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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 15,261 13,213 84.0 83.1-84.9 1,103 8.7 8.0- 9.5 945 7.2 6.6- 7.9
-Gaston County 389 355 91.5 87.8-94.2 20 4.6 2.7- 7.6 14 3.9 2.2- 6.8
GENDER
Male 134 122 91.9 85.1-95.7 10 6.3 3.1-12.5 2 1.8 0.4- 7.3
Female 255 233 91.2 86.4-94.5 10 3.1 1.6- 5.8 12 5.7 3.1-10.3
RACE
White 337 310 92.4 88.5-95.0 17 4.4 2.6- 7.3 10 3.2 1.6- 6.5
Other 52 45 86.6 71.4-94.3 3 5.8 1.3-22.8 4 7.6 2.7-19.5
AGE
18-44 137 123 90.3 83.2-94.6 7 4.4 1.8-10.1 7 5.3 2.4-11.3
45+ 249 230 92.9 88.6-95.6 12 4.5 2.4- 8.3 7 2.6 1.1- 5.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 202 179 89.1 83.0-93.2 12 4.6 2.3- 9.0 11 6.3 3.3-11.6
Some College + 186 175 94.3 89.1-97.1 8 4.5 2.1- 9.6 3 1.2 0.3- 4.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 215 194 90.7 85.0-94.4 13 5.2 2.7- 9.9 8 4.1 1.9- 8.6
$50,000+ 111 108 96.6 89.1-99.0 1 1.7 0.2-11.3 2 1.7 0.4- 6.8

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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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