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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Cardiovascular Disease Prevalence

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 17,120 964 4.3 3.9- 4.6 16,156 95.7 95.4-96.1
-Gaston County 445 26 5.6 3.6- 8.7 419 94.4 91.3-96.4
GENDER
Male 149 15 9.5 5.4-16.2 134 90.5 83.8-94.6
Female 296 11 2.5 1.3- 4.7 285 97.5 95.3-98.7
RACE
White 387 23 5.1 3.3- 8.0 364 94.9 92.0-96.7
Other 58 3 8.6 2.4-26.6 55 91.4 73.4-97.6
AGE
18-44 145 2 1.3 0.3- 5.1 143 98.7 94.9-99.7
45+ 297 24 9.4 5.9-14.6 273 90.6 85.4-94.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 228 18 7.4 4.2-12.8 210 92.6 87.2-95.8
Some College + 216 8 3.7 1.8- 7.4 208 96.3 92.6-98.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 251 15 5.6 2.9-10.3 236 94.4 89.7-97.1
$50,000+ 123 7 5.7 2.6-12.2 116 94.3 87.8-97.4

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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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