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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Heart Attack and Stroke-FEMALES

If you thought someone was having a heart attack or a stroke, what is the first thing you would do?

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Respond.^		 Take them to the hospital Tell them to call doctor Call 911 Call a family member Do something else
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 5,854 215 3.8 3.1- 4.6 69 1.2 0.8- 1.7 5,248 89.6 88.4-90.8 14 0.2 0.1- 0.5 308 5.1 4.3- 6.1
RACE
White 4,290 149 3.8 3.0- 4.8 50 1.2 0.8- 1.8 3,850 89.8 88.3-91.0 9 0.2 0.1- 0.7 232 5.0 4.2- 6.1
African American 1,223 54 3.8 2.6- 5.6 16 1.2 0.6- 2.3 1,091 88.6 85.1-91.4 3 0.2 0.1- 0.9 59 6.1 3.9- 9.5
Asian 23 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 23 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 144 5 6.7 1.3-28.9 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2 125 79.0 59.8-90.5 2 1.5 0.3- 7.3 11 12.4 4.0-32.1
Other Minorities 158 5 2.9 1.1- 7.7 2 1.7 0.3- 7.9 146 94.1 88.1-97.1 0 0.0 . - . 5 1.4 0.4- 4.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 163 8 3.0 1.2- 7.5 1 1.4 0.2- 9.3 151 94.8 88.9-97.7 0 0.0 . - . 3 0.8 0.2- 2.8
-English Speaking 79 5 5.8 1.8-17.4 0 0.0 . - . 71 91.7 80.5-96.7 0 0.0 . - . 3 2.5 0.7- 9.1
-Spanish Speaking 84 3 1.8 0.4- 7.7 1 2.0 0.3-13.1 80 96.2 87.4-98.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 5,684 207 3.9 3.1- 4.7 68 1.2 0.8- 1.7 5,091 89.4 88.1-90.6 14 0.2 0.1- 0.5 304 5.3 4.5- 6.4
AGE
18-24 354 19 3.5 1.9- 6.4 3 0.5 0.1- 2.1 313 89.5 83.4-93.5 2 0.8 0.1- 4.7 17 5.7 2.6-12.0
25-34 874 37 4.7 3.0- 7.3 9 1.6 0.7- 3.5 793 89.4 86.1-92.0 1 0.2 0.0- 1.1 34 4.2 2.7- 6.4
35-44 1,081 26 2.1 1.2- 3.5 9 0.6 0.3- 1.3 998 93.7 91.6-95.3 1 0.0 0.0- 0.2 47 3.6 2.4- 5.3
45-54 1,145 44 3.8 2.5- 5.7 10 0.5 0.2- 1.1 1,019 89.7 86.7-92.1 2 0.2 0.0- 0.8 70 5.8 4.0- 8.4
55-64 931 29 3.9 2.1- 7.4 7 1.1 0.4- 3.0 844 89.7 85.8-92.6 1 0.0 0.0- 0.3 50 5.2 3.4- 7.8
65-74 795 31 2.8 1.8- 4.6 11 0.8 0.4- 1.6 714 91.2 88.2-93.5 0 0.0 . - . 39 5.2 3.4- 8.0
75+ 630 26 6.1 3.6-10.3 19 4.3 2.1- 8.3 533 81.2 75.8-85.6 7 0.6 0.2- 1.6 45 7.8 5.2-11.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 957 39 4.2 2.5- 6.9 20 2.7 1.4- 5.2 849 88.4 84.5-91.3 1 0.0 0.0- 0.2 48 4.7 3.0- 7.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,764 53 3.3 2.2- 4.9 22 1.0 0.6- 1.9 1,614 91.4 88.9-93.4 2 0.1 0.0- 0.4 73 4.2 2.7- 6.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,514 67 4.6 3.2- 6.4 14 1.0 0.5- 2.1 1,328 87.7 85.0-90.0 4 0.2 0.0- 0.5 101 6.5 4.9- 8.7
College Graduate 1,604 56 3.4 2.4- 4.9 13 0.6 0.3- 1.3 1,443 90.4 88.1-92.2 7 0.6 0.2- 1.8 85 5.1 3.8- 6.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 782 27 2.8 1.8- 4.3 14 1.7 0.7- 3.9 705 92.7 90.0-94.7 3 0.1 0.0- 0.4 33 2.8 1.7- 4.6
$15,000- 24,999 1,095 42 4.1 2.5- 6.7 15 1.4 0.7- 2.8 977 87.8 84.2-90.6 2 0.2 0.0- 1.0 59 6.5 4.5- 9.4
