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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Nationwide +

Heart Attack or Stroke

Which of the following do you think is a symptom of a heart attack. For each, tell me yes, no, or you're not sure.
Do you think shortness of breath is a symptom of a heart attack?

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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%)
All Participants 64,157 55,972 87.5 87.1-87.9 3,778 6.1 5.8- 6.4 4,407 6.4 6.1- 6.7
Alabama 2,774 2,488 90.0 88.7-91.2 173 6.1 5.2- 7.2 113 3.8 3.1- 4.7
Arkansas 2,834 2,473 87.2 85.7-88.6 173 6.3 5.3- 7.5 188 6.5 5.5- 7.5
Colorado 2,009 1,786 88.5 86.8-90.0 106 5.8 4.7- 7.0 117 5.8 4.7- 7.1
Connecticut 7,539 6,376 83.8 82.8-84.8 543 7.4 6.7- 8.2 620 8.8 8.0- 9.6
Hawaii 4,495 3,913 86.6 85.2-87.9 198 4.8 4.0- 5.7 384 8.6 7.5- 9.8
Louisiana 4,811 4,107 85.5 84.4-86.6 367 7.9 7.0- 8.8 337 6.6 5.9- 7.5
Maine 2,376 2,025 85.4 83.7-87.0 164 6.8 5.7- 8.2 187 7.8 6.7- 9.0
Minnesota 3,933 3,620 92.0 91.0-93.0 132 3.3 2.7- 4.0 181 4.7 3.9- 5.5
Montana 3,335 3,000 90.8 89.3-92.0 116 3.5 2.7- 4.6 219 5.7 4.8- 6.8
North Carolina 2,946 2,648 89.9 88.0-91.5 133 4.7 3.7- 6.0 165 5.4 4.2- 6.9
Ohio 3,327 2,873 86.0 84.4-87.4 232 7.0 5.9- 8.3 222 7.0 6.0- 8.1
South Carolina 3,037 2,593 84.7 83.1-86.2 214 7.3 6.3- 8.5 230 8.0 6.9- 9.2
Tennessee 2,727 2,220 80.8 79.0-82.6 245 9.6 8.3-11.0 262 9.6 8.3-11.1
Utah 3,597 3,198 88.9 87.5-90.2 149 4.0 3.3- 4.9 250 7.1 6.0- 8.3
Virginia 2,863 2,535 88.4 86.9-89.8 176 6.1 5.2- 7.2 152 5.5 4.5- 6.7
West Virginia 3,043 2,808 92.5 91.4-93.5 96 2.9 2.4- 3.6 139 4.6 3.8- 5.5
Wisconsin 3,346 3,017 89.8 88.5-91.0 159 4.8 4.0- 5.7 170 5.4 4.5- 6.5
Wyoming 2,998 2,650 88.4 87.1-89.6 160 5.3 4.5- 6.2 188 6.3 5.4- 7.4
Virgin Islands 2,167 1,642 74.9 72.5-77.2 242 11.4 9.8-13.3 283 13.7 11.9-15.7

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

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