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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Disability

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes, mild Yes, moderate Yes, severe No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 16,654 927 5.2 4.7- 5.6 980 4.7 4.3- 5.1 1,114 5.2 4.8- 5.6 13,633 85.0 84.3-85.6
-Gaston County 435 30 4.9 3.3- 7.2 32 7.4 5.0-10.9 38 7.8 5.4-11.0 335 79.9 75.3-83.9
GENDER
Male 149 10 3.7 1.9- 7.1 14 8.2 4.5-14.5 17 9.6 5.6-15.8 108 78.6 70.3-85.1
Female 286 20 5.9 3.6- 9.5 18 6.8 4.1-11.2 21 6.2 3.9- 9.8 227 81.1 75.5-85.6
RACE
White 381 26 4.8 3.1- 7.3 28 7.3 4.8-10.8 32 7.4 5.1-10.7 295 80.6 75.7-84.6
Other 54 4 5.5 2.0-14.5 4 8.7 2.4-26.7 6 10.1 3.7-24.4 40 75.8 59.3-87.0
AGE
18-44 137 5 2.4 0.9- 6.5 6 4.6 2.0-10.1 6 3.6 1.5- 8.5 120 89.4 82.7-93.8
45+ 295 25 6.9 4.5-10.4 26 9.9 6.3-15.0 31 11.0 7.5-15.8 213 72.2 66.0-77.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 223 15 4.5 2.5- 8.0 17 8.1 4.6-13.7 28 10.3 6.8-15.4 163 77.1 70.0-82.9
Some College + 211 15 5.2 3.0- 9.0 15 6.8 3.9-11.6 10 5.0 2.5- 9.6 171 83.0 76.6-88.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 247 21 5.6 3.5- 8.8 21 9.2 5.6-14.8 29 10.4 6.9-15.4 176 74.8 67.8-80.7
$50,000+ 120 5 4.0 1.5-10.5 9 7.8 3.9-15.0 2 1.8 0.4- 7.1 104 86.4 78.1-91.9

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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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