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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Heart Attack and Stroke

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No Don't know/Not sure
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,283 7,745 46.3 45.2-47.4 4,826 34.9 33.9-36.0 2,712 18.8 17.9-19.7
-Gaston County 390 225 50.5 43.8-57.3 103 34.7 27.7-42.4 62 14.8 11.1-19.4
GENDER
Male 134 72 44.6 33.7-56.1 45 44.0 32.0-56.8 17 11.3 6.6-18.8
Female 256 153 55.8 48.8-62.6 58 26.3 20.4-33.3 45 17.8 13.0-24.0
RACE
White 338 205 51.8 44.4-59.1 82 33.2 25.5-42.0 51 15.0 11.0-20.1
Other 52 20 43.1 27.9-59.8 21 43.2 28.2-59.6 11 13.7 7.0-25.1
AGE
18-44 137 59 32.7 24.0-42.9 56 52.6 41.1-63.8 22 14.7 9.1-22.9
45+ 250 164 67.1 60.3-73.2 46 17.9 13.2-23.8 40 15.0 10.8-20.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 203 104 45.4 36.5-54.7 59 36.4 26.8-47.1 40 18.2 12.8-25.3
Some College + 186 121 56.5 46.4-66.1 44 32.9 23.3-44.1 21 10.7 6.5-17.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 216 112 45.4 36.5-54.5 62 36.7 27.2-47.3 42 18.0 12.6-25.0
$50,000+ 111 80 64.4 53.1-74.2 26 29.2 19.9-40.6 5 6.4 2.6-15.0

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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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