BRFSS 2007 - Gaston County: (Now, thinking about the moderate physical activities you do when you are not working in a usual week,<br> do you do moderate activities for at least 10 minutes at a time such as<br> brisk walking, bicycling,vacuuming, gardening, or anything else that caus es small increases in breathing or heart rate?*)

2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Physical Activity

Now, thinking about the moderate physical activities you do when you are not working in a usual week,
do you do moderate activities for at least 10 minutes at a time such as
brisk walking, bicycling,vacuuming, gardening, or anything else that cause s small increases in breathing or heart rate?*

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	14,493	11,818	82.9	81.9-83.8	2,675	17.1	16.2-18.1
-Gaston County	378	305	83.3	77.7-87.7	73	16.7	12.3-22.3
GENDER
Male	146	123	88.0	80.6-92.8	23	12.0	7.2-19.4
Female	232	182	78.4	69.8-85.1	50	21.6	14.9-30.2
RACE
White	329	265	82.8	76.5-87.7	64	17.2	12.3-23.5
Other	49	40	85.5	70.8-93.5	9	14.5	6.5-29.2
AGE
18-44	114	102	87.5	76.9-93.6	12	12.5	6.4-23.1
45+	263	202	78.9	72.7-84.0	61	21.1	16.0-27.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	194	144	77.5	68.2-84.6	50	22.5	15.4-31.8
Some College +	184	161	90.0	84.2-93.8	23	10.0	6.2-15.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	201	157	80.6	72.8-86.5	44	19.4	13.5-27.2
$50,000+	114	103	93.7	88.3-96.7	11	6.3	3.3-11.7

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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.

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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Physical Activity

Now, thinking about the moderate physical activities you do when you are not working in a usual week, do you do moderate activities for at least 10 minutes at a time such as brisk walking, bicycling,vacuuming, gardening, or anything else that cause s small increases in breathing or heart rate?*

Now, thinking about the moderate physical activities you do when you are not working in a usual week,
do you do moderate activities for at least 10 minutes at a time such as
brisk walking, bicycling,vacuuming, gardening, or anything else that cause s small increases in breathing or heart rate?*