BRFSS 2005 - 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	3,771	687	19.2	17.4-21.0	582	15.0	13.5-16.6	380	8.5	7.5- 9.7	1,323	31.5	29.4-33.6	799	25.8	23.8-28.0
-Gaston County	123	20	14.7	8.8-23.7	16	12.1	6.6-21.0	16	10.1	5.8-17.1	43	31.6	21.8-43.3	28	31.5	18.5-48.2
GENDER
Male	41	6	12.1	4.7-27.6	6	11.9	4.4-28.6	5	5.9	2.1-15.7	12	24.8	12.0-44.5	12	45.3	23.3-69.2
Female	82	14	17.3	9.8-28.7	10	12.2	6.1-23.1	11	14.2	7.6-25.0	31	38.2	26.9-51.0	16	18.0	10.7-28.8
RACE
White	103	18	15.3	8.8-25.3	13	12.4	6.4-22.7	15	11.0	6.1-19.1	36	30.9	20.4-43.9	21	30.3	16.0-49.9
Other	20	2	11.3	2.2-41.9	3	10.1	2.8-30.1	1	4.6	0.6-27.0	7	35.5	15.4-62.5	7	38.6	17.5-65.1
AGE
18-44	61	11	14.3	7.0-26.8	10	11.9	5.7-23.3	6	8.2	3.4-18.4	18	26.4	14.9-42.3	16	39.2	21.2-60.6
45+	61	9	15.9	7.7-29.9	6	12.7	4.5-30.9	10	14.0	7.3-25.1	24	40.0	26.4-55.4	12	17.5	9.3-30.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	77	10	12.7	6.0-24.7	11	11.9	5.8-22.8	11	12.7	6.5-23.3	28	32.9	20.6-48.2	17	29.8	14.8-51.0
Some College +	46	10	18.2	8.7-34.2	5	12.4	4.2-31.4	5	5.7	2.2-14.2	15	29.3	15.4-48.4	11	34.4	14.4-62.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	81	11	13.2	6.4-25.1	13	17.0	8.8-30.2	9	7.2	3.5-14.2	31	33.7	21.6-48.4	17	28.9	14.0-50.3
$50,000+	23	5	19.7	7.6-42.2	2	5.3	1.3-19.6	3	10.7	3.2-30.7	9	47.4	25.9-69.8	4	16.9	5.9-39.5

*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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
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.

2005 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	3,771	687	19.2	17.4-21.0	582	15.0	13.5-16.6	380	8.5	7.5- 9.7	1,323	31.5	29.4-33.6	799	25.8	23.8-28.0
-Gaston County	123	20	14.7	8.8-23.7	16	12.1	6.6-21.0	16	10.1	5.8-17.1	43	31.6	21.8-43.3	28	31.5	18.5-48.2
GENDER
Male	41	6	12.1	4.7-27.6	6	11.9	4.4-28.6	5	5.9	2.1-15.7	12	24.8	12.0-44.5	12	45.3	23.3-69.2
Female	82	14	17.3	9.8-28.7	10	12.2	6.1-23.1	11	14.2	7.6-25.0	31	38.2	26.9-51.0	16	18.0	10.7-28.8
RACE
White	103	18	15.3	8.8-25.3	13	12.4	6.4-22.7	15	11.0	6.1-19.1	36	30.9	20.4-43.9	21	30.3	16.0-49.9
Other	20	2	11.3	2.2-41.9	3	10.1	2.8-30.1	1	4.6	0.6-27.0	7	35.5	15.4-62.5	7	38.6	17.5-65.1
AGE
18-44	61	11	14.3	7.0-26.8	10	11.9	5.7-23.3	6	8.2	3.4-18.4	18	26.4	14.9-42.3	16	39.2	21.2-60.6
45+	61	9	15.9	7.7-29.9	6	12.7	4.5-30.9	10	14.0	7.3-25.1	24	40.0	26.4-55.4	12	17.5	9.3-30.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	77	10	12.7	6.0-24.7	11	11.9	5.8-22.8	11	12.7	6.5-23.3	28	32.9	20.6-48.2	17	29.8	14.8-51.0
Some College +	46	10	18.2	8.7-34.2	5	12.4	4.2-31.4	5	5.7	2.2-14.2	15	29.3	15.4-48.4	11	34.4	14.4-62.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	81	11	13.2	6.4-25.1	13	17.0	8.8-30.2	9	7.2	3.5-14.2	31	33.7	21.6-48.4	17	28.9	14.0-50.3
$50,000+	23	5	19.7	7.6-42.2	2	5.3	1.3-19.6	3	10.7	3.2-30.7	9	47.4	25.9-69.8	4	16.9	5.9-39.5

2005 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?*