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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Diabetes

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,843 189 10.6 8.9-12.6 1,654 89.4 87.4-91.1
-Gaston County 53 9 13.7 6.4-26.9 44 86.3 73.1-93.6
GENDER
Male 24 6 16.0 6.1-35.7 18 84.0 64.3-93.9
Female 29 3 10.4 2.8-31.9 26 89.6 68.1-97.2
RACE
White 48 9 16.6 7.9-31.5 39 83.4 68.5-92.1
Other 5 0 0.0 . - . 5 100 . - .
AGE
18-44 5 0 0.0 . - . 5 100 . - .
45+ 48 9 15.2 7.1-29.5 39 84.8 70.5-92.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 31 4 8.8 2.4-27.3 27 91.2 72.7-97.6
Some College + 22 5 21.8 8.7-44.7 17 78.2 55.3-91.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 37 5 13.5 5.1-31.0 32 86.5 69.0-94.9
$50,000+ 7 1 13.4 1.8-57.3 6 86.6 42.7-98.2

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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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