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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Heart Attack and Stroke

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 9,330 5,083 51.4 49.8-53.0 2,369 25.8 24.4-27.3 1,878 22.8 21.4-24.3
GENDER
Male 3,415 1,629 45.8 43.2-48.5 1,047 28.5 26.2-30.9 739 25.7 23.3-28.3
Female 5,915 3,454 56.6 54.6-58.5 1,322 23.3 21.6-25.0 1,139 20.1 18.6-21.8
RACE
White 6,866 4,109 56.7 54.8-58.6 1,640 25.3 23.7-27.1 1,117 18.0 16.4-19.6
African American 1,835 758 43.7 40.1-47.4 565 28.4 25.3-31.7 512 27.9 24.8-31.2
Asian 46 19 42.1 21.7-65.6 20 34.0 17.5-55.7 7 23.9 9.7-47.7
Native American 227 111 39.6 29.2-51.2 58 29.7 20.1-41.6 58 30.6 19.4-44.8
Other Minorities 322 76 18.2 13.1-24.5 73 20.2 14.3-27.8 173 61.6 53.4-69.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 334 85 16.9 12.2-23.0 71 19.3 13.4-26.9 178 63.8 55.6-71.3
-English Speaking 134 59 31.6 21.0-44.6 32 17.3 9.7-29.1 43 51.0 36.8-65.1
-Spanish Speaking 200 26 11.8 7.1-19.2 39 19.9 12.8-29.7 135 68.2 58.1-76.9
Non-Hispanic 8,986 4,995 53.7 52.1-55.4 2,294 26.2 24.8-27.7 1,697 20.1 18.7-21.5
AGE
18-24 571 226 41.1 35.0-47.5 179 26.1 21.0-31.8 166 32.9 27.0-39.3
25-34 1,399 638 43.3 39.4-47.3 411 29.3 25.8-33.1 350 27.4 23.8-31.3
35-44 1,767 939 51.4 47.9-54.9 481 26.7 23.7-30.0 347 21.8 18.9-25.0
45-54 1,829 1,089 58.2 54.6-61.7 438 24.9 21.9-28.2 302 16.9 14.2-20.0
55-64 1,518 968 61.8 58.1-65.5 300 20.5 17.6-23.8 250 17.6 14.8-20.9
65-74 1,259 725 57.0 52.9-61.1 307 24.1 20.7-27.8 227 18.9 15.8-22.5
75+ 926 457 46.8 42.1-51.5 243 28.0 23.9-32.5 226 25.2 21.4-29.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,579 625 32.9 29.4-36.6 413 27.4 23.8-31.3 541 39.7 35.5-44.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,787 1,465 49.4 46.3-52.4 742 26.9 24.3-29.7 580 23.7 21.1-26.5
Some Post-H.S. 2,327 1,343 55.0 51.6-58.4 595 25.2 22.4-28.2 389 19.8 17.0-22.9
College Graduate 2,612 1,641 61.4 58.7-64.1 611 24.1 21.8-26.6 360 14.4 12.5-16.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,098 514 40.9 36.2-45.7 299 26.9 22.7-31.6 285 32.2 27.3-37.5
$15,000- 24,999 1,717 855 44.8 40.9-48.7 439 25.4 22.2-28.9 423 29.8 26.0-33.9
$25,000- 34,999 1,028 561 51.9 46.9-56.9 270 25.9 21.7-30.5 197 22.2 18.1-27.0
$35,000- 49,999 1,231 715 53.5 49.2-57.7 314 26.7 23.1-30.6 202 19.8 16.5-23.7
$50,000-74,999 1,004 600 59.1 54.3-63.8 266 25.2 21.5-29.3 138 15.7 12.0-20.3
$75,000+ 1,150 724 58.8 54.5-63.0 268 26.2 22.4-30.5 158 15.0 12.2-18.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 451 266 55.2 49.6-60.7 117 28.1 23.3-33.4 68 16.7 12.7-21.7
Guilford 442 263 58.5 52.8-63.9 112 25.7 21.0-31.0 67 15.8 12.2-20.3
Mecklenburg 445 250 53.9 47.9-59.8 98 22.3 17.8-27.7 97 23.7 19.0-29.3
Orange 450 259 46.7 39.6-54.0 102 26.8 20.2-34.6 89 26.5 19.5-34.8
Wake 448 234 49.2 43.6-54.9 111 23.6 19.2-28.6 103 27.2 22.1-33.0
Chatham/Lee 394 208 49.6 43.2-55.9 103 26.5 21.4-32.4 83 23.9 19.0-29.7
Nash/Wilson 372 187 48.0 42.1-54.1 108 29.7 24.6-35.5 77 22.2 17.7-27.6
Craven/Pamlico 447 245 52.0 46.4-57.7 121 28.0 23.1-33.5 81 20.0 15.6-25.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 432 262 57.4 51.5-63.1 103 24.9 20.3-30.1 67 17.7 13.5-22.9
Appalachian/Wilkes 453 280 55.8 48.7-62.6 94 23.5 18.0-30.2 79 20.7 14.8-28.2
Franklin/Gran./Vance 471 247 52.3 44.2-60.2 122 26.4 20.8-33.0 102 21.3 16.4-27.2
Graham/Swain/Jackson 424 264 55.0 46.1-63.6 94 22.1 17.1-28.1 66 22.9 13.9-35.3
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 469 213 41.7 36.7-47.0 131 30.9 26.0-36.3 125 27.4 22.9-32.3
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 411 208 46.5 40.4-52.7 108 30.5 24.5-37.3 95 23.0 18.5-28.3
Northeast NC I 454 205 45.0 38.9-51.2 140 33.3 26.8-40.4 109 21.8 17.6-26.6
Northeast NC II 507 248 46.2 41.0-51.5 145 30.8 26.1-36.0 114 22.9 18.7-27.8
Northeastern Partnership 961 453 45.8 41.8-49.9 285 31.7 27.8-35.9 223 22.5 19.3-26.1
Mountain AHEC 1,297 773 53.6 49.3-57.9 328 27.0 23.6-30.7 196 19.4 15.2-24.4
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,262 1,617 47.3 44.4-50.3 895 27.3 24.8-30.1 750 25.3 22.7-28.2
Piedmont 4,004 2,218 52.6 50.3-54.9 979 24.9 23.0-27.0 807 22.5 20.5-24.6
Western NC 2,064 1,248 55.0 51.4-58.6 495 26.1 23.2-29.3 321 18.9 15.6-22.6

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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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