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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Physical Activity

How many days per week do you do these vigorous 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 6,075 1,352 21.5 20.1-23.0 1,366 22.0 20.6-23.5 2,157 36.2 34.6-38.0 721 11.8 10.8-12.9 479 8.4 7.4- 9.6
-Gaston County 136 31 27.7 15.1-45.3 31 21.7 14.2-31.7 42 27.1 18.9-37.4 20 11.7 7.1-18.8 12 11.7 6.0-21.8
GENDER
Male 58 14 35.4 16.1-61.1 14 21.8 11.4-37.9 12 16.0 8.0-29.4 9 10.6 4.9-21.6 9 16.1 7.0-32.8
Female 78 17 17.4 10.6-27.1 17 21.5 13.0-33.4 30 42.0 30.5-54.5 11 13.2 7.2-23.0 3 5.9 1.8-17.4
RACE
White 121 26 28.1 14.3-47.6 28 22.0 14.0-32.8 39 26.6 18.1-37.3 18 11.9 7.0-19.5 10 11.4 5.4-22.7
Other 15 5 24.9 9.1-52.5 3 19.3 4.5-54.8 3 31.5 10.4-64.6 2 10.4 2.1-38.4 2 13.8 3.3-42.8
AGE
18-44 57 8 30.1 11.7-58.4 14 22.0 11.6-38.0 19 24.5 13.6-39.9 8 7.0 3.1-15.1 8 16.4 7.2-33.1
45+ 78 23 24.8 16.4-35.6 17 21.6 13.1-33.5 22 29.7 20.0-41.6 12 18.7 10.6-30.8 4 5.2 1.8-14.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 56 16 31.6 12.9-59.0 9 15.3 6.7-31.3 17 28.9 15.9-46.7 6 7.7 2.9-18.5 8 16.5 6.7-35.1
Some College + 80 15 24.6 10.3-48.1 22 26.8 16.4-40.7 25 25.7 16.2-38.3 14 15.0 8.3-25.5 4 7.9 2.7-20.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 64 19 38.1 17.9-63.6 14 20.8 10.2-37.8 17 20.1 10.8-34.3 8 10.0 4.4-21.2 6 10.9 4.0-26.4
$50,000+ 52 8 11.2 5.4-21.6 12 24.3 13.4-39.8 20 36.3 23.6-51.3 8 12.9 6.1-25.0 4 15.4 5.5-36.4

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*This question was asked only of respondents who reported doing vigorous 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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