BRFSS 2005 - Gaston County: (Are you currently taking medicine for your high blood pressure?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	6,132	5,125	77.4	75.8-79.0	1,007	22.6	21.0-24.2
-Gaston County	166	146	84.0	74.6-90.4	20	16.0	9.6-25.4
GENDER
Male	62	55	83.2	65.3-92.9	7	16.8	7.1-34.7
Female	104	91	84.9	75.2-91.2	13	15.1	8.8-24.8
RACE
White	143	127	85.7	75.5-92.1	16	14.3	7.9-24.5
Other	23	19	74.8	45.6-91.3	4	25.2	8.7-54.4
AGE
18-44	26	15	53.7	31.5-74.6	11	46.3	25.4-68.5
45+	140	131	93.1	86.6-96.6	9	6.9	3.4-13.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	102	92	84.5	70.0-92.7	10	15.5	7.3-30.0
Some College +	64	54	83.3	70.9-91.1	10	16.7	8.9-29.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	102	92	89.0	79.9-94.2	10	11.0	5.8-20.1
$50,000+	41	34	78.9	56.6-91.5	7	21.1	8.5-43.4

*This question is asked only if the respondent reported being diagnosed with high blood pressure.

^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

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	6,132	5,125	77.4	75.8-79.0	1,007	22.6	21.0-24.2
-Gaston County	166	146	84.0	74.6-90.4	20	16.0	9.6-25.4
GENDER
Male	62	55	83.2	65.3-92.9	7	16.8	7.1-34.7
Female	104	91	84.9	75.2-91.2	13	15.1	8.8-24.8
RACE
White	143	127	85.7	75.5-92.1	16	14.3	7.9-24.5
Other	23	19	74.8	45.6-91.3	4	25.2	8.7-54.4
AGE
18-44	26	15	53.7	31.5-74.6	11	46.3	25.4-68.5
45+	140	131	93.1	86.6-96.6	9	6.9	3.4-13.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	102	92	84.5	70.0-92.7	10	15.5	7.3-30.0
Some College +	64	54	83.3	70.9-91.1	10	16.7	8.9-29.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	102	92	89.0	79.9-94.2	10	11.0	5.8-20.1
$50,000+	41	34	78.9	56.6-91.5	7	21.1	8.5-43.4