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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Physical Activity

On days when you do vigorous 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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  Total
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 5,972 754 12.0 11.0-13.2 1,608 27.4 25.8-29.0 2,145 36.3 34.6-38.0 889 14.5 13.3-15.8 576 9.8 8.7-11.0
-Gaston County 133 9 5.0 2.4-10.0 39 24.9 17.0-35.1 48 35.7 23.8-49.6 23 17.7 10.6-28.0 14 16.7 7.5-33.4
GENDER
Male 57 4 4.5 1.5-12.5 13 18.2 9.1-33.1 21 37.3 19.4-59.5 13 19.2 9.1-36.0 6 20.8 6.9-48.0
Female 76 5 5.6 2.2-13.7 26 34.1 23.6-46.5 27 33.4 23.1-45.6 10 15.6 8.1-27.8 8 11.3 5.2-22.9
RACE
White 118 8 4.6 2.1- 9.7 35 24.4 16.1-35.2 41 35.5 22.7-50.8 20 16.6 9.4-27.5 14 18.9 8.5-36.9
Other 15 1 7.7 1.1-39.3 4 29.1 10.0-60.1 7 37.0 15.1-65.9 3 26.3 7.9-59.6 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 57 3 2.4 0.7- 8.1 18 23.0 12.6-38.3 21 36.2 18.7-58.3 10 19.6 9.3-36.7 5 18.7 5.7-46.7
45+ 75 6 8.8 3.8-19.2 21 28.2 18.4-40.7 26 33.7 23.5-45.7 13 15.1 8.5-25.3 9 14.1 7.0-26.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 54 4 5.7 1.9-15.7 13 19.1 9.6-34.5 17 40.0 19.9-64.1 14 24.3 11.8-43.4 6 11.0 4.2-25.8
Some College + 79 5 4.4 1.7-11.2 26 29.6 18.6-43.5 31 32.3 21.1-46.0 9 12.4 5.9-24.4 8 21.3 7.5-47.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 62 5 6.0 2.2-15.2 18 23.6 12.4-40.4 22 47.3 26.4-69.1 12 18.1 8.5-34.5 5 5.0 1.9-12.8
$50,000+ 52 2 3.8 0.9-14.2 17 30.1 18.5-45.1 20 34.5 22.1-49.5 6 14.7 5.4-34.0 7 16.9 8.0-32.2

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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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