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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Heart Attack and Stroke-WHITES

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 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
GENDER
Male 2,548 1,332 51.1 48.0-54.2 773 29.2 26.5-32.0 443 19.7 17.2-22.5
Female 4,318 2,777 61.9 59.6-64.1 867 21.8 19.9-23.8 674 16.3 14.7-18.1
AGE
18-24 365 169 46.0 38.0-54.1 107 26.2 19.8-33.8 89 27.8 20.7-36.1
25-34 940 468 47.0 42.2-51.9 280 30.6 26.2-35.4 192 22.4 18.3-27.1
35-44 1,263 736 57.9 53.9-61.8 319 26.4 22.9-30.1 208 15.7 13.1-18.7
45-54 1,319 863 63.9 59.6-67.9 279 23.4 20.0-27.3 177 12.7 10.1-15.9
55-64 1,170 800 65.2 61.0-69.3 215 19.8 16.5-23.5 155 15.0 11.9-18.6
65-74 1,015 642 61.7 57.2-66.1 237 23.0 19.3-27.1 136 15.3 12.2-19.0
75+ 756 403 50.5 45.3-55.6 199 28.3 23.7-33.3 154 21.3 17.3-25.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 908 448 44.1 39.0-49.3 234 29.1 24.5-34.2 226 26.8 21.9-32.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,988 1,164 55.6 52.0-59.1 493 26.2 23.1-29.5 331 18.3 15.5-21.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,785 1,094 56.8 52.8-60.7 418 24.4 21.2-28.0 273 18.8 15.6-22.4
College Graduate 2,170 1,397 62.8 59.7-65.7 489 23.8 21.3-26.5 284 13.4 11.5-15.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 644 357 49.3 43.1-55.5 162 28.6 22.9-35.0 125 22.1 17.1-28.1
$15,000- 24,999 1,096 620 52.6 47.6-57.5 261 26.9 22.7-31.6 215 20.5 16.6-25.1
$25,000- 34,999 743 442 58.4 52.6-64.0 190 27.9 22.9-33.6 111 13.7 10.4-17.8
$35,000- 49,999 988 596 56.0 51.3-60.7 237 25.5 21.5-29.8 155 18.5 14.9-22.8
$50,000-74,999 841 525 61.6 56.3-66.6 215 24.4 20.5-28.8 101 14.1 10.1-19.2
$75,000+ 1,021 659 60.2 55.5-64.7 229 26.0 21.9-30.5 133 13.8 11.0-17.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 399 243 58.3 52.4-64.0 100 28.0 22.9-33.7 56 13.7 10.2-18.1
Guilford 311 211 67.0 60.5-72.9 62 19.8 15.1-25.5 38 13.2 9.2-18.5
Mecklenburg 291 178 62.6 55.1-69.6 65 23.7 17.7-30.9 48 13.7 9.9-18.6
Orange 370 223 50.1 42.2-58.0 80 28.4 20.8-37.6 67 21.5 15.5-29.0
Wake 323 190 56.3 49.9-62.5 81 25.2 20.1-31.1 52 18.5 13.8-24.2
Chatham/Lee 288 167 56.2 49.0-63.1 79 28.3 22.3-35.1 42 15.5 11.1-21.4
Nash/Wilson 232 139 58.7 51.0-66.0 60 26.7 20.6-33.8 33 14.7 10.0-20.9
Craven/Pamlico 347 201 56.0 49.6-62.2 93 28.4 22.8-34.8 53 15.6 11.7-20.6
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 401 249 60.1 54.1-65.9 96 25.0 20.3-30.5 56 14.8 11.0-19.7
Appalachian/Wilkes 432 270 56.4 49.2-63.4 87 23.0 17.3-29.9 75 20.5 14.5-28.3
Franklin/Gran./Vance 287 171 58.8 51.0-66.1 69 26.0 19.7-33.6 47 15.2 10.9-20.9
Graham/Swain/Jackson 366 237 63.0 56.6-69.0 79 21.0 16.5-26.5 50 16.0 11.4-22.0
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 200 109 50.5 42.5-58.4 53 31.3 24.0-39.8 38 18.2 13.1-24.6
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 257 142 50.4 43.4-57.5 58 24.8 18.9-31.9 57 24.7 19.0-31.5
Northeast NC I 208 121 58.3 50.4-65.7 51 26.6 20.1-34.4 36 15.1 10.7-20.9
Northeast NC II 346 194 52.8 46.4-59.0 90 29.5 23.9-35.8 62 17.7 13.2-23.3
Northeastern Partnership 554 315 54.2 49.0-59.2 141 28.8 24.2-33.8 98 17.1 13.5-21.4
Mountain AHEC 1,158 712 56.1 51.4-60.6 287 27.2 23.5-31.1 159 16.8 12.5-22.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,042 1,161 54.2 50.5-57.9 507 25.2 22.1-28.5 374 20.6 17.6-24.0
Piedmont 2,944 1,786 57.9 55.2-60.5 688 25.0 22.7-27.4 470 17.1 15.1-19.4
Western NC 1,880 1,162 56.6 52.8-60.3 445 26.7 23.6-30.1 273 16.7 13.5-20.4

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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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