BRFSS 2005 - Gaston County: (Would you say that in general your health is?)

	Total Respond.^	Excellent	Very good	Good	Fair	Poor
North Carolina	17,223	3,022	18.6	17.8-19.4	5,233	32.2	31.2-33.1	5,268	30.7	29.8-31.7	2,490	13.5	12.8-14.1	1,210	5.1	4.8- 5.5
-Gaston County	447	64	14.9	11.4-19.4	139	33.8	27.9-40.2	121	27.7	22.2-34.0	73	14.3	11.0-18.6	50	9.2	6.8-12.4
GENDER
Male	151	25	16.0	10.3-24.0	37	28.7	18.8-41.3	41	30.2	20.4-42.2	25	14.5	9.1-22.3	23	10.6	6.7-16.4
Female	296	39	14.1	10.0-19.3	102	38.0	31.8-44.6	80	25.6	20.4-31.7	48	14.2	10.4-19.1	27	8.1	5.4-12.1
RACE
White	389	55	15.2	11.4-20.1	124	35.2	28.6-42.3	103	26.7	20.8-33.6	61	13.1	9.8-17.3	46	9.8	7.1-13.3
Other	58	9	13.1	6.0-26.2	15	25.3	14.5-40.4	18	33.8	20.7-50.0	12	21.7	11.2-37.8	4	6.1	2.0-17.3
AGE
18-44	145	28	17.4	11.3-25.8	54	39.3	28.6-51.1	42	30.4	20.6-42.2	17	10.5	6.1-17.6	4	2.4	0.9- 6.5
45+	299	36	13.0	9.2-17.9	84	28.9	23.5-35.0	79	25.7	20.3-32.0	55	17.5	13.1-23.1	45	14.9	10.9-19.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	230	20	8.3	5.1-13.3	58	29.9	21.2-40.4	63	29.3	22.3-37.4	48	18.2	13.0-24.9	41	14.3	10.1-19.8
Some College +	216	44	22.3	16.2-30.0	81	38.1	30.5-46.4	58	26.1	17.8-36.5	24	9.8	6.2-15.3	9	3.6	1.8- 7.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	251	31	14.1	9.4-20.8	63	30.1	21.6-40.3	70	25.5	19.3-33.0	48	17.1	12.2-23.4	39	13.1	9.3-18.2
$50,000+	123	26	19.7	13.3-28.2	51	42.8	33.3-52.9	31	25.9	18.1-35.7	11	9.1	4.7-17.0	4	2.5	0.9- 6.5

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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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	Total Respond.^	Excellent			Very good			Good			Fair			Poor
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	17,223	3,022	18.6	17.8-19.4	5,233	32.2	31.2-33.1	5,268	30.7	29.8-31.7	2,490	13.5	12.8-14.1	1,210	5.1	4.8- 5.5
-Gaston County	447	64	14.9	11.4-19.4	139	33.8	27.9-40.2	121	27.7	22.2-34.0	73	14.3	11.0-18.6	50	9.2	6.8-12.4
GENDER
Male	151	25	16.0	10.3-24.0	37	28.7	18.8-41.3	41	30.2	20.4-42.2	25	14.5	9.1-22.3	23	10.6	6.7-16.4
Female	296	39	14.1	10.0-19.3	102	38.0	31.8-44.6	80	25.6	20.4-31.7	48	14.2	10.4-19.1	27	8.1	5.4-12.1
RACE
White	389	55	15.2	11.4-20.1	124	35.2	28.6-42.3	103	26.7	20.8-33.6	61	13.1	9.8-17.3	46	9.8	7.1-13.3
Other	58	9	13.1	6.0-26.2	15	25.3	14.5-40.4	18	33.8	20.7-50.0	12	21.7	11.2-37.8	4	6.1	2.0-17.3
AGE
18-44	145	28	17.4	11.3-25.8	54	39.3	28.6-51.1	42	30.4	20.6-42.2	17	10.5	6.1-17.6	4	2.4	0.9- 6.5
45+	299	36	13.0	9.2-17.9	84	28.9	23.5-35.0	79	25.7	20.3-32.0	55	17.5	13.1-23.1	45	14.9	10.9-19.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	230	20	8.3	5.1-13.3	58	29.9	21.2-40.4	63	29.3	22.3-37.4	48	18.2	13.0-24.9	41	14.3	10.1-19.8
Some College +	216	44	22.3	16.2-30.0	81	38.1	30.5-46.4	58	26.1	17.8-36.5	24	9.8	6.2-15.3	9	3.6	1.8- 7.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	251	31	14.1	9.4-20.8	63	30.1	21.6-40.3	70	25.5	19.3-33.0	48	17.1	12.2-23.4	39	13.1	9.3-18.2
$50,000+	123	26	19.7	13.3-28.2	51	42.8	33.3-52.9	31	25.9	18.1-35.7	11	9.1	4.7-17.0	4	2.5	0.9- 6.5

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Health Status

Would you say that in general your health is?