BRFSS 2005 - Gaston County: (Have you ever had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	14,314	9,540	61.5	60.4-62.7	4,774	38.5	37.3-39.6
-Gaston County	369	263	67.3	60.1-73.8	106	32.7	26.2-39.9
GENDER
Male	118	88	71.1	56.8-82.1	30	28.9	17.9-43.2
Female	251	175	64.4	57.0-71.1	76	35.6	28.9-43.0
RACE
White	320	226	66.5	58.6-73.6	94	33.5	26.4-41.4
Other	49	37	72.5	54.5-85.3	12	27.5	14.7-45.5
AGE
18-44	134	86	59.7	47.5-70.8	48	40.3	29.2-52.5
45+	232	175	75.7	69.1-81.2	57	24.3	18.8-30.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	188	132	68.6	59.4-76.5	56	31.4	23.5-40.6
Some College +	180	131	66.1	54.6-75.9	49	33.9	24.1-45.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	204	148	69.4	60.3-77.2	56	30.6	22.8-39.7
$50,000+	110	78	68.8	58.4-77.7	32	31.2	22.3-41.6

*This question was asked only of respondents who reported NOT having diabetes.

^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

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	14,314	9,540	61.5	60.4-62.7	4,774	38.5	37.3-39.6
-Gaston County	369	263	67.3	60.1-73.8	106	32.7	26.2-39.9
GENDER
Male	118	88	71.1	56.8-82.1	30	28.9	17.9-43.2
Female	251	175	64.4	57.0-71.1	76	35.6	28.9-43.0
RACE
White	320	226	66.5	58.6-73.6	94	33.5	26.4-41.4
Other	49	37	72.5	54.5-85.3	12	27.5	14.7-45.5
AGE
18-44	134	86	59.7	47.5-70.8	48	40.3	29.2-52.5
45+	232	175	75.7	69.1-81.2	57	24.3	18.8-30.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	188	132	68.6	59.4-76.5	56	31.4	23.5-40.6
Some College +	180	131	66.1	54.6-75.9	49	33.9	24.1-45.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	204	148	69.4	60.3-77.2	56	30.6	22.8-39.7
$50,000+	110	78	68.8	58.4-77.7	32	31.2	22.3-41.6