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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 15,262 4,588 31.9 30.8-32.9 6,336 40.4 39.4-41.5 4,338 27.7 26.7-28.7
-Gaston County 389 114 26.8 21.9-32.4 169 45.4 38.8-52.2 106 27.8 21.7-34.8
GENDER
Male 134 44 27.1 19.2-36.8 57 46.6 35.1-58.6 33 26.3 16.0-39.9
Female 255 70 26.6 21.0-33.0 112 44.3 37.6-51.3 73 29.1 23.2-35.8
RACE
White 337 90 24.2 19.2-29.9 151 45.7 38.4-53.1 96 30.2 23.3-38.0
Other 52 24 42.5 27.7-58.8 18 43.9 28.3-60.9 10 13.5 6.7-25.4
AGE
18-44 137 43 25.5 17.9-34.9 65 48.5 37.0-60.2 29 26.0 15.8-39.6
45+ 249 69 27.6 21.8-34.2 103 42.6 35.8-49.8 77 29.8 23.9-36.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 202 51 23.5 17.1-31.2 88 41.7 33.0-50.9 63 34.8 25.4-45.6
Some College + 186 63 30.7 23.4-39.1 81 49.7 40.3-59.2 42 19.6 14.0-26.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 215 60 24.1 18.0-31.5 101 47.8 38.6-57.1 54 28.1 19.0-39.3
$50,000+ 111 35 30.3 21.7-40.5 47 42.6 32.8-53.1 29 27.1 18.5-37.9

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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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