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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Eastern North Carolina**

Heart Attack and Stroke

Do you think feeling weak, lightheaded, or faint 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 9,329 6,460 69.2 67.6-70.7 1,390 14.2 13.1-15.4 1,479 16.7 15.4-18.0
-Eastern NC 3,262 2,167 67.5 64.7-70.2 525 15.2 13.2-17.5 570 17.2 15.1-19.6
GENDER
Male 1,139 763 71.1 66.6-75.2 194 12.9 10.3-16.1 182 16.0 12.7-19.9
Female 2,123 1,404 64.2 60.6-67.7 331 17.3 14.5-20.7 388 18.4 15.8-21.4
RACE
White 2,041 1,443 73.9 70.7-76.8 296 12.9 10.8-15.3 302 13.3 11.1-15.8
African American 962 568 58.4 52.9-63.7 192 21.1 16.7-26.4 202 20.4 16.4-25.1
Other Minorities 243 147 49.5 37.9-61.2 34 15.1 7.6-27.8 62 35.3 24.5-47.9
AGE
18-24 196 131 61.4 49.9-71.8 30 16.1 9.4-26.4 35 22.4 14.3-33.3
25-34 486 360 72.8 65.7-78.9 52 11.1 7.2-16.7 74 16.2 11.3-22.6
35-44 592 419 72.8 66.5-78.3 93 17.3 12.4-23.6 80 9.9 7.2-13.5
45-54 636 457 74.0 68.4-79.0 95 12.9 9.4-17.4 84 13.1 9.5-17.7
55-64 556 358 66.7 60.3-72.6 91 13.1 10.0-17.1 107 20.1 15.0-26.5
65-74 453 267 59.9 52.8-66.5 93 18.4 13.8-24.1 93 21.8 16.4-28.3
75+ 325 162 47.9 39.8-56.0 67 21.9 15.8-29.5 96 30.3 23.2-38.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 653 326 44.7 38.4-51.1 136 21.3 16.0-27.7 191 34.0 27.7-41.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,089 702 66.2 61.2-70.8 186 15.8 12.4-19.8 201 18.0 14.5-22.3
Some Post-H.S. 835 597 72.0 66.3-77.1 127 16.0 12.1-21.0 111 11.9 8.6-16.3
College Graduate 681 541 83.0 78.5-86.8 74 8.4 5.8-11.9 66 8.6 6.0-12.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 464 275 57.3 48.8-65.4 86 15.6 11.2-21.2 103 27.1 19.4-36.6
$15,000- 24,999 651 395 61.6 54.9-67.9 121 17.9 13.7-23.1 135 20.5 15.3-26.8
$25,000- 34,999 375 255 66.7 58.3-74.2 57 16.0 10.4-23.9 63 17.3 11.9-24.3
$35,000- 49,999 418 313 75.0 68.1-80.9 52 11.7 7.7-17.4 53 13.3 9.0-19.1
$50,000-74,999 331 255 84.6 79.1-88.9 40 8.2 5.2-12.8 36 7.1 4.5-11.0
$75,000+ 290 235 80.6 72.6-86.8 38 15.3 9.8-23.1 17 4.0 1.8- 8.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 450 315 69.9 64.6-74.8 72 15.5 12.0-19.8 63 14.6 10.9-19.2
Guilford 443 321 73.0 67.7-77.7 72 15.3 11.6-19.8 50 11.7 8.6-15.8
Mecklenburg 445 320 69.2 63.1-74.6 59 12.5 8.8-17.4 66 18.3 14.0-23.7
Orange 450 314 65.6 57.2-73.2 60 15.9 10.2-24.1 76 18.4 12.6-26.3
Wake 448 317 68.5 62.6-73.8 60 13.0 9.6-17.4 71 18.5 14.0-24.1
Chatham/Lee 394 268 67.3 61.1-73.0 56 12.6 9.4-16.7 70 20.1 15.2-26.0
Nash/Wilson 373 247 65.9 60.0-71.3 63 15.3 11.6-20.0 63 18.8 14.5-24.0
Craven/Pamlico 446 291 67.2 61.8-72.3 79 15.6 12.3-19.6 76 17.2 13.1-22.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 432 307 70.2 64.5-75.3 65 14.8 11.3-19.1 60 15.0 11.1-20.0
Appalachian/Wilkes 453 352 76.3 69.6-81.9 48 12.1 7.5-18.9 53 11.6 8.4-15.8
Franklin/Gran./Vance 471 311 68.7 61.7-75.0 79 12.6 9.6-16.5 81 18.7 13.6-25.1
Graham/Swain/Jackson 424 300 66.9 56.6-75.8 55 10.4 7.4-14.4 69 22.7 13.9-34.9
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 469 310 65.3 60.0-70.3 76 16.8 13.1-21.4 83 17.9 14.1-22.3
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 411 268 66.9 61.1-72.2 60 13.8 10.3-18.2 83 19.3 15.1-24.3
Northeast NC I 453 299 66.5 59.4-73.0 81 17.2 13.3-21.8 73 16.3 10.5-24.5
Northeast NC II 507 342 69.4 64.4-74.1 81 16.3 12.6-20.8 84 14.3 11.2-18.0
Northeastern Partnership 960 641 68.4 64.3-72.3 162 16.6 13.8-19.9 157 15.0 12.0-18.6
Mountain AHEC 1,296 912 70.7 66.8-74.2 200 15.2 12.7-18.0 184 14.2 11.4-17.4
NC REGIONS***
Piedmont 4,004 2,807 69.5 67.2-71.6 574 13.7 12.2-15.4 623 16.8 15.1-18.8
Western NC 2,063 1,486 71.5 68.3-74.6 291 13.8 11.7-16.2 286 14.6 12.2-17.4

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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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