes at a time, such as running, aerobics, heavy yard work, or anything else that causes large increases in breathing or heart rate?*