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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Physical Activity & Nutrition

In a typical week, how many of your own meals come from fast food restaurants, like McDonalds,
Taco Bell, or KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken)?

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  Total
Respond.^
1 meal/week 2 meals/week 3 meals/week 4+ meals/week No fast foods in typical week
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,466 1,589 29.9 27.8-32.0 819 16.4 14.7-18.3 385 7.8 6.7- 9.2 449 9.7 8.4-11.1 2,224 36.1 34.0-38.3
-Gaston County 136 36 28.8 19.6-40.1 24 18.2 11.4-27.8 6 4.0 1.3-12.0 13 8.0 4.1-15.1 57 41.0 30.3-52.7
GENDER
Male 52 12 31.0 16.4-50.7 12 25.8 13.7-43.2 2 1.4 0.3- 5.7 6 9.5 3.7-22.4 20 32.3 19.7-48.1
Female 84 24 27.1 17.0-40.3 12 12.3 6.3-22.5 4 6.0 1.6-20.3 7 6.8 2.6-16.8 37 47.8 33.0-62.9
RACE
White 118 33 30.5 20.4-43.0 24 21.0 13.1-31.8 5 4.3 1.2-13.7 11 6.0 2.9-11.9 45 38.3 26.7-51.3
Other 18 3 17.4 5.0-45.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.5 0.3-16.4 2 21.1 5.5-55.0 12 59.0 31.9-81.6
AGE
18-44 28 8 34.2 16.8-57.2 10 26.9 13.2-47.2 1 6.1 0.9-32.5 3 6.9 1.8-23.8 6 25.9 11.3-48.9
45+ 108 28 25.7 16.7-37.3 14 13.2 7.0-23.4 5 2.9 1.1- 7.2 10 8.6 4.0-17.4 51 49.7 37.0-62.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 73 23 32.1 19.5-48.0 10 16.5 7.4-32.9 4 3.2 1.1- 8.9 7 7.7 2.8-19.2 29 40.6 25.0-58.4
Some College + 63 13 25.8 13.8-43.1 14 19.7 11.1-32.5 2 4.8 0.9-22.6 6 8.3 3.3-19.3 28 41.3 27.5-56.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 85 23 32.6 20.4-47.6 16 22.9 13.0-37.2 4 5.8 1.4-20.7 9 11.1 4.9-23.0 33 27.6 18.0-39.8
$50,000+ 32 8 22.5 9.8-43.8 6 15.2 5.9-33.6 1 2.0 0.3-13.2 2 4.1 1.0-15.6 15 56.3 34.5-75.9

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^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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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