BRFSS 2005 - Gaston County: (Identified all heart attack symptoms correctly: 1,2,3,5,6=Yes.*)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	17,240	1,861	10.0	9.5-10.6	15,379	90.0	89.4-90.5
-Gaston County	449	56	12.6	9.3-16.9	393	87.4	83.1-90.7
GENDER
Male	151	17	13.2	7.6-21.8	134	86.8	78.2-92.4
Female	298	39	12.1	8.7-16.6	259	87.9	83.4-91.3
RACE
White	391	49	11.8	8.6-16.1	342	88.2	83.9-91.4
Other	58	7	17.3	7.4-35.4	51	82.7	64.6-92.6
AGE
18-44	145	15	8.5	4.7-14.8	130	91.5	85.2-95.3
45+	301	41	16.2	11.5-22.4	260	83.8	77.6-88.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	231	26	11.6	7.3-18.1	205	88.4	81.9-92.7
Some College +	217	30	13.7	9.1-20.1	187	86.3	79.9-90.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	253	28	12.6	7.9-19.3	225	87.4	80.7-92.1
$50,000+	123	22	16.5	10.6-24.8	101	83.5	75.2-89.4

*Derived from 6 heart attack questions.

^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.

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Heart Attack and Stroke

Identified all heart attack symptoms correctly: 1,2,3,5,6=Yes.*

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	17,240	1,861	10.0	9.5-10.6	15,379	90.0	89.4-90.5
-Gaston County	449	56	12.6	9.3-16.9	393	87.4	83.1-90.7
GENDER
Male	151	17	13.2	7.6-21.8	134	86.8	78.2-92.4
Female	298	39	12.1	8.7-16.6	259	87.9	83.4-91.3
RACE
White	391	49	11.8	8.6-16.1	342	88.2	83.9-91.4
Other	58	7	17.3	7.4-35.4	51	82.7	64.6-92.6
AGE
18-44	145	15	8.5	4.7-14.8	130	91.5	85.2-95.3
45+	301	41	16.2	11.5-22.4	260	83.8	77.6-88.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	231	26	11.6	7.3-18.1	205	88.4	81.9-92.7
Some College +	217	30	13.7	9.1-20.1	187	86.3	79.9-90.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	253	28	12.6	7.9-19.3	225	87.4	80.7-92.1
$50,000+	123	22	16.5	10.6-24.8	101	83.5	75.2-89.4