BRFSS 2004 - Gaston County: (In the last 12 months, how many times have you seen a doctor, nurse <br>or other health professional to get any kind of care for yourself?*)

	Total Respond.^	Once	Twice	Three times	4 or more times	Never
North Carolina	3,548	797	23.2	21.5-25.1	538	14.4	13.1-15.9	350	9.5	8.4-10.8	1,112	29.2	27.4-31.1	751	23.6	21.8-25.6
-Gaston County	84	18	21.9	13.5-33.5	9	11.7	6.0-21.6	12	16.6	9.0-28.6	30	32.1	22.1-44.0	15	17.7	10.5-28.5
GENDER
Male	33	8	26.6	13.6-45.7	6	17.3	7.6-34.8	6	18.7	8.0-37.7	8	23.6	11.7-41.9	5	13.8	5.5-30.6
Female	51	10	17.5	8.7-32.0	3	6.4	2.0-18.7	6	14.7	5.9-32.2	22	39.9	25.7-56.0	10	21.4	11.2-37.0
RACE
White	69	15	20.6	12.0-33.1	7	11.3	5.2-22.7	12	21.4	11.8-35.6	21	26.0	16.3-38.8	14	20.8	12.1-33.4
Other	15	3	26.4	8.9-57.0	2	13.2	3.2-40.6	0	0.0	. - .	9	53.4	27.6-77.5	1	7.0	1.0-36.6
AGE
18-44	41	11	27.9	15.3-45.3	3	5.5	1.6-17.0	7	23.1	11.0-42.2	11	25.2	13.5-42.2	9	18.3	8.9-33.8
45+	43	7	14.9	6.4-31.0	6	18.8	8.6-36.4	5	9.2	3.6-21.6	19	39.9	25.1-56.9	6	17.1	7.6-34.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	58	11	19.1	10.3-32.8	8	14.5	7.1-27.4	6	12.7	5.4-27.0	21	33.6	21.7-48.0	12	20.1	11.2-33.2
Some College +	26	7	28.6	12.8-52.4	1	4.8	0.7-27.4	6	26.1	10.7-51.0	9	28.4	13.3-50.6	3	12.1	3.3-35.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	62	11	17.1	9.0-30.0	5	9.4	3.7-21.6	10	19.8	10.2-34.9	23	33.3	21.6-47.6	13	20.4	11.6-33.3
$50,000+	13	5	42.2	18.5-70.1	2	12.4	2.9-39.8	1	7.4	1.0-38.1	4	27.3	9.9-56.2	1	10.8	1.5-48.6

*Asked of respondents who stopped smoking within the past year or now smoke every day or some days.

^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: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
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.

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Smoking Cessation

In the last 12 months, how many times have you seen a doctor, nurse
or other health professional to get any kind of care for yourself?*

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	Total Respond.^	Once			Twice			Three times			4 or more times			Never
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	3,548	797	23.2	21.5-25.1	538	14.4	13.1-15.9	350	9.5	8.4-10.8	1,112	29.2	27.4-31.1	751	23.6	21.8-25.6
-Gaston County	84	18	21.9	13.5-33.5	9	11.7	6.0-21.6	12	16.6	9.0-28.6	30	32.1	22.1-44.0	15	17.7	10.5-28.5
GENDER
Male	33	8	26.6	13.6-45.7	6	17.3	7.6-34.8	6	18.7	8.0-37.7	8	23.6	11.7-41.9	5	13.8	5.5-30.6
Female	51	10	17.5	8.7-32.0	3	6.4	2.0-18.7	6	14.7	5.9-32.2	22	39.9	25.7-56.0	10	21.4	11.2-37.0
RACE
White	69	15	20.6	12.0-33.1	7	11.3	5.2-22.7	12	21.4	11.8-35.6	21	26.0	16.3-38.8	14	20.8	12.1-33.4
Other	15	3	26.4	8.9-57.0	2	13.2	3.2-40.6	0	0.0	. - .	9	53.4	27.6-77.5	1	7.0	1.0-36.6
AGE
18-44	41	11	27.9	15.3-45.3	3	5.5	1.6-17.0	7	23.1	11.0-42.2	11	25.2	13.5-42.2	9	18.3	8.9-33.8
45+	43	7	14.9	6.4-31.0	6	18.8	8.6-36.4	5	9.2	3.6-21.6	19	39.9	25.1-56.9	6	17.1	7.6-34.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	58	11	19.1	10.3-32.8	8	14.5	7.1-27.4	6	12.7	5.4-27.0	21	33.6	21.7-48.0	12	20.1	11.2-33.2
Some College +	26	7	28.6	12.8-52.4	1	4.8	0.7-27.4	6	26.1	10.7-51.0	9	28.4	13.3-50.6	3	12.1	3.3-35.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	62	11	17.1	9.0-30.0	5	9.4	3.7-21.6	10	19.8	10.2-34.9	23	33.3	21.6-47.6	13	20.4	11.6-33.3
$50,000+	13	5	42.2	18.5-70.1	2	12.4	2.9-39.8	1	7.4	1.0-38.1	4	27.3	9.9-56.2	1	10.8	1.5-48.6

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Smoking Cessation

In the last 12 months, how many times have you seen a doctor, nurse or other health professional to get any kind of care for yourself?*

In the last 12 months, how many times have you seen a doctor, nurse
or other health professional to get any kind of care for yourself?*