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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Heart Attack and Stroke

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No Don't know/Not sure
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,249 13,373 85.0 84.0-85.8 658 5.5 4.9- 6.1 1,218 9.6 8.9-10.3
-Gaston County 389 343 85.9 80.7-90.0 14 4.7 2.4- 9.0 32 9.3 6.3-13.7
GENDER
Male 134 116 85.3 76.0-91.4 8 7.3 3.1-15.9 10 7.5 3.7-14.3
Female 255 227 86.6 80.1-91.2 6 2.4 0.9- 6.3 22 11.0 6.8-17.3
RACE
White 337 305 88.8 83.4-92.6 10 3.7 1.6- 8.3 22 7.5 4.6-11.9
Other 52 38 69.1 51.9-82.3 4 10.5 3.5-27.8 10 20.4 10.1-36.7
AGE
18-44 137 117 81.8 71.9-88.8 8 7.6 3.4-16.3 12 10.5 5.7-18.7
45+ 249 223 89.7 84.5-93.2 6 2.0 0.8- 5.0 20 8.3 5.1-13.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 202 171 81.5 73.2-87.7 7 5.6 2.2-13.4 24 12.9 8.2-19.7
Some College + 186 172 91.2 84.3-95.2 7 3.8 1.6- 8.5 7 5.0 2.1-11.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 215 184 84.1 76.6-89.5 9 3.7 1.6- 8.2 22 12.2 7.5-19.3
$50,000+ 111 107 92.6 79.8-97.5 3 6.5 1.9-19.9 1 0.9 0.1- 6.0

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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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