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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Heart Attack and Stroke-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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%)
TOTAL 1,835 758 43.7 40.1-47.4 565 28.4 25.3-31.7 512 27.9 24.8-31.2
GENDER
Male 585 218 40.1 34.1-46.5 187 28.8 23.6-34.6 180 31.1 25.7-36.9
Female 1,250 540 46.5 42.2-50.8 378 28.1 24.5-31.9 332 25.4 22.0-29.2
AGE
18-24 137 47 47.8 35.4-60.5 51 27.3 18.3-38.6 39 24.9 16.0-36.4
25-34 282 122 45.4 36.9-54.1 91 30.9 23.5-39.5 69 23.7 17.3-31.5
35-44 365 152 40.2 33.0-47.9 126 29.7 23.3-37.1 87 30.0 23.2-37.8
45-54 409 188 45.6 38.4-53.0 126 28.0 21.9-35.0 95 26.4 20.3-33.6
55-64 284 136 52.1 43.6-60.5 72 25.6 18.9-33.8 76 22.2 16.6-29.1
65-74 203 65 33.3 24.2-43.8 59 29.6 20.7-40.3 79 37.1 27.5-47.8
75+ 142 41 27.1 17.2-40.0 37 25.6 17.1-36.5 64 47.3 35.6-59.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 437 130 32.2 25.5-39.8 129 29.3 22.9-36.5 178 38.5 31.6-45.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 639 245 37.8 31.8-44.2 206 30.5 25.1-36.5 188 31.7 26.3-37.6
Some Post-H.S. 426 190 50.8 43.2-58.4 142 26.6 20.8-33.3 94 22.6 16.8-29.6
College Graduate 328 192 57.5 49.9-64.8 88 25.9 20.0-32.9 48 16.6 11.6-23.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 347 122 34.0 26.6-42.1 105 26.9 20.0-35.1 120 39.2 31.2-47.7
$15,000- 24,999 429 177 46.2 38.3-54.3 131 25.0 19.4-31.4 121 28.9 22.2-36.6
$25,000- 34,999 223 99 46.3 36.9-56.0 66 23.6 16.3-32.9 58 30.1 21.9-39.8
$35,000- 49,999 195 95 45.0 35.2-55.2 60 30.2 21.5-40.5 40 24.8 17.2-34.4
$50,000-74,999 117 53 39.8 28.4-52.5 42 35.7 24.6-48.5 22 24.5 15.1-37.2
$75,000+ 94 50 53.4 40.2-66.2 28 26.3 17.0-38.4 16 20.2 11.2-33.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 29 16 47.0 28.0-67.0 7 24.2 10.3-47.0 6 28.8 13.0-52.3
Guilford 115 46 42.2 31.4-53.7 45 37.2 26.9-48.7 24 20.7 13.3-30.7
Mecklenburg 118 63 54.4 44.2-64.2 21 15.1 9.4-23.4 34 30.5 22.0-40.7
Orange 48 26 53.5 37.9-68.4 13 26.2 14.9-41.8 9 20.4 10.4-35.9
Wake 85 33 42.0 30.1-54.9 22 25.5 16.5-37.2 30 32.6 22.0-45.2
Chatham/Lee 70 34 52.6 36.0-68.7 17 23.4 12.9-38.8 19 24.0 14.0-37.9
Nash/Wilson 121 41 33.9 24.7-44.4 45 35.9 26.9-46.0 35 30.2 21.8-40.2
Craven/Pamlico 89 39 37.2 26.2-49.8 26 29.1 19.0-41.7 24 33.7 21.4-48.8
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 16 9 39.3 15.1-70.3 4 22.4 6.4-54.9 3 38.3 10.4-76.8
Appalachian/Wilkes 9 6 60.9 26.3-87.2 3 39.1 12.8-73.7 0 0.0 . - .
Franklin/Gran./Vance 161 74 53.0 35.7-69.6 49 29.5 18.3-43.9 38 17.5 10.8-27.2
Graham/Swain/Jackson 10 6 58.0 26.6-84.0 2 29.7 8.1-66.9 2 12.3 2.8-40.2
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 142 51 35.0 26.3-44.9 46 34.2 25.5-44.2 45 30.7 22.8-40.1
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 126 55 41.5 30.2-53.8 41 41.3 28.2-55.7 30 17.2 11.2-25.6
Northeast NC I 235 78 35.4 28.2-43.4 85 35.2 28.4-42.7 72 29.3 23.0-36.5
Northeast NC II 145 46 31.3 22.4-41.9 52 36.0 26.9-46.2 47 32.7 24.1-42.7
Northeastern Partnership 380 124 33.3 27.4-39.9 137 35.6 29.8-41.9 119 31.1 25.5-37.2
Mountain AHEC 50 25 38.8 23.9-56.2 13 26.6 14.0-44.7 12 34.5 18.6-54.9
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 961 353 36.9 31.8-42.2 322 32.5 27.8-37.6 286 30.6 25.9-35.9
Piedmont 802 363 47.9 42.9-53.0 225 25.8 21.8-30.4 214 26.2 22.2-30.7
Western NC 72 42 59.8 40.7-76.4 18 19.8 10.3-34.6 12 20.4 9.6-38.3

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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: 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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