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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 stroke. For each, tell me yes, no, or you are not sure.
Do you think sudden confusion or trouble speaking are symptoms of a stroke?

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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 3,408 2,944 83.5 81.3-85.6 121 3.7 2.8- 5.0 343 12.7 10.9-14.8
RACE
White 2,542 2,310 90.0 87.9-91.8 69 2.7 1.8- 4.0 163 7.3 5.8- 9.2
African American 585 479 81.8 76.1-86.3 28 5.3 2.9- 9.4 78 13.0 9.1-18.1
Asian 24 19 85.0 61.2-95.4 3 7.7 1.8-27.8 2 7.2 1.3-32.1
Native American 80 69 79.1 56.2-91.7 2 2.3 0.4-11.7 9 18.7 6.7-42.5
Other Minorities 160 58 26.3 18.3-36.3 18 10.4 5.2-19.8 84 63.3 52.2-73.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 167 64 27.2 19.1-37.3 20 10.3 5.2-19.4 83 62.5 51.5-72.4
-English Speaking 53 38 54.9 32.4-75.5 6 8.3 1.9-29.3 9 36.8 17.3-61.8
-Spanish Speaking 114 26 19.0 11.3-30.2 14 10.9 5.0-22.1 74 70.1 57.4-80.4
Non-Hispanic 3,238 2,877 88.3 86.3-90.0 101 3.2 2.3- 4.4 260 8.5 7.1-10.2
AGE
18-24 212 163 71.6 61.7-79.7 11 7.6 3.6-15.6 38 20.8 13.9-30.0
25-34 523 422 78.2 72.3-83.2 19 2.3 1.3- 4.3 82 19.5 14.6-25.4
35-44 678 601 87.0 82.4-90.6 22 3.5 1.9- 6.3 55 9.5 6.4-13.8
45-54 678 630 91.5 87.2-94.5 13 1.9 0.9- 4.0 35 6.6 3.9-10.8
55-64 578 520 91.6 87.6-94.3 15 1.8 0.9- 3.6 43 6.7 4.2-10.5
65-74 452 385 84.3 78.2-88.9 24 7.1 3.9-12.5 43 8.7 5.5-13.4
75+ 271 208 73.4 65.0-80.3 17 5.9 2.9-11.7 46 20.7 14.5-28.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 593 408 61.9 55.0-68.4 39 5.6 3.5- 8.9 146 32.5 26.2-39.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,007 848 81.6 77.2-85.3 48 5.1 3.2- 8.1 111 13.3 10.1-17.2
Some Post-H.S. 798 730 86.3 81.1-90.2 21 4.0 2.1- 7.6 47 9.7 6.4-14.4
College Graduate 1,001 953 96.1 94.3-97.4 12 0.9 0.4- 2.2 36 3.0 2.0- 4.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 296 235 71.5 60.3-80.5 12 5.1 2.2-11.3 49 23.5 14.9-34.9
$15,000- 24,999 605 456 73.2 66.8-78.7 40 5.5 3.4- 8.9 109 21.3 16.2-27.5
$25,000- 34,999 363 319 83.3 75.5-88.9 12 2.2 0.9- 5.3 32 14.5 9.1-22.3
$35,000- 49,999 517 474 88.3 82.8-92.2 8 2.3 1.0- 5.4 35 9.4 5.9-14.7
$50,000-74,999 432 410 93.9 86.9-97.3 5 0.4 0.2- 1.1 17 5.7 2.4-12.9
$75,000+ 498 474 91.9 85.9-95.5 12 4.8 2.0-11.3 12 3.3 1.7- 6.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 178 156 84.5 75.9-90.5 8 3.7 1.8- 7.5 14 11.8 6.4-20.6
Guilford 164 148 90.3 82.4-94.9 4 1.5 0.5- 4.3 12 8.2 4.0-16.4
Mecklenburg 166 139 77.1 66.7-84.9 6 6.4 2.2-17.3 21 16.5 10.4-25.2
Orange 169 148 77.8 61.5-88.5 9 13.4 4.4-34.0 12 8.8 4.6-16.4
Wake 170 146 79.9 69.6-87.3 7 6.0 2.3-14.5 17 14.1 7.9-23.8
Chatham/Lee 149 126 79.1 69.2-86.5 8 7.3 3.1-16.3 15 13.6 8.1-22.0
Nash/Wilson 135 120 89.1 82.1-93.6 4 2.1 0.7- 5.7 11 8.8 4.8-15.7
Craven/Pamlico 166 145 87.5 80.0-92.5 5 3.0 1.2- 7.3 16 9.5 5.2-16.9
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 157 138 86.6 78.0-92.2 5 1.6 0.6- 4.0 14 11.8 6.5-20.5
Appalachian/Wilkes 166 145 88.9 82.3-93.2 6 3.3 1.4- 7.8 15 7.8 4.3-13.7
Franklin/Gran./Vance 173 148 84.4 74.9-90.8 7 2.8 1.2- 6.4 18 12.7 7.0-22.1
Graham/Swain/Jackson 161 147 77.0 52.6-91.0 4 3.3 1.1- 9.8 10 19.7 6.4-46.6
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 173 150 87.6 80.9-92.2 3 0.9 0.3- 3.0 20 11.5 7.0-18.1
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 123 100 82.3 72.1-89.3 5 5.2 1.7-14.5 18 12.5 7.0-21.4
Northeast NC I 139 108 79.9 70.5-86.9 8 4.3 2.0- 9.3 23 15.8 9.6-24.7
Northeast NC II 181 160 85.9 76.9-91.7 7 5.8 2.2-14.6 14 8.3 4.3-15.4
Northeastern Partnership 320 268 84.0 77.6-88.8 15 5.4 2.5-11.0 37 10.7 7.1-15.8
Mountain AHEC 488 432 85.1 79.1-89.6 16 2.3 1.3- 4.1 40 12.6 8.3-18.6
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,137 968 82.0 77.2-86.0 40 3.8 2.3- 6.1 129 14.2 10.5-18.9
Piedmont 1,502 1,303 84.5 81.5-87.2 53 3.9 2.6- 6.0 146 11.5 9.3-14.2
Western NC 769 673 82.7 77.3-87.0 28 2.9 1.7- 4.7 68 14.5 10.4-19.8

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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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