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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,399 973 29.2 27.1-31.4 2,426 70.8 68.6-72.9
-Gaston County 110 39 40.4 27.2-55.1 71 59.6 44.9-72.8
GENDER
Male 36 12 39.7 17.9-66.4 24 60.3 33.6-82.1
Female 74 27 41.0 28.9-54.3 47 59.0 45.7-71.1
RACE
White 93 33 40.7 26.2-57.1 60 59.3 42.9-73.8
Other 17 6 37.9 16.6-65.3 11 62.1 34.7-83.4
AGE
18-44 53 20 40.9 23.1-61.4 33 59.1 38.6-76.9
45+ 56 18 37.8 24.5-53.1 38 62.2 46.9-75.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 70 26 36.8 23.0-53.2 44 63.2 46.8-77.0
Some College + 40 13 46.7 23.8-71.1 27 53.3 28.9-76.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 74 20 25.9 15.4-40.0 54 74.1 60.0-84.6
$50,000+ 19 10 59.3 34.8-79.9 9 40.7 20.1-65.2

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*Asked only of respondents who reported smoking daily or occasionally.

^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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