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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 15,271 13,943 90.3 89.6-91.0 711 4.9 4.5- 5.4 617 4.8 4.3- 5.3
-Gaston County 390 361 93.3 89.8-95.6 12 2.8 1.5- 5.2 17 4.0 2.3- 6.8
GENDER
Male 134 125 94.4 88.6-97.4 7 4.0 1.7- 9.0 2 1.6 0.3- 7.0
Female 256 236 92.2 87.5-95.2 5 1.7 0.7- 4.2 15 6.1 3.4-10.6
RACE
White 338 315 94.0 90.5-96.2 11 3.1 1.6- 5.9 12 3.0 1.5- 5.6
Other 52 46 88.9 74.0-95.8 1 1.2 0.2- 8.2 5 9.9 3.4-25.2
AGE
18-44 137 129 94.2 87.8-97.4 1 1.1 0.2- 7.3 7 4.7 2.0-10.7
45+ 250 230 92.6 88.3-95.3 10 4.2 2.1- 7.9 10 3.3 1.7- 6.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 203 183 92.2 87.5-95.3 6 2.0 0.9- 4.7 14 5.7 3.1-10.2
Some College + 186 177 94.4 88.4-97.4 6 3.7 1.5- 8.7 3 1.9 0.5- 7.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 216 198 92.3 86.9-95.6 7 2.5 1.1- 5.7 11 5.2 2.6-10.3
$50,000+ 111 109 97.4 89.5-99.4 2 2.6 0.6-10.5 0 0.0 . - .

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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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