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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 17,228 648 2.8 2.5- 3.1 16,580 97.2 96.9-97.5
-Gaston County 449 21 3.3 2.1- 5.3 428 96.7 94.7-97.9
GENDER
Male 151 9 3.5 1.7- 6.9 142 96.5 93.1-98.3
Female 298 12 3.2 1.7- 5.9 286 96.8 94.1-98.3
RACE
White 391 19 3.4 2.1- 5.5 372 96.6 94.5-97.9
Other 58 2 2.8 0.7-11.1 56 97.2 88.9-99.3
AGE
18-44 145 1 0.6 0.1- 4.4 144 99.4 95.6-99.9
45+ 301 20 5.6 3.5- 8.9 281 94.4 91.1-96.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 231 12 3.9 2.1- 7.2 219 96.1 92.8-97.9
Some College + 217 9 2.6 1.3- 5.4 208 97.4 94.6-98.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 253 17 5.4 3.2- 9.0 236 94.6 91.0-96.8
$50,000+ 123 0 0.0 . - . 123 100 . - .

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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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