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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Women's Health

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,513 5,031 77.9 76.7-79.2 1,482 22.1 20.8-23.3
-Gaston County 166 131 78.0 69.9-84.4 35 22.0 15.6-30.1
GENDER
Male 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
Female 166 131 78.0 69.9-84.4 35 22.0 15.6-30.1
RACE
White 145 116 78.7 70.0-85.4 29 21.3 14.6-30.0
Other 21 15 74.1 49.8-89.2 6 25.9 10.8-50.2
AGE
18-44 21 14 72.8 47.8-88.6 7 27.2 11.4-52.2
45+ 145 117 79.0 70.4-85.6 28 21.0 14.4-29.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 96 70 71.8 60.3-81.0 26 28.2 19.0-39.7
Some College + 70 61 86.4 74.9-93.1 9 13.6 6.9-25.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 107 81 74.8 64.2-83.2 26 25.2 16.8-35.8
$50,000+ 28 24 82.2 60.9-93.2 4 17.8 6.8-39.1

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^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.

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