BRFSS 2005 - Gaston County: (Identified all stroke symptoms correctly: 1,2,3,5,6=Yes.*)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	17,237	2,979	16.6	15.9-17.4	14,258	83.4	82.6-84.1
-Gaston County	449	69	15.0	11.5-19.4	380	85.0	80.6-88.5
GENDER
Male	151	16	12.1	7.0-20.2	135	87.9	79.8-93.0
Female	298	53	17.4	13.1-22.7	245	82.6	77.3-86.9
RACE
White	391	64	16.6	12.5-21.6	327	83.4	78.4-87.5
Other	58	5	5.4	2.0-13.7	53	94.6	86.3-98.0
AGE
18-44	145	30	15.6	10.2-23.1	115	84.4	76.9-89.8
45+	301	39	14.6	10.3-20.4	262	85.4	79.6-89.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	231	27	10.6	6.7-16.4	204	89.4	83.6-93.3
Some College +	217	42	19.9	14.2-27.1	175	80.1	72.9-85.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	253	27	11.4	7.3-17.5	226	88.6	82.5-92.7
$50,000+	123	32	25.4	17.7-34.9	91	74.6	65.1-82.3

*Derived from 6 stroke questions.

^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

Heart Attack and Stroke

Identified all stroke symptoms correctly: 1,2,3,5,6=Yes.*

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	17,237	2,979	16.6	15.9-17.4	14,258	83.4	82.6-84.1
-Gaston County	449	69	15.0	11.5-19.4	380	85.0	80.6-88.5
GENDER
Male	151	16	12.1	7.0-20.2	135	87.9	79.8-93.0
Female	298	53	17.4	13.1-22.7	245	82.6	77.3-86.9
RACE
White	391	64	16.6	12.5-21.6	327	83.4	78.4-87.5
Other	58	5	5.4	2.0-13.7	53	94.6	86.3-98.0
AGE
18-44	145	30	15.6	10.2-23.1	115	84.4	76.9-89.8
45+	301	39	14.6	10.3-20.4	262	85.4	79.6-89.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	231	27	10.6	6.7-16.4	204	89.4	83.6-93.3
Some College +	217	42	19.9	14.2-27.1	175	80.1	72.9-85.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	253	27	11.4	7.3-17.5	226	88.6	82.5-92.7
$50,000+	123	32	25.4	17.7-34.9	91	74.6	65.1-82.3