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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Heart Attack and Stroke-MALES

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 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
RACE
White 2,548 1,332 51.1 48.0-54.2 773 29.2 26.5-32.0 443 19.7 17.2-22.5
African American 585 218 40.1 34.1-46.5 187 28.8 23.6-34.6 180 31.1 25.7-36.9
Asian 23 10 43.2 17.3-73.5 10 31.1 11.7-60.6 3 25.6 7.7-58.6
Native American 81 36 33.5 19.5-51.3 27 27.5 14.5-45.8 18 39.0 20.3-61.6
Other Minorities 161 29 12.9 7.7-20.8 43 19.6 12.5-29.3 89 67.6 56.9-76.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 168 33 11.6 6.8-19.1 39 17.5 10.8-27.0 96 70.9 60.5-79.5
-English Speaking 53 19 19.8 8.7-39.1 15 17.3 7.7-34.4 19 62.9 42.2-79.7
-Spanish Speaking 115 14 9.3 4.6-17.9 24 17.6 9.9-29.3 77 73.2 60.9-82.7
Non-Hispanic 3,244 1,595 48.8 46.1-51.5 1,006 29.4 27.0-31.9 643 21.8 19.5-24.3
AGE
18-24 213 82 38.2 29.4-48.0 69 25.1 17.7-34.3 62 36.6 27.5-46.8
25-34 523 207 37.0 31.1-43.4 173 31.4 25.8-37.6 143 31.6 25.7-38.1
35-44 677 306 44.9 39.6-50.4 220 30.1 25.6-35.2 151 24.9 20.3-30.1
45-54 679 347 52.3 46.5-58.1 205 28.3 23.4-33.7 127 19.4 15.0-24.7
55-64 579 341 61.0 55.2-66.5 146 23.5 19.1-28.6 92 15.5 11.5-20.4
65-74 456 211 46.5 40.0-53.2 152 30.9 25.1-37.3 93 22.6 17.2-29.1
75+ 272 126 42.1 34.3-50.3 77 29.0 21.9-37.5 69 28.9 21.9-37.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 595 204 26.2 21.3-31.7 171 27.6 22.2-33.8 220 46.2 39.5-53.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,008 465 45.7 40.9-50.6 324 28.3 24.1-32.9 219 26.0 21.7-30.8
Some Post-H.S. 801 398 47.5 41.9-53.1 253 29.2 24.3-34.5 150 23.3 18.5-29.0
College Graduate 1,002 561 56.5 52.1-60.8 294 28.4 24.7-32.4 147 15.1 12.2-18.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 299 115 28.6 21.6-36.9 97 32.8 24.3-42.7 87 38.5 29.0-49.0
$15,000- 24,999 605 248 39.2 33.0-45.6 168 22.5 17.9-27.9 189 38.3 32.0-45.0
$25,000- 34,999 363 176 48.8 40.8-56.8 114 29.3 22.6-37.0 73 21.9 15.6-29.9
$35,000- 49,999 517 264 47.6 41.3-53.9 159 29.2 23.9-35.2 94 23.2 18.1-29.3
$50,000-74,999 432 238 54.8 47.5-62.0 140 28.4 22.8-34.8 54 16.8 10.9-24.9
$75,000+ 500 271 51.3 44.8-57.8 154 32.9 26.9-39.6 75 15.8 11.7-21.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 178 89 46.0 37.6-54.6 55 31.8 24.2-40.5 34 22.2 15.5-30.8
Guilford 163 91 59.1 50.2-67.5 46 25.7 18.8-34.1 26 15.2 10.1-22.3
Mecklenburg 168 78 46.7 37.0-56.7 47 24.0 16.9-33.0 43 29.3 21.3-38.9
Orange 169 91 44.0 34.0-54.5 43 25.0 17.7-34.1 35 31.1 19.7-45.2
Wake 171 76 41.3 32.9-50.3 57 31.6 23.9-40.4 38 27.1 19.3-36.6
Chatham/Lee 149 69 47.3 36.9-57.9 47 29.1 20.9-38.9 33 23.6 16.3-32.9
Nash/Wilson 135 61 46.8 37.2-56.8 48 33.8 25.4-43.4 26 19.4 13.0-27.9
Craven/Pamlico 166 78 48.4 39.4-57.6 55 32.1 24.1-41.4 33 19.5 13.4-27.4
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 160 77 50.3 40.5-60.0 52 29.3 22.0-37.9 31 20.4 13.7-29.2
Appalachian/Wilkes 166 90 49.7 39.5-60.0 50 31.7 21.8-43.6 26 18.6 11.8-28.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance 173 82 50.8 36.7-64.8 49 27.4 18.2-39.0 42 21.8 14.1-32.1
Graham/Swain/Jackson 161 92 47.2 33.8-61.1 40 22.8 14.9-33.3 29 29.9 15.1-50.7
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 173 70 38.4 30.5-47.0 63 39.9 31.6-48.8 40 21.7 15.5-29.5
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 123 52 36.9 27.0-48.0 40 38.9 27.6-51.4 31 24.3 16.4-34.4
Northeast NC I 139 58 39.2 28.7-50.8 47 37.5 25.1-51.9 34 23.3 15.7-33.0
Northeast NC II 182 75 40.7 32.5-49.4 63 33.1 25.6-41.7 44 26.2 19.1-34.8
Northeastern Partnership 321 133 40.2 33.6-47.2 110 34.5 27.8-41.9 78 25.3 19.7-31.8
Mountain AHEC 488 251 44.0 37.3-50.9 149 30.6 24.9-36.9 88 25.5 18.1-34.6
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,138 484 40.5 35.9-45.2 370 29.1 25.0-33.7 284 30.4 25.8-35.4
Piedmont 1,506 739 48.6 44.9-52.3 448 27.9 24.8-31.2 319 23.5 20.4-27.0
Western NC 771 406 45.7 40.1-51.5 229 29.6 24.7-34.9 136 24.7 19.0-31.4

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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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