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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 stroke. For each, tell me yes, no, or you are not sure.
Do you think sudden confusion or trouble speaking are symptoms of a stroke?

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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 1,833 1,579 85.6 82.7-88.1 68 3.9 2.6- 5.7 186 10.6 8.4-13.1
GENDER
Male 585 479 81.8 76.1-86.3 28 5.3 2.9- 9.4 78 13.0 9.1-18.1
Female 1,248 1,100 88.5 85.6-90.9 40 2.8 1.8- 4.4 108 8.7 6.6-11.4
AGE
18-24 137 112 80.3 67.6-88.8 9 7.7 2.7-19.8 16 12.1 5.9-23.0
25-34 281 247 86.8 78.8-92.1 9 1.4 0.6- 3.4 25 11.8 6.7-19.9
35-44 365 331 88.6 82.2-92.9 12 3.2 1.4- 7.1 22 8.2 4.5-14.3
45-54 409 370 91.6 87.1-94.5 12 2.5 1.0- 6.2 27 5.9 3.6- 9.5
55-64 284 254 92.7 87.5-95.8 6 2.7 0.8- 8.5 24 4.6 2.7- 7.9
65-74 203 161 78.3 68.7-85.5 10 7.0 3.1-14.9 32 14.8 9.0-23.2
75+ 141 91 59.3 46.9-70.7 10 8.0 3.6-17.0 40 32.7 22.1-45.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 437 323 74.2 67.4-80.0 23 5.3 3.0- 9.2 91 20.5 15.2-27.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 639 556 86.8 82.0-90.5 31 4.3 2.3- 8.0 52 8.9 6.0-12.9
Some Post-H.S. 424 383 85.8 77.8-91.3 9 3.8 1.4- 9.7 32 10.4 5.8-17.9
College Graduate 328 314 94.8 90.2-97.3 5 1.7 0.4- 6.0 9 3.5 1.6- 7.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 346 287 85.6 79.4-90.2 11 1.5 0.8- 2.9 48 12.8 8.4-19.2
$15,000- 24,999 428 367 81.8 74.2-87.6 17 3.6 1.9- 6.9 44 14.5 9.2-22.2
$25,000- 34,999 223 201 87.8 79.2-93.2 7 1.7 0.6- 5.0 15 10.4 5.4-19.2
$35,000- 49,999 195 179 90.2 82.5-94.8 5 3.3 1.0-10.8 11 6.4 3.1-12.8
$50,000-74,999 117 111 94.4 86.1-97.9 1 1.5 0.2- 9.8 5 4.1 1.4-11.8
$75,000+ 94 89 94.0 85.6-97.6 2 2.5 0.5-11.0 3 3.5 1.1-10.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 29 26 84.6 60.1-95.2 0 0.0 . - . 3 15.4 4.8-39.9
Guilford 115 102 88.6 79.9-93.8 3 1.8 0.4- 7.0 10 9.6 4.9-18.1
Mecklenburg 118 98 82.4 73.1-89.0 5 5.9 2.3-14.6 15 11.7 6.7-19.5
Orange 48 46 93.3 76.5-98.3 1 4.0 0.6-23.4 1 2.7 0.4-16.9
Wake 85 73 88.1 77.9-94.0 2 2.0 0.4- 8.8 10 9.9 4.6-19.8
Chatham/Lee 70 61 89.6 79.2-95.1 2 1.7 0.4- 7.4 7 8.8 3.8-18.9
Nash/Wilson 122 111 92.1 85.5-95.9 4 2.5 0.9- 6.7 7 5.4 2.4-11.8
Craven/Pamlico 89 78 81.8 64.3-91.8 4 4.7 1.6-13.3 7 13.4 4.7-32.8
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 16 9 73.7 45.8-90.3 4 15.1 4.7-39.3 3 11.2 3.0-34.1
Appalachian/Wilkes 9 8 91.9 58.1-98.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 8.1 1.1-41.9
Franklin/Gran./Vance 161 142 89.9 82.4-94.5 6 3.3 1.4- 7.9 13 6.7 3.3-13.2
Graham/Swain/Jackson 10 7 74.4 40.7-92.5 1 6.7 0.9-36.4 2 19.0 4.2-55.3
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 142 120 85.5 77.8-90.9 2 1.1 0.2- 5.1 20 13.4 8.2-21.0
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 126 111 91.6 85.3-95.4 4 1.7 0.6- 4.8 11 6.7 3.4-12.8
Northeast NC I 233 191 81.0 74.4-86.3 13 6.7 3.7-11.7 29 12.3 8.2-18.1
Northeast NC II 145 128 90.7 84.5-94.5 6 3.6 1.5- 8.2 11 5.7 2.9-11.1
Northeastern Partnership 378 319 86.0 81.6-89.4 19 5.1 3.1- 8.2 40 8.9 6.2-12.6
Mountain AHEC 50 42 87.8 72.0-95.3 1 0.3 0.0- 2.0 7 11.9 4.5-27.9
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 961 826 84.5 79.4-88.5 39 4.7 2.7- 8.1 96 10.8 7.4-15.5
Piedmont 800 692 86.1 82.3-89.2 27 3.4 1.9- 6.0 81 10.5 7.9-13.8
Western NC 72 61 91.4 80.7-96.4 2 0.8 0.1- 3.8 9 7.8 3.0-18.6

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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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