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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Physical Activity & Nutrition

When you eat out at a sit-down restaurant, how often do you choose foods that are low in fat, sugar or calories?

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  Total
Respond.^
Always Most of the time Sometimes Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,274 759 11.5 10.3-12.9 1,901 32.1 30.1-34.2 1,849 39.3 37.0-41.7 765 17.1 15.2-19.0
-Gaston County 130 18 9.7 5.5-16.5 41 25.7 18.0-35.2 48 45.8 35.0-57.0 23 18.9 12.1-28.2
GENDER
Male 48 4 5.2 1.8-14.4 14 23.7 12.9-39.6 21 51.8 34.7-68.5 9 19.3 9.6-34.9
Female 82 14 13.2 6.8-23.9 27 27.3 17.6-39.7 27 41.0 28.0-55.4 14 18.5 10.3-31.2
RACE
White 113 16 9.9 5.4-17.6 35 24.0 16.3-33.9 42 49.2 37.5-61.0 20 16.9 10.4-26.2
Other 17 2 8.0 1.7-29.7 6 36.1 14.8-64.8 6 24.9 10.1-49.4 3 31.0 10.9-62.3
AGE
18-44 28 1 0.9 0.1- 6.7 7 19.8 8.6-39.4 14 61.8 41.3-78.9 6 17.4 7.3-36.0
45+ 102 17 15.5 8.9-25.6 34 29.6 20.8-40.3 34 35.0 25.0-46.6 17 19.8 12.0-30.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 67 9 7.6 3.6-15.2 21 29.0 17.9-43.4 23 38.9 25.0-54.9 14 24.5 13.8-39.6
Some College + 62 9 11.3 5.2-22.8 20 23.4 13.8-36.9 25 51.3 36.2-66.1 8 14.0 6.8-26.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 80 15 11.5 6.3-20.1 23 20.3 12.0-32.1 28 45.2 31.3-60.0 14 23.0 13.2-37.0
$50,000+ 31 3 11.6 3.4-32.6 12 40.5 23.4-60.2 13 38.9 21.9-59.2 3 9.0 2.8-25.3

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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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