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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Health Care Access

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes, only one Yes, more than one No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 17,227 12,723 68.9 67.9-70.0 1,693 8.3 7.8- 8.8 2,811 22.8 21.8-23.8
-Gaston County 449 361 79.4 74.3-83.8 45 7.8 5.5-11.0 43 12.8 9.2-17.4
GENDER
Male 151 128 83.2 74.1-89.5 7 4.4 1.7-10.8 16 12.5 7.2-20.8
Female 298 233 76.4 70.2-81.6 38 10.7 7.6-14.8 27 13.0 8.7-18.9
RACE
White 391 320 81.9 76.8-86.1 41 8.6 6.0-12.3 30 9.5 6.4-13.9
Other 58 41 64.3 47.7-78.1 4 2.9 1.0- 7.9 13 32.8 19.3-49.9
AGE
18-44 145 105 73.4 63.8-81.2 12 5.0 2.7- 9.2 28 21.5 14.4-30.8
45+ 301 253 84.3 78.6-88.7 33 10.2 6.7-15.1 15 5.5 2.9- 9.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 231 186 80.0 72.7-85.7 22 6.5 4.0-10.2 23 13.6 8.7-20.6
Some College + 217 174 78.8 71.1-84.9 23 9.3 5.6-15.0 20 11.9 7.3-18.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 253 197 73.9 65.9-80.6 23 7.2 4.2-12.2 33 18.9 13.0-26.5
$50,000+ 123 105 86.8 79.1-91.9 12 7.6 4.2-13.5 6 5.6 2.3-12.7

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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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