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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 15,228 9,813 62.7 61.6-63.7 2,216 15.7 14.9-16.5 3,199 21.7 20.8-22.6
-Gaston County 389 257 59.0 51.7-65.9 49 15.5 10.4-22.4 83 25.5 19.4-32.8
GENDER
Male 134 81 54.7 42.1-66.7 23 19.1 10.3-32.7 30 26.2 15.8-40.0
Female 255 176 62.8 55.6-69.5 26 12.2 8.1-18.0 53 25.0 19.1-32.0
RACE
White 337 221 57.4 49.4-64.9 43 16.6 10.9-24.5 73 26.1 19.3-34.2
Other 52 36 68.6 52.2-81.4 6 8.9 3.7-20.3 10 22.4 11.5-39.3
AGE
18-44 137 78 45.7 34.8-57.1 26 23.1 13.8-36.1 33 31.2 20.5-44.4
45+ 249 176 71.0 64.5-76.8 23 8.5 5.5-12.7 50 20.5 15.5-26.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 202 126 57.2 47.1-66.7 26 12.7 8.3-18.9 50 30.2 20.8-41.5
Some College + 186 131 61.2 50.5-70.9 23 18.7 10.2-31.9 32 20.1 13.8-28.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 215 136 56.6 46.7-66.0 33 14.8 10.0-21.3 46 28.6 19.3-40.0
$50,000+ 111 80 67.2 56.1-76.7 10 10.5 5.5-19.2 21 22.3 14.1-33.3

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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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