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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 8,095 6,276 75.3 74.0-76.5 1,819 24.7 23.5-26.0
-Gaston County 174 139 77.8 70.0-84.0 35 22.2 16.0-30.0
GENDER
Male 72 44 59.6 47.0-71.0 28 40.4 29.0-53.0
Female 102 95 94.9 88.3-97.9 7 5.1 2.1-11.7
RACE
White 143 114 77.0 68.2-84.0 29 23.0 16.0-31.8
Other 31 25 80.9 62.2-91.6 6 19.1 8.4-37.8
AGE
18-44 93 72 75.9 65.1-84.2 21 24.1 15.8-34.9
45+ 81 67 80.1 67.9-88.5 14 19.9 11.5-32.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 74 56 73.0 60.4-82.7 18 27.0 17.3-39.6
Some College + 100 83 81.3 70.8-88.7 17 18.7 11.3-29.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 89 71 79.1 68.3-86.9 18 20.9 13.1-31.7
$50,000+ 62 52 80.7 66.8-89.7 10 19.3 10.3-33.2

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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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