BRFSS 2003 - North Carolina: (Do you think pain or discomfort in the arms or shoulder are symptoms of a heart attack?)

2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Heart Attack and Stroke-AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALES

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	Total Respond.^	Yes	No	Don't know/Not sure
TOTAL	1,248	1,049	84.3	80.9-87.2	82	6.3	4.5- 8.6	117	9.4	7.1-12.3
GENDER
Female	1,248	1,049	84.3	80.9-87.2	82	6.3	4.5- 8.6	117	9.4	7.1-12.3
RACE
African American	1,248	1,049	84.3	80.9-87.2	82	6.3	4.5- 8.6	117	9.4	7.1-12.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic	13	11	92.3	67.7-98.6	1	5.5	0.7-33.0	1	2.2	0.3-16.1
-English Speaking	13	11	92.3	67.7-98.6	1	5.5	0.7-33.0	1	2.2	0.3-16.1
Non-Hispanic	1,235	1,038	84.3	80.9-87.2	81	6.3	4.5- 8.7	116	9.4	7.2-12.4
AGE
18-24	89	57	68.9	53.8-80.8	15	11.6	5.4-23.1	17	19.5	10.4-33.6
25-34	198	164	86.9	79.8-91.7	17	5.7	2.8-11.2	17	7.4	4.0-13.4
35-44	259	230	84.6	75.2-90.9	13	6.3	2.9-13.2	16	9.1	4.3-18.3
45-54	257	240	95.9	92.2-97.9	9	2.3	1.0- 5.1	8	1.8	0.6- 5.3
55-64	182	164	94.4	90.4-96.8	3	0.7	0.2- 2.3	15	4.8	2.6- 8.8
65-74	147	109	77.3	65.5-86.0	17	10.8	4.6-23.1	21	11.9	6.7-20.3
75+	104	73	66.2	51.7-78.2	8	12.4	5.3-26.4	23	21.4	12.2-34.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	288	203	67.3	58.1-75.3	32	13.3	8.0-21.4	53	19.4	13.1-27.8
H.S. or G.E.D.	422	353	83.5	77.0-88.4	31	7.2	4.2-12.1	38	9.3	5.6-15.0
Some Post-H.S.	299	267	88.6	81.8-93.1	15	4.1	2.0- 8.3	17	7.3	3.7-13.9
College Graduate	236	224	96.6	93.2-98.4	4	0.6	0.2- 1.7	8	2.8	1.2- 6.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	271	219	81.2	73.7-87.0	22	6.5	3.6-11.3	30	12.3	7.5-19.4
$15,000- 24,999	282	234	82.8	74.8-88.7	22	6.9	3.6-12.9	26	10.3	5.8-17.6
$25,000- 34,999	161	145	86.3	73.9-93.4	5	2.5	0.7- 8.5	11	11.1	4.7-24.0
$35,000- 49,999	113	104	92.2	77.8-97.6	7	7.4	2.2-22.3	2	0.3	0.1- 1.4
$50,000-74,999	64	60	92.3	74.0-98.1	1	0.3	0.0- 2.1	3	7.4	1.8-26.2
$75,000+	53	51	99.3	97.1-99.8	0	0.0	. - .	2	0.7	0.2- 2.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	16	14	79.0	42.4-95.1	1	5.8	0.8-32.3	1	15.2	2.3-58.1
Guilford	71	65	92.6	81.9-97.2	3	2.5	0.8- 8.0	3	4.9	1.3-16.8
Mecklenburg	81	73	89.3	78.5-95.0	3	3.5	1.0-11.1	5	7.2	2.7-18.0
Orange	31	25	81.1	63.2-91.4	3	9.2	2.9-25.2	3	9.8	3.1-26.6
Wake	55	52	89.0	69.0-96.7	1	5.5	0.8-29.8	2	5.5	1.2-22.1
Chatham/Lee	53	43	83.2	69.0-91.7	4	5.8	1.9-16.0	6	11.0	4.4-25.1
Nash/Wilson	80	62	76.2	64.0-85.3	6	6.8	2.8-15.6	12	16.9	9.3-28.8
Craven/Pamlico	56	47	70.0	46.6-86.1	4	13.2	4.6-32.3	5	16.9	4.6-46.3
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	9	9	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Appalachian/Wilkes	6	5	84.5	38.3-98.0	0	0.0	. - .	1	15.5	2.0-61.7
Franklin/Gran./Vance	103	89	88.2	79.5-93.5	5	5.0	1.9-12.8	9	6.8	3.2-13.9
Graham/Swain/Jackson	9	8	92.7	60.8-99.0	1	7.3	1.0-39.2	0	0.0	. - .
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	94	74	78.2	66.8-86.5	6	5.1	2.0-12.5	14	16.7	9.3-27.9
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	100	86	87.9	79.6-93.1	7	6.1	2.6-13.5	7	6.0	2.7-12.6
Northeast NC I	169	134	79.9	71.6-86.2	18	12.1	7.1-20.0	17	8.0	4.5-13.7
Northeast NC II	98	83	85.1	74.4-91.9	7	9.2	3.8-20.6	8	5.6	2.6-11.8
Northeastern Partnership	267	217	82.4	76.1-87.3	25	10.8	6.7-16.9	25	6.9	4.3-10.7
Mountain AHEC	32	28	85.4	60.2-95.8	2	3.9	0.7-18.7	2	10.7	2.2-39.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	662	540	80.8	75.4-85.2	50	7.6	5.0-11.4	72	11.6	8.1-16.4
Piedmont	540	468	86.6	81.8-90.3	30	5.5	3.3- 9.0	42	7.9	5.1-12.0
Western NC	46	41	90.9	73.1-97.3	2	2.2	0.4-11.6	3	7.0	1.6-25.9

