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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 15,237 5,755 38.0 37.0-39.1 5,667 37.7 36.6-38.8 3,815 24.3 23.4-25.2
-Gaston County 389 156 41.2 34.7-48.0 138 35.1 29.3-41.3 95 23.7 17.9-30.7
GENDER
Male 134 71 51.0 39.1-62.8 41 31.4 22.3-42.2 22 17.6 8.7-32.4
Female 255 85 32.4 26.4-39.2 97 38.4 32.0-45.3 73 29.1 23.1-36.0
RACE
White 337 134 39.7 32.7-47.1 121 35.5 29.3-42.3 82 24.8 18.3-32.7
Other 52 22 50.4 34.4-66.3 17 32.6 19.3-49.4 13 17.1 9.1-29.7
AGE
18-44 137 47 37.7 26.9-50.0 63 39.0 29.1-49.9 27 23.3 13.5-37.1
45+ 249 107 44.5 37.6-51.5 75 31.8 25.5-38.9 67 23.7 18.6-29.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 202 87 44.4 35.4-53.8 60 27.1 20.3-35.2 55 28.5 19.4-39.7
Some College + 186 69 37.7 28.3-48.1 78 44.3 35.3-53.7 39 18.1 12.6-25.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 215 87 36.2 28.4-44.9 68 33.0 25.3-41.8 60 30.7 21.6-41.7
$50,000+ 111 43 42.1 32.0-52.8 53 46.5 36.3-56.9 15 11.4 6.7-18.9

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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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