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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

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  Total
Respond.^
1 or more/day 1 or more/week 1 or more/month 1 or more/year Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 16,326 1,128 6.5 6.0- 7.0 7,858 47.7 46.7-48.8 4,172 25.4 24.5-26.4 369 2.1 1.8- 2.4 2,799 18.2 17.4-19.1
-Gaston County 411 21 5.0 3.0- 8.2 209 49.8 43.3-56.4 92 22.2 16.8-28.7 9 1.7 0.8- 3.5 80 21.3 16.7-26.6
GENDER
Male 134 6 3.3 1.3- 8.4 74 54.2 42.0-65.9 28 22.9 13.4-36.4 2 1.3 0.3- 5.2 24 18.3 11.5-28.0
Female 277 15 6.4 3.5-11.3 135 46.4 39.8-53.1 64 21.6 16.6-27.7 7 2.1 0.9- 4.6 56 23.6 18.1-30.0
RACE
White 359 19 4.9 2.9- 8.2 190 53.5 46.3-60.5 79 21.6 15.8-28.9 8 1.9 0.9- 4.0 63 18.1 13.8-23.4
Other 52 2 5.7 1.2-23.3 19 27.2 16.6-41.3 13 25.7 14.1-42.3 1 0.6 0.1- 4.2 17 40.8 25.6-58.0
AGE
18-44 139 8 5.4 2.5-11.3 59 42.0 30.9-54.1 31 24.1 14.8-36.8 1 0.7 0.1- 4.6 40 27.8 19.6-37.8
45+ 270 13 4.7 2.4- 9.0 149 56.8 50.1-63.3 61 20.6 15.9-26.3 8 2.7 1.2- 5.7 39 15.2 10.7-21.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 211 7 3.5 1.5- 8.1 94 44.4 35.1-54.2 48 21.4 15.4-28.9 6 1.7 0.7- 3.9 56 29.0 21.7-37.6
Some College + 200 14 6.6 3.5-12.2 115 55.7 46.2-64.9 44 23.1 14.6-34.5 3 1.8 0.5- 5.5 24 12.8 8.3-19.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 232 9 4.3 2.0- 9.2 114 48.4 39.4-57.4 51 19.7 14.3-26.6 7 2.2 1.0- 5.0 51 25.4 18.6-33.5
$50,000+ 117 6 5.8 2.3-13.8 70 63.0 53.0-72.0 26 18.2 12.1-26.4 2 1.7 0.4- 7.1 13 11.2 6.4-19.0

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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: 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.

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