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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Heart Attack and Stroke

If you thought someone was having a heart attack or a stroke, what is the first thing you would do?

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Take them to the hospital Tell them to call doctor Call 911 Call a family member Do something else
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,114 636 5.0 4.5- 5.6 134 0.9 0.7- 1.1 13,439 88.2 87.4-89.0 82 0.5 0.4- 0.7 823 5.4 4.9- 5.9
-Gaston County 383 14 3.8 2.1- 6.6 1 0.5 0.1- 3.7 337 88.8 84.9-91.9 3 0.7 0.2- 2.3 28 6.2 4.1- 9.2
GENDER
Male 132 3 2.5 0.8- 7.9 1 1.1 0.2- 7.6 121 92.2 85.7-95.8 1 0.6 0.1- 4.5 6 3.6 1.5- 8.1
Female 251 11 4.9 2.6- 8.9 0 0.0 . - . 216 85.9 80.4-90.0 2 0.8 0.2- 3.2 22 8.5 5.4-13.1
RACE
White 333 12 3.8 2.0- 7.0 1 0.6 0.1- 4.3 291 88.2 83.7-91.6 3 0.8 0.2- 2.7 26 6.6 4.3- 9.9
Other 50 2 3.5 0.8-13.6 0 0.0 . - . 46 92.8 81.2-97.5 0 0.0 . - . 2 3.7 0.8-15.0
AGE
18-44 134 7 4.8 2.2-10.4 1 1.1 0.2- 7.5 117 89.5 82.7-93.8 1 0.3 0.0- 2.0 8 4.2 2.0- 8.8
45+ 246 7 2.8 1.2- 6.1 0 0.0 . - . 217 88.1 82.9-91.9 2 1.1 0.3- 4.3 20 8.0 5.0-12.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 196 8 3.9 1.8- 8.5 0 0.0 . - . 175 90.3 84.8-94.0 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6 12 5.2 2.8- 9.4
Some College + 186 6 3.5 1.5- 7.9 1 1.1 0.2- 7.5 161 87.2 80.8-91.7 2 0.9 0.2- 4.0 16 7.3 4.2-12.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 211 8 3.7 1.7- 7.7 0 0.0 . - . 190 91.3 86.3-94.6 3 1.4 0.4- 4.4 10 3.7 1.8- 7.2
$50,000+ 111 3 3.1 0.9-10.3 1 1.7 0.2-11.3 99 90.0 81.9-94.7 0 0.0 . - . 8 5.2 2.5-10.7

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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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