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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Care Giving

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,356 967 41.5 38.8-44.3 1,389 58.5 55.7-61.2
-Gaston County 71 26 46.4 28.5-65.3 45 53.6 34.7-71.5
GENDER
Male 24 13 61.1 31.9-84.1 11 38.9 15.9-68.1
Female 47 13 31.2 18.2-48.0 34 68.8 52.0-81.8
RACE
White 63 23 48.9 29.4-68.7 40 51.1 31.3-70.6
Other 8 3 32.0 7.8-72.4 5 68.0 27.6-92.2
AGE
18-44 17 4 51.5 17.7-83.9 13 48.5 16.1-82.3
45+ 54 22 43.1 29.4-57.9 32 56.9 42.1-70.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 33 10 34.0 18.0-54.6 23 66.0 45.4-82.0
Some College + 38 16 56.4 30.8-79.0 22 43.6 21.0-69.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 38 12 31.9 18.2-49.7 26 68.1 50.3-81.8
$50,000+ 23 8 35.4 17.7-58.3 15 64.6 41.7-82.3

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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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