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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Health Status

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  Total
Respond.^
Excellent Very good Good Fair Poor
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,998 2,790 19.6 18.8-20.4 4,515 30.9 29.9-31.8 4,483 30.1 29.2-31.1 2,094 13.0 12.3-13.7 1,116 6.4 6.0- 6.9
-Gaston County 372 41 12.3 8.9-16.7 108 26.9 22.2-32.1 120 31.7 26.7-37.3 65 18.8 14.6-23.9 38 10.3 7.2-14.6
GENDER
Male 134 19 14.6 9.2-22.4 41 28.8 21.3-37.7 37 26.4 19.2-35.1 25 20.6 13.8-29.6 12 9.7 5.1-17.7
Female 238 22 10.4 6.6-16.1 67 25.3 19.8-31.7 83 36.1 29.5-43.4 40 17.3 12.5-23.5 26 10.8 7.0-16.3
RACE
White 309 38 14.0 10.0-19.3 95 28.8 23.6-34.7 96 29.7 24.3-35.7 48 16.6 12.3-22.0 32 10.9 7.3-15.9
Other 62 3 5.1 1.6-14.8 13 18.9 10.4-31.9 23 39.4 26.9-53.4 17 28.7 17.6-43.1 6 8.0 3.2-18.5
AGE
18-44 139 26 19.2 12.9-27.7 47 30.6 23.1-39.4 43 31.2 23.3-40.3 21 17.0 10.9-25.6 2 2.0 0.5- 7.7
45+ 229 15 7.3 4.3-12.3 61 24.6 18.9-31.3 74 31.2 24.9-38.3 44 20.5 15.1-27.4 35 16.4 11.3-23.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 200 11 6.4 3.3-11.8 47 21.4 15.7-28.3 72 36.7 29.5-44.5 41 21.8 15.9-29.1 29 13.8 9.3-20.0
Some College + 171 30 18.9 13.1-26.6 61 33.0 25.8-41.2 48 26.5 19.8-34.4 24 15.6 10.1-23.2 8 6.0 2.5-13.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 222 15 8.1 4.7-13.8 62 23.9 18.4-30.4 67 31.1 24.6-38.4 47 22.2 16.5-29.2 31 14.7 9.8-21.4
$50,000+ 75 19 25.0 15.8-37.2 26 33.6 23.1-46.0 23 31.4 21.3-43.7 7 10.0 4.8-19.6 0 0.0 . - .

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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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