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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Heart Attack and Stroke-FEMALES

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 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 4,318 2,777 61.9 59.6-64.1 867 21.8 19.9-23.8 674 16.3 14.7-18.1
African American 1,250 540 46.5 42.2-50.8 378 28.1 24.5-31.9 332 25.4 22.0-29.2
Asian 23 9 39.8 15.3-70.7 10 39.9 17.3-67.8 4 20.3 6.2-49.7
Native American 146 75 45.9 32.9-59.5 31 32.0 19.6-47.6 40 22.1 14.5-32.2
Other Minorities 161 47 25.7 17.1-36.8 30 21.2 12.2-34.2 84 53.1 41.0-64.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 166 52 25.2 16.7-36.3 32 22.1 12.6-35.9 82 52.7 40.2-64.8
-English Speaking 81 40 45.5 29.1-62.9 17 17.4 7.3-36.1 24 37.1 20.7-57.1
-Spanish Speaking 85 12 16.4 7.7-31.6 15 24.2 12.0-42.6 58 59.4 42.6-74.3
Non-Hispanic 5,742 3,400 58.2 56.2-60.1 1,288 23.4 21.7-25.1 1,054 18.5 17.0-20.1
AGE
18-24 358 144 44.3 36.6-52.4 110 27.1 21.1-34.2 104 28.6 22.1-36.1
25-34 876 431 49.7 45.0-54.5 238 27.2 23.1-31.7 207 23.1 19.3-27.4
35-44 1,090 633 57.8 53.3-62.2 261 23.4 19.6-27.7 196 18.8 15.5-22.6
45-54 1,150 742 63.9 59.6-68.0 233 21.6 18.1-25.4 175 14.5 11.6-17.9
55-64 939 627 62.6 57.6-67.3 154 17.8 14.2-22.2 158 19.6 15.7-24.1
65-74 803 514 65.4 60.4-70.1 155 18.6 14.8-23.1 134 16.0 12.6-19.9
75+ 654 331 49.3 43.7-55.0 166 27.5 22.7-32.9 157 23.2 18.9-28.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 984 421 39.1 34.4-44.0 242 27.2 22.6-32.2 321 33.7 28.9-38.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,779 1,000 52.9 49.2-56.5 418 25.6 22.5-29.1 361 21.5 18.6-24.7
Some Post-H.S. 1,526 945 61.9 58.1-65.5 342 21.5 18.6-24.8 239 16.6 14.0-19.6
College Graduate 1,610 1,080 66.1 62.6-69.4 317 20.1 17.4-23.1 213 13.8 11.5-16.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 799 399 48.5 43.1-53.9 202 23.2 19.3-27.7 198 28.3 23.3-33.8
$15,000- 24,999 1,112 607 50.4 45.7-55.0 271 28.3 24.2-32.8 234 21.3 17.6-25.6
$25,000- 34,999 665 385 54.7 48.5-60.8 156 22.8 18.0-28.5 124 22.5 17.5-28.5
$35,000- 49,999 714 451 59.5 53.8-64.9 155 24.1 19.5-29.5 108 16.4 12.5-21.2
$50,000-74,999 572 362 63.9 58.2-69.3 126 21.6 17.2-26.8 84 14.5 10.9-18.9
$75,000+ 650 453 67.8 62.6-72.5 114 18.3 14.5-22.8 83 14.0 10.7-18.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 273 177 64.8 58.2-70.9 62 24.2 18.8-30.4 34 11.0 7.7-15.6
Guilford 279 172 57.9 50.7-64.8 66 25.6 19.7-32.7 41 16.4 11.7-22.7
Mecklenburg 277 172 61.4 54.8-67.7 51 20.6 15.5-26.9 54 17.9 13.6-23.3
Orange 281 168 48.9 39.1-58.8 59 28.2 18.6-40.3 54 22.9 15.4-32.5
Wake 277 158 56.3 49.1-63.2 54 16.4 12.4-21.5 65 27.3 20.9-34.7
Chatham/Lee 245 139 51.8 44.4-59.1 56 24.0 18.1-31.1 50 24.2 18.0-31.8
Nash/Wilson 237 126 49.2 42.1-56.3 60 25.9 20.1-32.7 51 24.9 19.0-32.0
Craven/Pamlico 281 167 55.3 48.2-62.1 66 24.3 18.9-30.7 48 20.4 14.6-27.8
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 272 185 63.5 56.1-70.3 51 21.1 15.6-27.9 36 15.4 10.5-22.0
Appalachian/Wilkes 287 190 60.5 51.0-69.3 44 17.0 12.3-23.2 53 22.4 14.1-33.8
Franklin/Gran./Vance 298 165 53.7 46.4-60.9 73 25.4 19.7-32.2 60 20.8 15.5-27.4
Graham/Swain/Jackson 263 172 63.4 56.3-70.0 54 21.4 16.2-27.7 37 15.2 10.7-21.1
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 296 143 44.6 38.4-51.0 68 23.0 18.0-29.1 85 32.3 26.4-38.8
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 288 156 53.9 47.4-60.3 68 24.0 18.9-30.0 64 22.1 17.3-27.7
Northeast NC I 315 147 49.1 42.7-55.4 93 30.3 24.7-36.4 75 20.7 16.3-25.9
Northeast NC II 325 173 51.5 45.3-57.7 82 28.6 23.0-35.0 70 19.9 15.6-24.9
Northeastern Partnership 640 320 50.6 46.0-55.1 175 29.2 25.1-33.8 145 20.2 17.0-23.8
Mountain AHEC 809 522 62.9 58.2-67.3 179 23.6 19.8-27.8 108 13.6 10.6-17.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,124 1,133 53.5 50.0-57.0 525 25.7 22.7-29.0 466 20.8 18.2-23.7
Piedmont 2,498 1,479 56.4 53.6-59.2 531 22.1 19.8-24.6 488 21.5 19.2-24.0
Western NC 1,293 842 63.7 59.7-67.6 266 22.9 19.6-26.6 185 13.4 10.9-16.4

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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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