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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 15,275 9,192 60.5 59.4-61.5 3,481 22.8 21.9-23.8 2,602 16.7 15.9-17.6
-Gaston County 390 239 62.4 55.7-68.7 87 22.7 17.1-29.4 64 14.9 11.3-19.4
GENDER
Male 134 83 65.5 53.3-76.0 27 20.5 11.5-33.7 24 14.0 8.8-21.5
Female 256 156 59.7 52.6-66.3 60 24.7 19.0-31.3 40 15.7 11.2-21.5
RACE
White 338 212 62.8 55.4-69.7 72 21.7 15.7-29.2 54 15.4 11.4-20.5
Other 52 27 60.0 43.9-74.1 15 28.4 16.3-44.7 10 11.6 5.7-22.2
AGE
18-44 137 83 62.0 50.0-72.7 34 25.7 16.1-38.3 20 12.3 7.4-19.7
45+ 250 154 62.7 55.8-69.2 52 19.8 14.9-25.8 44 17.5 12.8-23.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 203 113 59.5 50.5-67.9 51 22.1 16.1-29.5 39 18.5 13.0-25.5
Some College + 186 126 66.0 55.1-75.4 36 23.5 14.5-35.6 24 10.6 6.6-16.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 216 125 63.1 54.5-70.9 52 20.9 15.2-28.0 39 16.0 11.1-22.6
$50,000+ 111 77 70.5 60.5-78.9 21 18.3 11.7-27.4 13 11.2 6.3-19.1

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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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