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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 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 2,542 2,310 90.0 87.9-91.8 69 2.7 1.8- 4.0 163 7.3 5.8- 9.2
AGE
18-24 135 111 79.8 67.6-88.2 7 6.1 2.1-16.5 17 14.1 7.4-25.3
25-34 354 316 88.1 82.3-92.2 8 1.5 0.6- 3.9 30 10.4 6.5-16.1
35-44 503 479 95.8 92.7-97.6 7 1.4 0.4- 4.5 17 2.8 1.5- 5.1
45-54 483 464 95.3 91.3-97.5 4 0.8 0.2- 3.3 15 4.0 2.0- 7.8
55-64 450 414 93.5 89.3-96.1 11 1.2 0.6- 2.6 25 5.3 2.9- 9.5
65-74 380 335 87.3 80.9-91.7 16 6.3 3.0-12.8 29 6.4 3.9-10.4
75+ 228 182 76.9 68.1-83.9 16 6.9 3.3-13.8 30 16.2 10.4-24.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 331 266 79.3 71.5-85.4 18 5.4 2.7-10.5 47 15.3 10.0-22.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 713 623 87.2 83.1-90.5 28 3.5 1.9- 6.4 62 9.2 6.6-12.8
Some Post-H.S. 630 588 89.3 83.4-93.3 15 3.1 1.3- 7.4 27 7.6 4.4-13.0
College Graduate 862 829 96.8 95.0-98.0 7 0.6 0.2- 1.9 26 2.6 1.6- 4.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 184 159 80.5 68.5-88.7 8 7.3 2.8-17.9 17 12.2 6.0-23.1
$15,000- 24,999 361 304 89.5 84.1-93.2 16 3.4 1.4- 8.3 41 7.1 4.4-11.2
$25,000- 34,999 271 244 88.4 80.9-93.2 8 2.2 0.7- 6.6 19 9.4 5.1-16.7
$35,000- 49,999 415 388 90.1 83.4-94.2 3 1.5 0.4- 4.9 24 8.5 4.6-15.1
$50,000-74,999 356 343 94.7 86.0-98.1 5 0.5 0.2- 1.3 8 4.8 1.5-14.0
$75,000+ 442 425 94.0 87.9-97.2 9 3.6 1.2-10.4 8 2.4 1.0- 5.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 156 140 89.1 81.6-93.8 6 3.5 1.5- 7.9 10 7.4 3.6-14.8
Guilford 112 104 92.0 79.9-97.1 2 1.1 0.3- 4.8 6 6.9 2.2-19.7
Mecklenburg 109 98 84.8 70.8-92.8 2 5.6 1.0-25.8 9 9.6 4.7-18.7
Orange 134 129 97.2 92.5-99.0 1 1.1 0.2- 7.7 4 1.7 0.6- 4.7
Wake 125 116 92.5 85.6-96.2 2 1.2 0.3- 4.9 7 6.3 2.9-13.2
Chatham/Lee 115 104 86.9 75.9-93.3 6 7.3 2.6-18.6 5 5.8 2.3-13.6
Nash/Wilson 82 76 93.8 86.1-97.4 2 1.9 0.4- 7.8 4 4.3 1.5-11.8
Craven/Pamlico 129 112 88.2 80.4-93.2 5 3.7 1.5- 9.1 12 8.0 4.0-15.4
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 145 134 91.0 82.1-95.7 3 1.1 0.3- 3.6 8 7.9 3.5-17.1
Appalachian/Wilkes 158 140 90.5 84.3-94.4 6 3.5 1.4- 8.2 12 6.0 3.1-11.3
Franklin/Gran./Vance 103 94 92.7 85.0-96.6 5 3.6 1.4- 9.0 4 3.7 1.1-11.6
Graham/Swain/Jackson 138 130 92.2 83.7-96.5 3 3.5 0.9-12.2 5 4.3 1.6-11.1
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 82 76 93.6 86.0-97.2 2 1.5 0.4- 6.0 4 4.9 1.8-12.5
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 83 72 86.9 74.1-93.9 2 4.0 0.7-19.1 9 9.1 3.9-20.0
Northeast NC I 71 62 88.5 76.2-94.9 2 1.1 0.3- 4.5 7 10.4 4.3-23.1
Northeast NC II 125 115 88.6 75.9-95.0 3 4.6 1.0-18.9 7 6.8 2.5-17.2
Northeastern Partnership 196 177 88.6 79.1-94.1 5 3.7 0.9-14.5 14 7.7 3.7-15.3
Mountain AHEC 427 387 89.7 84.5-93.3 13 2.3 1.2- 4.4 27 8.0 4.8-13.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 731 656 89.4 84.2-93.1 20 2.8 1.4- 5.5 55 7.7 4.5-12.9
Piedmont 1,120 1,035 91.2 88.4-93.5 25 2.5 1.3- 4.8 60 6.2 4.5- 8.5
Western NC 691 619 86.8 82.0-90.5 24 3.0 1.7- 5.1 48 10.2 6.9-14.9

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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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