BRFSS 2005 - Gaston County: (Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional ever told you that you had a heart attack, also called a myocardial infarction?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	17,216	969	4.3	4.0- 4.6	16,247	95.7	95.4-96.0
-Gaston County	449	34	6.5	4.4- 9.6	415	93.5	90.4-95.6
GENDER
Male	151	18	9.5	5.5-15.9	133	90.5	84.1-94.5
Female	298	16	4.0	2.3- 6.9	282	96.0	93.1-97.7
RACE
White	391	32	6.7	4.5- 9.8	359	93.3	90.2-95.5
Other	58	2	5.5	0.9-26.3	56	94.5	73.7-99.1
AGE
18-44	145	2	1.3	0.3- 5.3	143	98.7	94.7-99.7
45+	301	32	11.0	7.4-16.1	269	89.0	83.9-92.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	231	23	8.8	5.4-14.2	208	91.2	85.8-94.6
Some College +	217	11	4.0	2.1- 7.3	206	96.0	92.7-97.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	253	19	6.8	3.9-11.8	234	93.2	88.2-96.1
$50,000+	123	9	6.6	3.3-12.9	114	93.4	87.1-96.7

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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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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	17,216	969	4.3	4.0- 4.6	16,247	95.7	95.4-96.0
-Gaston County	449	34	6.5	4.4- 9.6	415	93.5	90.4-95.6
GENDER
Male	151	18	9.5	5.5-15.9	133	90.5	84.1-94.5
Female	298	16	4.0	2.3- 6.9	282	96.0	93.1-97.7
RACE
White	391	32	6.7	4.5- 9.8	359	93.3	90.2-95.5
Other	58	2	5.5	0.9-26.3	56	94.5	73.7-99.1
AGE
18-44	145	2	1.3	0.3- 5.3	143	98.7	94.7-99.7
45+	301	32	11.0	7.4-16.1	269	89.0	83.9-92.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	231	23	8.8	5.4-14.2	208	91.2	85.8-94.6
Some College +	217	11	4.0	2.1- 7.3	206	96.0	92.7-97.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	253	19	6.8	3.9-11.8	234	93.2	88.2-96.1
$50,000+	123	9	6.6	3.3-12.9	114	93.4	87.1-96.7

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Cardiovascular Disease Prevalence

Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional ever told you that you had a heart attack, also called a myocardial infarction?