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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Derived Variables and Risk Factors-AFRICAN AMERICANS

Knew all stroke symptoms*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,868 193 9.8 7.9-12.1 1,675 90.2 87.9-92.1
GENDER
Male 606 55 8.2 5.3-12.6 551 91.8 87.4-94.7
Female 1,262 138 11.0 8.7-13.8 1,124 89.0 86.2-91.3
AGE
18-24 145 12 7.4 2.7-18.6 133 92.6 81.4-97.3
25-34 286 35 9.4 6.1-14.3 251 90.6 85.7-93.9
35-44 372 53 14.5 9.9-20.5 319 85.5 79.5-90.1
45-54 414 54 12.0 7.8-17.9 360 88.0 82.1-92.2
55-64 287 21 7.6 4.5-12.6 266 92.4 87.4-95.5
65-74 208 12 4.3 2.1- 8.4 196 95.7 91.6-97.9
75+ 141 6 6.4 1.5-23.3 135 93.6 76.7-98.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 444 25 4.3 2.0- 8.8 419 95.7 91.2-98.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 653 56 8.1 5.6-11.7 597 91.9 88.3-94.4
Some Post-H.S. 432 58 12.9 8.3-19.6 374 87.1 80.4-91.7
College Graduate 332 54 14.7 10.4-20.3 278 85.3 79.7-89.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 350 24 4.1 2.5- 6.6 326 95.9 93.4-97.5
$15,000- 24,999 434 37 7.6 4.8-11.7 397 92.4 88.3-95.2
$25,000- 34,999 227 24 7.6 4.4-12.7 203 92.4 87.3-95.6
$35,000- 49,999 198 36 19.0 12.0-28.7 162 81.0 71.3-88.0
$50,000-74,999 118 22 12.8 7.7-20.7 96 87.2 79.3-92.3
$75,000+ 94 19 15.8 9.1-26.0 75 84.2 74.0-90.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 29 2 6.4 1.4-24.2 27 93.6 75.8-98.6
Guilford 116 17 14.8 8.7-24.1 99 85.2 75.9-91.3
Mecklenburg 119 11 6.1 3.2-11.2 108 93.9 88.8-96.8
Orange 48 3 3.1 0.9-10.4 45 96.9 89.6-99.1
Wake 86 8 6.4 2.8-14.1 78 93.6 85.9-97.2
Chatham/Lee 70 4 5.0 1.8-13.1 66 95.0 86.9-98.2
Nash/Wilson 124 14 9.6 5.3-16.9 110 90.4 83.1-94.7
Craven/Pamlico 91 8 10.2 4.5-21.5 83 89.8 78.5-95.5
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 16 0 0.0 . - . 16 100 . - .
Appalachian/Wilkes 9 0 0.0 . - . 9 100 . - .
Franklin/Gran./Vance 166 19 9.2 5.0-16.4 147 90.8 83.6-95.0
Graham/Swain/Jackson 10 3 35.5 11.9-69.3 7 64.5 30.7-88.1
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 145 18 13.5 7.7-22.8 127 86.5 77.2-92.3
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 129 14 10.7 5.8-18.9 115 89.3 81.1-94.2
Northeast NC I 236 19 7.1 4.5-11.2 217 92.9 88.8-95.5
Northeast NC II 148 16 9.3 5.3-16.0 132 90.7 84.0-94.7
Northeastern Partnership 384 35 8.3 5.6-12.0 349 91.7 88.0-94.4
Mountain AHEC 51 7 9.0 3.7-20.3 44 91.0 79.7-96.3
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 979 102 9.7 7.2-12.9 877 90.3 87.1-92.8
Piedmont 815 83 9.5 6.9-12.8 732 90.5 87.2-93.1
Western NC 74 8 18.0 4.7-49.3 66 82.0 50.7-95.3

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*Data in this table were derived from the all six stroke symptoms questions..

^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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