BRFSS 2005 - Gaston County: (Do you have any kind of health care coverage, including health insurance, prepaid plans such as HMOs, or government plans such as Medicare?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	17,226	14,750	80.9	79.9-81.8	2,476	19.1	18.2-20.1
-Gaston County	449	391	80.3	72.5-86.4	58	19.7	13.6-27.5
GENDER
Male	151	132	75.4	59.8-86.3	19	24.6	13.7-40.2
Female	298	259	84.4	78.6-88.9	39	15.6	11.1-21.4
RACE
White	391	351	83.7	74.4-90.1	40	16.3	9.9-25.6
Other	58	40	59.9	43.7-74.2	18	40.1	25.8-56.3
AGE
18-44	145	118	70.7	56.2-82.0	27	29.3	18.0-43.8
45+	301	270	88.3	83.0-92.1	31	11.7	7.9-17.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	231	194	75.4	64.2-84.0	37	24.6	16.0-35.8
Some College +	217	196	85.8	73.3-93.0	21	14.2	7.0-26.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	253	209	74.8	63.9-83.3	44	25.2	16.7-36.1
$50,000+	123	120	96.3	88.7-98.9	3	3.7	1.1-11.3

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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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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	17,226	14,750	80.9	79.9-81.8	2,476	19.1	18.2-20.1
-Gaston County	449	391	80.3	72.5-86.4	58	19.7	13.6-27.5
GENDER
Male	151	132	75.4	59.8-86.3	19	24.6	13.7-40.2
Female	298	259	84.4	78.6-88.9	39	15.6	11.1-21.4
RACE
White	391	351	83.7	74.4-90.1	40	16.3	9.9-25.6
Other	58	40	59.9	43.7-74.2	18	40.1	25.8-56.3
AGE
18-44	145	118	70.7	56.2-82.0	27	29.3	18.0-43.8
45+	301	270	88.3	83.0-92.1	31	11.7	7.9-17.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	231	194	75.4	64.2-84.0	37	24.6	16.0-35.8
Some College +	217	196	85.8	73.3-93.0	21	14.2	7.0-26.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	253	209	74.8	63.9-83.3	44	25.2	16.7-36.1
$50,000+	123	120	96.3	88.7-98.9	3	3.7	1.1-11.3

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

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