BRFSS 2005 - Gaston County: (In the last year, have you had a hospitalization or emergency visit due to hypoglycemia or low blood sugar?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	1,838	93	5.7	4.3- 7.4	1,745	94.3	92.6-95.7
-Gaston County	51	4	5.3	1.8-14.5	47	94.7	85.5-98.2
GENDER
Male	23	1	2.9	0.4-18.5	22	97.1	81.5-99.6
Female	28	3	8.8	2.5-26.3	25	91.2	73.7-97.5
RACE
White	46	4	6.5	2.3-17.3	42	93.5	82.7-97.7
Other	5	0	0.0	. - .	5	100	. - .
AGE
18-44	5	1	19.6	2.6-68.8	4	80.4	31.2-97.4
45+	46	3	3.8	1.1-12.1	43	96.2	87.9-98.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	30	2	2.7	0.6-10.7	28	97.3	89.3-99.4
Some College +	21	2	9.6	2.4-31.6	19	90.4	68.4-97.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	36	2	5.1	1.2-18.5	34	94.9	81.5-98.8
$50,000+	7	0	0.0	. - .	7	100	. - .

*Asked of all respondents with doctor-diagnosed 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	1,838	93	5.7	4.3- 7.4	1,745	94.3	92.6-95.7
-Gaston County	51	4	5.3	1.8-14.5	47	94.7	85.5-98.2
GENDER
Male	23	1	2.9	0.4-18.5	22	97.1	81.5-99.6
Female	28	3	8.8	2.5-26.3	25	91.2	73.7-97.5
RACE
White	46	4	6.5	2.3-17.3	42	93.5	82.7-97.7
Other	5	0	0.0	. - .	5	100	. - .
AGE
18-44	5	1	19.6	2.6-68.8	4	80.4	31.2-97.4
45+	46	3	3.8	1.1-12.1	43	96.2	87.9-98.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	30	2	2.7	0.6-10.7	28	97.3	89.3-99.4
Some College +	21	2	9.6	2.4-31.6	19	90.4	68.4-97.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	36	2	5.1	1.2-18.5	34	94.9	81.5-98.8
$50,000+	7	0	0.0	. - .	7	100	. - .