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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 15,243 10,637 68.7 67.6-69.7 1,466 10.2 9.5-11.0 3,140 21.1 20.2-22.0
-Gaston County 389 276 69.7 63.6-75.2 35 9.0 6.1-13.0 78 21.3 16.6-26.9
GENDER
Male 134 93 70.7 60.2-79.5 17 10.8 6.2-18.2 24 18.5 11.7-28.0
Female 255 183 68.8 61.7-75.1 18 7.4 4.4-12.2 54 23.8 18.1-30.7
RACE
White 337 241 70.9 64.3-76.7 30 8.1 5.3-12.0 66 21.1 16.0-27.2
Other 52 35 62.7 45.8-77.0 5 14.5 5.7-32.4 12 22.7 12.1-38.7
AGE
18-44 137 95 66.3 55.4-75.8 16 12.1 7.0-20.0 26 21.6 14.1-31.6
45+ 249 178 72.6 66.0-78.3 19 6.2 3.8- 9.8 52 21.2 16.0-27.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 202 129 62.1 52.9-70.5 21 11.4 7.0-18.1 52 26.5 19.4-35.0
Some College + 186 147 78.5 70.4-84.8 14 6.3 3.4-11.2 25 15.2 9.9-22.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 215 141 64.4 55.6-72.3 24 11.1 6.9-17.2 50 24.6 18.0-32.6
$50,000+ 111 91 77.1 65.7-85.6 7 6.4 2.7-14.3 13 16.5 9.1-27.9

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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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