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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Eastern North Carolina**

Heart Attack and 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 pain or discomfort in the jaw, neck, or back are symptoms 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%)
North Carolina 9,330 5,083 51.4 49.8-53.0 2,369 25.8 24.4-27.3 1,878 22.8 21.4-24.3
-Eastern NC 3,262 1,617 47.3 44.4-50.3 895 27.3 24.8-30.1 750 25.3 22.7-28.2
GENDER
Male 1,138 484 40.5 35.9-45.2 370 29.1 25.0-33.7 284 30.4 25.8-35.4
Female 2,124 1,133 53.5 50.0-57.0 525 25.7 22.7-29.0 466 20.8 18.2-23.7
RACE
White 2,042 1,161 54.2 50.5-57.9 507 25.2 22.1-28.5 374 20.6 17.6-24.0
African American 961 353 36.9 31.8-42.2 322 32.5 27.8-37.6 286 30.6 25.9-35.9
Other Minorities 243 94 27.9 19.7-37.9 64 28.5 19.0-40.3 85 43.6 32.1-55.9
AGE
18-24 195 65 31.3 22.1-42.2 73 32.1 22.5-43.4 57 36.7 26.0-48.8
25-34 486 208 41.8 35.1-48.8 150 27.7 22.0-34.1 128 30.5 24.3-37.7
35-44 592 293 52.7 46.2-59.2 185 30.1 24.4-36.5 114 17.2 13.2-22.1
45-54 636 329 48.9 42.5-55.3 167 26.5 21.1-32.7 140 24.7 19.4-30.8
55-64 556 320 56.2 49.7-62.6 117 21.8 16.9-27.7 119 22.0 16.8-28.2
65-74 453 246 57.6 50.6-64.4 113 22.7 17.5-29.0 94 19.6 14.6-25.9
75+ 326 146 42.1 34.4-50.3 85 28.9 21.8-37.2 95 29.0 22.2-36.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 652 227 31.1 25.8-36.9 179 32.0 25.8-39.0 246 36.8 30.6-43.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,089 520 45.2 40.3-50.3 319 28.9 24.7-33.5 250 25.9 21.5-30.9
Some Post-H.S. 835 437 49.6 43.4-55.8 242 26.9 21.6-32.9 156 23.5 18.2-30.0
College Graduate 682 430 61.1 55.2-66.7 154 21.6 17.3-26.7 98 17.2 13.0-22.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 464 195 39.0 31.7-46.8 122 21.6 16.8-27.3 147 39.4 31.3-48.3
$15,000- 24,999 651 293 38.8 32.7-45.3 187 29.2 23.8-35.2 171 32.0 25.4-39.4
$25,000- 34,999 375 185 47.0 38.9-55.3 113 30.8 23.4-39.2 77 22.2 16.1-29.9
$35,000- 49,999 418 229 49.4 41.9-57.0 119 28.5 22.1-36.0 70 22.0 15.8-29.8
$50,000-74,999 331 188 58.7 49.2-67.5 93 25.3 18.6-33.3 50 16.1 9.0-26.9
$75,000+ 290 181 61.4 52.2-69.8 63 19.7 13.5-27.8 46 18.9 12.8-27.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 451 266 55.2 49.6-60.7 117 28.1 23.3-33.4 68 16.7 12.7-21.7
Guilford 442 263 58.5 52.8-63.9 112 25.7 21.0-31.0 67 15.8 12.2-20.3
Mecklenburg 445 250 53.9 47.9-59.8 98 22.3 17.8-27.7 97 23.7 19.0-29.3
Orange 450 259 46.7 39.6-54.0 102 26.8 20.2-34.6 89 26.5 19.5-34.8
Wake 448 234 49.2 43.6-54.9 111 23.6 19.2-28.6 103 27.2 22.1-33.0
Chatham/Lee 394 208 49.6 43.2-55.9 103 26.5 21.4-32.4 83 23.9 19.0-29.7
Nash/Wilson 372 187 48.0 42.1-54.1 108 29.7 24.6-35.5 77 22.2 17.7-27.6
Craven/Pamlico 447 245 52.0 46.4-57.7 121 28.0 23.1-33.5 81 20.0 15.6-25.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 432 262 57.4 51.5-63.1 103 24.9 20.3-30.1 67 17.7 13.5-22.9
Appalachian/Wilkes 453 280 55.8 48.7-62.6 94 23.5 18.0-30.2 79 20.7 14.8-28.2
Franklin/Gran./Vance 471 247 52.3 44.2-60.2 122 26.4 20.8-33.0 102 21.3 16.4-27.2
Graham/Swain/Jackson 424 264 55.0 46.1-63.6 94 22.1 17.1-28.1 66 22.9 13.9-35.3
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 469 213 41.7 36.7-47.0 131 30.9 26.0-36.3 125 27.4 22.9-32.3
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 411 208 46.5 40.4-52.7 108 30.5 24.5-37.3 95 23.0 18.5-28.3
Northeast NC I 454 205 45.0 38.9-51.2 140 33.3 26.8-40.4 109 21.8 17.6-26.6
Northeast NC II 507 248 46.2 41.0-51.5 145 30.8 26.1-36.0 114 22.9 18.7-27.8
Northeastern Partnership 961 453 45.8 41.8-49.9 285 31.7 27.8-35.9 223 22.5 19.3-26.1
Mountain AHEC 1,297 773 53.6 49.3-57.9 328 27.0 23.6-30.7 196 19.4 15.2-24.4
NC REGIONS***
Piedmont 4,004 2,218 52.6 50.3-54.9 979 24.9 23.0-27.0 807 22.5 20.5-24.6
Western NC 2,064 1,248 55.0 51.4-58.6 495 26.1 23.2-29.3 321 18.9 15.6-22.6

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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: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): 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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