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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

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  Total
Respond.^
Doctor Worksite School Media Other
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 919 119 12.4 10.0-15.3 71 8.1 6.0-10.8 14 2.9 1.4- 5.9 523 51.9 47.4-56.3 192 24.7 20.7-29.1
-Gaston County 35 4 7.6 2.3-22.0 2 5.8 1.2-23.4 2 27.6 7.4-64.4 19 40.4 21.5-62.7 8 18.7 8.2-37.3
GENDER
Male 11 1 3.2 0.4-22.6 0 0.0 . - . 2 57.2 20.1-87.7 5 24.1 6.7-58.6 3 15.5 3.4-48.4
Female 24 3 11.6 3.2-34.6 2 11.1 2.5-37.9 0 0.0 . - . 14 55.5 33.8-75.3 5 21.7 8.7-44.6
RACE
White 30 4 8.6 2.6-25.0 1 4.7 0.6-27.8 2 31.3 8.7-68.6 17 41.7 20.7-66.2 6 13.7 5.2-31.6
Other 5 0 0.0 . - . 1 13.2 1.6-58.3 0 0.0 . - . 2 31.1 6.7-74.1 2 55.7 17.0-88.5
AGE
18-44 19 2 7.7 1.6-29.3 0 0.0 . - . 2 39.0 11.5-75.9 9 31.1 12.6-58.5 6 22.3 8.1-48.2
45+ 16 2 7.3 1.5-28.6 2 19.6 4.6-55.5 0 0.0 . - . 10 62.9 34.4-84.5 2 10.2 2.2-36.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 23 4 13.1 4.2-34.2 1 7.2 1.0-37.1 1 13.6 2.1-54.2 14 51.4 28.8-73.5 3 14.5 4.6-37.5
Some College + 12 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.7 0.4-26.2 1 46.5 9.9-87.3 5 25.4 6.7-61.8 5 24.4 6.1-61.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 19 2 12.3 2.8-40.3 1 3.8 0.5-23.2 0 0.0 . - . 10 44.3 23.2-67.6 6 39.6 19.1-64.7
$50,000+ 9 1 7.0 0.9-38.4 1 15.1 2.1-60.1 1 28.5 4.7-76.3 5 43.9 15.0-77.5 1 5.6 0.7-33.2

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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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