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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,842 979 54.7 51.8-57.5 863 45.3 42.5-48.2
-Gaston County 53 31 60.1 43.7-74.5 22 39.9 25.5-56.3
GENDER
Male 24 14 62.3 38.0-81.7 10 37.7 18.3-62.0
Female 29 17 56.9 37.2-74.7 12 43.1 25.3-62.8
RACE
White 48 28 61.6 45.7-75.3 20 38.4 24.7-54.3
Other 5 3 53.1 11.7-90.6 2 46.9 9.4-88.3
AGE
18-44 5 3 58.0 18.3-89.4 2 42.0 10.6-81.7
45+ 48 28 60.3 42.8-75.6 20 39.7 24.4-57.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 31 17 55.6 34.0-75.4 14 44.4 24.6-66.0
Some College + 22 14 67.3 45.0-83.9 8 32.7 16.1-55.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 37 24 67.9 47.0-83.5 13 32.1 16.5-53.0
$50,000+ 7 2 41.3 11.0-80.0 5 58.7 20.0-89.0

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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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