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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 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 6,851 6,358 91.5 90.3-92.6 141 2.4 1.8- 3.1 352 6.1 5.2- 7.2
GENDER
Male 2,542 2,310 90.0 87.9-91.8 69 2.7 1.8- 4.0 163 7.3 5.8- 9.2
Female 4,309 4,048 93.0 91.6-94.1 72 2.1 1.5- 2.9 189 5.0 4.0- 6.2
AGE
18-24 364 314 83.0 75.5-88.6 13 4.4 1.8-10.1 37 12.6 7.9-19.4
25-34 940 867 90.8 87.5-93.3 17 2.0 1.1- 3.7 56 7.2 5.0-10.2
35-44 1,262 1,215 96.2 94.4-97.4 13 1.1 0.5- 2.6 34 2.7 1.7- 4.1
45-54 1,318 1,280 96.5 94.4-97.8 13 1.0 0.4- 2.3 25 2.6 1.5- 4.5
55-64 1,170 1,107 94.5 92.0-96.2 19 1.5 0.7- 3.1 44 4.0 2.5- 6.2
65-74 1,010 923 90.3 87.0-92.8 30 4.3 2.5- 7.4 57 5.4 3.8- 7.6
75+ 749 615 79.0 74.3-83.0 36 5.5 3.5- 8.6 98 15.5 12.1-19.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 901 742 81.1 76.7-84.8 40 5.3 3.3- 8.3 119 13.6 10.6-17.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,984 1,811 90.0 87.7-92.0 44 2.5 1.6- 4.1 129 7.4 5.8- 9.5
Some Post-H.S. 1,783 1,689 91.6 88.4-93.9 39 2.8 1.6- 4.9 55 5.6 3.7- 8.5
College Graduate 2,168 2,107 97.2 96.0-98.0 17 0.6 0.3- 1.2 44 2.2 1.5- 3.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 640 558 82.7 77.0-87.2 17 4.8 2.5- 9.3 65 12.5 8.8-17.4
$15,000- 24,999 1,093 995 91.3 88.3-93.6 26 2.5 1.3- 4.8 72 6.2 4.3- 8.7
$25,000- 34,999 743 690 90.9 86.9-93.8 16 1.9 0.9- 4.1 37 7.1 4.5-11.0
$35,000- 49,999 987 940 93.1 89.4-95.5 9 1.5 0.6- 3.6 38 5.4 3.3- 8.9
$50,000-74,999 841 813 95.7 91.2-97.9 13 1.3 0.5- 3.5 15 3.0 1.1- 7.7
$75,000+ 1,019 991 95.6 92.3-97.5 14 2.4 0.9- 5.9 14 2.0 1.0- 3.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 398 369 91.9 87.9-94.7 10 2.6 1.3- 4.9 19 5.5 3.2- 9.3
Guilford 311 295 94.3 88.8-97.2 5 1.0 0.4- 2.6 11 4.7 2.1-10.5
Mecklenburg 290 270 89.8 82.2-94.3 6 3.7 0.9-13.3 14 6.6 3.7-11.5
Orange 369 354 96.3 93.5-97.9 7 1.8 0.8- 4.0 8 2.0 0.9- 4.3
Wake 322 300 91.9 87.3-95.0 6 1.7 0.8- 3.9 16 6.3 3.6-10.9
Chatham/Lee 287 267 90.9 85.0-94.6 6 3.7 1.3- 9.9 14 5.4 3.0- 9.4
Nash/Wilson 231 214 93.4 88.8-96.2 3 1.4 0.4- 4.4 14 5.2 2.8- 9.5
Craven/Pamlico 346 320 92.0 87.9-94.8 8 2.7 1.3- 5.5 18 5.3 3.0- 9.0
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 398 372 92.2 87.8-95.2 8 1.5 0.7- 3.1 18 6.2 3.5-10.8
Appalachian/Wilkes 432 398 92.1 88.5-94.6 9 2.1 1.0- 4.3 25 5.8 3.7- 9.1
Franklin/Gran./Vance 287 268 93.3 88.9-96.0 7 2.6 1.1- 5.8 12 4.1 2.1- 8.0
Graham/Swain/Jackson 366 343 93.0 88.8-95.7 7 2.5 0.9- 6.2 16 4.6 2.6- 7.9
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 200 186 93.2 88.6-96.0 6 2.5 1.1- 5.7 8 4.2 2.1- 8.4
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 257 231 87.9 81.2-92.4 5 3.4 1.1-10.1 21 8.7 5.2-14.2
Northeast NC I 208 194 93.0 87.1-96.3 3 0.8 0.3- 2.6 11 6.2 3.0-12.2
Northeast NC II 345 321 91.8 85.6-95.4 6 2.8 0.8- 9.1 18 5.5 2.8-10.2
Northeastern Partnership 553 515 92.1 87.5-95.1 9 2.3 0.7- 6.8 29 5.7 3.4- 9.2
Mountain AHEC 1,156 1,076 92.5 89.8-94.5 24 1.7 1.0- 2.8 56 5.8 4.0- 8.4
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,039 1,879 91.6 89.0-93.7 41 2.3 1.4- 3.6 119 6.1 4.3- 8.7
Piedmont 2,937 2,742 91.9 90.1-93.3 59 2.3 1.5- 3.5 136 5.8 4.7- 7.3
Western NC 1,875 1,737 90.4 87.8-92.6 41 2.7 1.6- 4.5 97 6.9 5.1- 9.2

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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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