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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

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  Total
Respond.^
1 or more/day 1 or more/week 1 or more/month 1 or more/year Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 16,771 2,743 15.4 14.7-16.2 11,206 66.5 65.5-67.5 1,844 11.5 10.9-12.2 101 0.6 0.5- 0.8 877 5.9 5.4- 6.5
-Gaston County 432 50 11.3 8.3-15.2 317 72.9 67.3-77.8 41 9.6 6.6-13.7 4 1.3 0.5- 3.4 20 5.0 2.9- 8.5
GENDER
Male 146 14 8.8 4.9-15.4 107 73.0 63.0-81.1 19 13.5 8.1-21.7 1 0.6 0.1- 4.2 5 4.1 1.4-11.1
Female 286 36 13.3 9.4-18.5 210 72.8 66.3-78.4 22 6.4 3.8-10.5 3 1.8 0.6- 5.7 15 5.7 3.1-10.3
RACE
White 375 46 12.3 8.9-16.7 274 72.1 65.9-77.4 35 9.7 6.5-14.3 4 1.5 0.5- 4.0 16 4.5 2.5- 7.9
Other 57 4 5.3 1.8-14.8 43 77.9 61.5-88.6 6 8.8 3.1-22.7 0 0.0 . - . 4 8.0 2.1-26.6
AGE
18-44 143 17 10.3 6.0-16.9 108 75.3 65.7-82.9 8 6.6 3.1-13.8 2 1.6 0.4- 6.4 8 6.2 2.7-13.4
45+ 287 33 12.3 8.5-17.4 207 70.5 63.9-76.4 33 12.3 8.2-17.9 2 1.0 0.3- 4.0 12 3.9 2.0- 7.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 220 16 6.6 3.7-11.5 158 72.2 64.1-79.1 28 12.7 8.2-19.2 3 1.9 0.6- 5.9 15 6.6 3.5-12.2
Some College + 211 34 16.4 11.4-23.0 158 73.5 65.5-80.3 13 6.3 3.1-12.2 1 0.6 0.1- 4.3 5 3.2 1.1- 8.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 243 22 8.4 5.1-13.4 174 70.4 62.2-77.4 29 12.6 8.0-19.3 2 1.4 0.3- 5.4 16 7.3 3.9-13.2
$50,000+ 121 19 17.2 10.9-26.1 93 74.8 65.1-82.6 6 4.8 2.0-11.3 1 1.0 0.1- 6.7 2 2.1 0.4-10.7

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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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