$25,000- 34,999 663 22 4.5 2.4- 8.4 4 0.5 0.2- 1.5 602 89.0 84.2-92.5 0 0.0 . - . 35 6.0 3.5-10.0
$35,000- 49,999 708 22 2.6 1.3- 5.1 9 0.8 0.3- 2.1 639 91.3 87.5-94.0 3 0.9 0.2- 3.9 35 4.4 2.5- 7.4
$50,000-74,999 571 23 3.3 1.9- 5.8 6 1.5 0.5- 4.2 515 90.7 87.0-93.4 2 0.2 0.0- 1.0 25 4.2 2.5- 7.0
$75,000+ 647 24 5.1 3.1- 8.4 0 0.0 . - . 580 89.3 85.5-92.2 1 0.1 0.0- 0.4 42 5.5 3.7- 8.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 269 4 1.4 0.5- 3.6 2 0.5 0.1- 2.1 249 93.7 90.0-96.0 0 0.0 . - . 14 4.5 2.5- 7.8
Guilford 280 6 2.1 0.8- 5.2 3 0.8 0.3- 2.7 261 93.7 89.5-96.3 0 0.0 . - . 10 3.4 1.6- 7.1
Mecklenburg 275 13 3.7 2.1- 6.5 3 1.4 0.4- 5.5 245 88.7 83.7-92.3 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8 13 5.9 3.4-10.3
Orange 281 8 2.3 1.0- 5.2 4 1.3 0.4- 3.7 252 91.4 86.6-94.6 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7 16 4.7 2.5- 8.7
Wake 274 16 6.6 3.8-11.1 2 0.8 0.2- 3.3 241 87.9 82.9-91.7 2 0.5 0.1- 2.1 13 4.1 2.3- 7.3
Chatham/Lee 242 12 6.2 3.2-11.6 3 1.1 0.3- 3.5 210 86.7 80.8-91.0 1 0.8 0.1- 5.2 16 5.3 3.2- 8.8
Nash/Wilson 236 8 3.3 1.5- 7.3 3 1.6 0.5- 5.1 215 91.3 86.3-94.6 0 0.0 . - . 10 3.8 1.9- 7.4
Craven/Pamlico 279 9 3.3 1.6- 6.6 2 0.5 0.1- 2.3 252 90.6 86.0-93.8 1 0.4 0.1- 2.8 15 5.2 2.9- 9.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 269 13 4.1 2.3- 7.2 7 2.6 1.2- 5.9 239 90.0 85.6-93.2 0 0.0 . - . 10 3.3 1.7- 6.3
Appalachian/Wilkes 283 16 5.4 3.1- 9.4 3 1.1 0.3- 3.6 249 89.2 84.3-92.7 2 0.4 0.1- 1.7 13 3.9 2.0- 7.2
Franklin/Gran./Vance 295 7 2.0 0.9- 4.3 0 0.0 . - . 267 91.9 87.8-94.7 0 0.0 . - . 21 6.1 3.7-10.0
Graham/Swain/Jackson 260 8 3.1 1.4- 6.6 4 0.9 0.3- 2.6 232 90.3 85.8-93.5 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8 15 5.4 3.2- 9.0
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 294 11 4.8 2.3- 9.5 4 1.5 0.5- 4.0 259 87.6 82.5-91.4 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4 19 5.9 3.7- 9.4
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 279 12 4.9 2.6- 9.1 5 1.8 0.7- 4.5 247 88.2 83.1-91.8 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8 14 4.8 2.7- 8.4
Northeast NC I 312 11 3.1 1.6- 6.0 3 1.3 0.3- 4.8 282 89.5 84.5-93.0 0 0.0 . - . 16 6.2 3.5-10.6
Northeast NC II 323 15 4.8 2.7- 8.6 6 2.4 1.0- 5.7 284 88.1 83.5-91.6 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3 17 4.5 2.7- 7.3
Northeastern Partnership 635 26 4.2 2.6- 6.6 9 2.0 0.9- 4.1 566 88.6 85.3-91.3 1 0.1 0.0- 0.8 33 5.1 3.5- 7.4
Mountain AHEC 801 21 2.6 1.5- 4.5 7 0.5 0.2- 1.7 722 88.8 85.1-91.7 2 0.3 0.0- 1.7 49 7.7 5.2-11.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,101 76 3.2 2.3- 4.4 27 1.3 0.8- 2.3 1,881 89.2 86.6-91.3 5 0.4 0.1- 1.7 112 6.0 4.3- 8.4
Piedmont 2,475 90 4.3 3.2- 5.6 28 1.1 0.7- 1.9 2,227 90.1 88.3-91.6 5 0.1 0.1- 0.4 125 4.4 3.5- 5.6
Western NC 1,278 49 3.4 2.4- 4.8 14 1.3 0.6- 2.7 1,140 89.0 86.2-91.2 4 0.2 0.1- 0.9 71 6.1 4.4- 8.5

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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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