Total
Respond.^

Yes

Don't know/Not sure

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

1,248

1,049

84.3

80.9-87.2

6.3

4.5- 8.6

117

9.4

7.1-12.3

GENDER

Female

1,248

1,049

84.3

80.9-87.2

6.3

4.5- 8.6

117

9.4

7.1-12.3

RACE

African American

1,248

1,049

84.3

80.9-87.2

6.3

4.5- 8.6

117

9.4

7.1-12.3

HISPANIC

Hispanic

92.3

67.7-98.6

5.5

0.7-33.0

2.2

0.3-16.1

-English Speaking

92.3

67.7-98.6

5.5

0.7-33.0

2.2

0.3-16.1

Non-Hispanic

1,235

1,038

84.3

80.9-87.2

6.3

4.5- 8.7

116

9.4

7.2-12.4

AGE

18-24

68.9

53.8-80.8

11.6

5.4-23.1

19.5

10.4-33.6

25-34

198

164

86.9

79.8-91.7

5.7

2.8-11.2

7.4

4.0-13.4

35-44

259

230

84.6

75.2-90.9

6.3

2.9-13.2

9.1

4.3-18.3

45-54

257

240

95.9

92.2-97.9

2.3

1.0- 5.1

1.8

0.6- 5.3

55-64

182

164

94.4

90.4-96.8

0.7

0.2- 2.3

4.8

2.6- 8.8

65-74

147

109

77.3

65.5-86.0

10.8

4.6-23.1

11.9

6.7-20.3

75+

104

66.2

51.7-78.2

12.4

5.3-26.4

21.4

12.2-34.9

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

288

203

67.3

58.1-75.3

13.3

8.0-21.4

19.4

13.1-27.8

H.S. or G.E.D.

422

353

83.5

77.0-88.4

7.2

4.2-12.1

9.3

5.6-15.0

Some Post-H.S.

299

267

88.6

81.8-93.1

4.1

2.0- 8.3

7.3

3.7-13.9

College Graduate

236

224

96.6

93.2-98.4

0.6

0.2- 1.7

2.8

1.2- 6.3

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

271

219

81.2

73.7-87.0

6.5

3.6-11.3

12.3

7.5-19.4

$15,000- 24,999

282

234

82.8

74.8-88.7

6.9

3.6-12.9

10.3

5.8-17.6

$25,000- 34,999

161

145

86.3

73.9-93.4

2.5

0.7- 8.5

11.1

4.7-24.0

$35,000- 49,999

113

104

92.2

77.8-97.6

7.4

2.2-22.3

0.3

0.1- 1.4

$50,000-74,999

92.3

74.0-98.1

0.3

0.0- 2.1

7.4

1.8-26.2

$75,000+

99.3

97.1-99.8

0.0

. - .

0.7

0.2- 2.9

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

79.0

42.4-95.1

5.8

0.8-32.3

15.2

2.3-58.1

Guilford

92.6

81.9-97.2

2.5

0.8- 8.0

4.9

1.3-16.8

Mecklenburg

89.3

78.5-95.0

3.5

1.0-11.1

7.2

2.7-18.0

Orange

81.1

63.2-91.4

9.2

2.9-25.2

9.8

3.1-26.6

Wake

89.0

69.0-96.7

5.5

0.8-29.8

5.5

1.2-22.1

Chatham/Lee

83.2

69.0-91.7

5.8

1.9-16.0

11.0

4.4-25.1

Nash/Wilson

76.2

64.0-85.3

6.8

2.8-15.6

16.9

9.3-28.8

Craven/Pamlico

70.0

46.6-86.1

13.2

4.6-32.3

16.9

4.6-46.3

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

100

. - .

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

Appalachian/Wilkes

84.5

38.3-98.0

0.0

. - .

15.5

2.0-61.7

Franklin/Gran./Vance

103

88.2

79.5-93.5

5.0

1.9-12.8

6.8

3.2-13.9

Graham/Swain/Jackson

92.7

60.8-99.0

7.3

1.0-39.2

0.0

. - .

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

78.2

66.8-86.5

5.1

2.0-12.5

16.7

9.3-27.9

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

100

87.9

79.6-93.1

6.1

2.6-13.5

6.0

2.7-12.6

Northeast NC I

169

134

79.9

71.6-86.2

12.1

7.1-20.0

8.0

4.5-13.7

Northeast NC II

85.1

74.4-91.9

9.2

3.8-20.6

5.6

2.6-11.8

Northeastern Partnership

267

217

82.4

76.1-87.3

10.8

6.7-16.9

6.9

4.3-10.7

Mountain AHEC

85.4

60.2-95.8

3.9

0.7-18.7

10.7

2.2-39.2

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

662

540

80.8

75.4-85.2

7.6

5.0-11.4

11.6

8.1-16.4

Piedmont

540

468

86.6

81.8-90.3

5.5

3.3- 9.0

7.9

5.1-12.0

Western NC

90.9

73.1-97.3

2.2

0.4-11.6

7.0

1.6-25.9

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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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