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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Heart Attack and Stroke-WHITE 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 2,548 1,332 51.1 48.0-54.2 773 29.2 26.5-32.0 443 19.7 17.2-22.5
AGE
18-24 135 63 44.7 32.7-57.3 38 23.5 14.4-36.0 34 31.8 20.8-45.4
25-34 354 153 41.6 34.2-49.4 128 33.6 26.6-41.4 73 24.8 18.1-32.9
35-44 503 253 50.7 44.6-56.9 161 32.3 26.9-38.3 89 16.9 12.9-21.8
45-54 484 271 57.6 50.7-64.1 139 28.9 23.2-35.4 74 13.5 9.5-19.0
55-64 450 275 61.9 55.4-68.1 113 24.2 19.2-30.0 62 13.9 9.7-19.5
65-74 384 195 51.9 44.7-59.0 126 29.6 23.5-36.5 63 18.5 13.4-25.0
75+ 229 116 46.3 37.5-55.3 66 29.5 21.5-38.9 47 24.3 17.3-32.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 333 139 36.8 29.0-45.3 104 32.2 24.5-41.0 90 31.0 22.5-41.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 714 368 52.2 46.4-58.0 222 27.8 22.9-33.3 124 20.0 15.5-25.4
Some Post-H.S. 632 332 49.0 42.6-55.4 192 29.1 23.5-35.4 108 21.9 16.5-28.5
College Graduate 863 492 57.2 52.5-61.7 251 29.3 25.3-33.7 120 13.5 10.6-17.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 186 85 38.0 28.0-49.2 63 39.4 28.2-51.9 38 22.5 14.4-33.5
$15,000- 24,999 361 171 48.5 40.0-57.1 104 26.6 19.8-34.6 86 24.9 18.0-33.5
$25,000- 34,999 271 141 55.2 46.0-63.9 85 31.0 23.2-40.0 45 13.9 9.0-20.9
$35,000- 49,999 415 221 49.3 42.3-56.2 121 28.2 22.4-34.8 73 22.5 16.8-29.6
$50,000-74,999 356 203 56.0 48.0-63.8 117 29.6 23.4-36.6 36 14.4 8.2-23.9
$75,000+ 444 248 53.1 46.2-60.0 136 33.1 26.6-40.2 60 13.8 9.7-19.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 156 81 50.0 41.0-59.1 49 33.1 24.9-42.4 26 16.9 11.1-24.8
Guilford 112 71 68.1 58.0-76.7 25 19.2 12.6-28.2 16 12.7 7.5-20.8
Mecklenburg 110 59 59.4 46.9-70.9 36 28.7 18.9-41.1 15 11.8 6.7-20.0
Orange 134 75 50.6 40.8-60.3 35 29.0 20.7-39.0 24 20.5 13.3-30.2
Wake 126 63 47.0 37.3-57.0 43 34.7 25.8-44.7 20 18.3 11.6-27.7
Chatham/Lee 115 58 52.7 41.3-63.7 38 32.0 22.4-43.4 19 15.4 9.5-23.9
Nash/Wilson 83 43 55.8 43.0-67.8 29 32.6 22.3-44.9 11 11.7 5.9-21.6
Craven/Pamlico 129 64 51.3 41.0-61.6 44 33.1 23.9-43.8 21 15.6 9.9-23.8
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 147 73 53.0 42.8-63.0 49 29.7 22.0-38.7 25 17.3 10.9-26.3
Appalachian/Wilkes 158 88 51.2 40.5-61.8 46 31.0 20.8-43.4 24 17.8 11.0-27.5
Franklin/Gran./Vance 103 53 51.4 39.0-63.5 32 33.2 22.5-46.0 18 15.4 9.0-25.2
Graham/Swain/Jackson 138 82 58.5 48.1-68.3 32 21.8 14.7-31.0 24 19.7 12.0-30.6
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 82 40 44.4 32.6-57.0 29 42.1 30.0-55.2 13 13.5 7.5-22.9
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 83 36 38.1 27.7-49.9 26 34.0 23.2-46.8 21 27.8 18.1-40.2
Northeast NC I 71 39 57.5 43.9-70.0 22 31.5 20.2-45.4 10 11.0 5.6-20.7
Northeast NC II 126 62 47.2 37.2-57.4 42 34.4 25.3-44.8 22 18.4 11.2-28.7
Northeastern Partnership 197 101 49.6 41.2-58.0 64 33.7 26.1-42.3 32 16.7 10.9-24.8
Mountain AHEC 427 227 46.8 39.3-54.4 130 31.9 25.7-38.9 70 21.3 13.6-31.7
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 733 357 47.9 41.9-53.9 228 27.6 22.5-33.3 148 24.6 19.4-30.6
Piedmont 1,123 600 53.6 49.3-57.8 340 29.3 25.6-33.3 183 17.1 13.9-20.9
Western NC 692 375 48.0 42.0-54.0 205 31.1 25.8-36.9 112 21.0 15.3-28.1

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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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