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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Piedmont North Carolina**

Heart Attack and Stroke

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%)
North Carolina 9,330 5,083 51.4 49.8-53.0 2,369 25.8 24.4-27.3 1,878 22.8 21.4-24.3
-Piedmont NC 4,004 2,218 52.6 50.3-54.9 979 24.9 23.0-27.0 807 22.5 20.5-24.6
GENDER
Male 1,506 739 48.6 44.9-52.3 448 27.9 24.8-31.2 319 23.5 20.4-27.0
Female 2,498 1,479 56.4 53.6-59.2 531 22.1 19.8-24.6 488 21.5 19.2-24.0
RACE
White 2,944 1,786 57.9 55.2-60.5 688 25.0 22.7-27.4 470 17.1 15.1-19.4
African American 802 363 47.9 42.9-53.0 225 25.8 21.8-30.4 214 26.2 22.2-30.7
Other Minorities 203 51 18.7 12.8-26.6 41 19.5 12.9-28.3 111 61.8 52.0-70.6
AGE
18-24 241 108 48.1 39.2-57.1 65 21.4 15.2-29.3 68 30.5 22.7-39.7
25-34 631 280 43.4 38.1-48.9 181 30.7 25.8-36.1 170 25.9 21.4-30.9
35-44 834 435 49.3 44.6-54.0 217 26.0 22.0-30.4 182 24.7 20.7-29.2
45-54 812 505 60.9 55.9-65.7 191 24.5 20.5-28.9 116 14.6 11.0-19.0
55-64 608 403 64.4 58.8-69.6 116 18.6 14.7-23.3 89 17.0 13.0-22.0
65-74 465 264 56.2 49.8-62.4 110 23.5 18.4-29.6 91 20.3 15.5-26.0
75+ 383 201 50.0 43.3-56.7 96 26.0 20.4-32.5 86 24.0 18.7-30.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 579 237 32.7 27.6-38.2 137 24.9 20.0-30.6 205 42.4 36.4-48.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,057 556 50.5 45.8-55.1 276 26.0 22.1-30.4 225 23.5 19.7-27.9
Some Post-H.S. 949 548 56.7 51.9-61.4 235 24.4 20.6-28.7 166 18.9 15.2-23.2
College Graduate 1,404 873 61.2 57.7-64.7 327 24.3 21.3-27.5 204 14.5 12.2-17.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 362 159 39.1 31.9-46.8 102 28.2 21.4-36.3 101 32.7 25.2-41.2
$15,000- 24,999 660 333 47.0 41.2-52.9 158 23.3 18.8-28.5 169 29.7 24.4-35.5
$25,000- 34,999 399 229 54.6 47.1-62.0 86 20.7 15.3-27.3 84 24.7 18.4-32.3
$35,000- 49,999 543 302 50.5 44.6-56.4 135 27.9 22.8-33.6 106 21.7 17.0-27.1
$50,000-74,999 468 281 58.5 52.0-64.6 120 24.9 20.1-30.4 67 16.6 11.9-22.8
$75,000+ 655 407 57.6 52.1-62.9 161 28.0 23.1-33.6 87 14.3 11.0-18.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 451 266 55.2 49.6-60.7 117 28.1 23.3-33.4 68 16.7 12.7-21.7
Guilford 442 263 58.5 52.8-63.9 112 25.7 21.0-31.0 67 15.8 12.2-20.3
Mecklenburg 445 250 53.9 47.9-59.8 98 22.3 17.8-27.7 97 23.7 19.0-29.3
Orange 450 259 46.7 39.6-54.0 102 26.8 20.2-34.6 89 26.5 19.5-34.8
Wake 448 234 49.2 43.6-54.9 111 23.6 19.2-28.6 103 27.2 22.1-33.0
Chatham/Lee 394 208 49.6 43.2-55.9 103 26.5 21.4-32.4 83 23.9 19.0-29.7
Nash/Wilson 372 187 48.0 42.1-54.1 108 29.7 24.6-35.5 77 22.2 17.7-27.6
Craven/Pamlico 447 245 52.0 46.4-57.7 121 28.0 23.1-33.5 81 20.0 15.6-25.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 432 262 57.4 51.5-63.1 103 24.9 20.3-30.1 67 17.7 13.5-22.9
Appalachian/Wilkes 453 280 55.8 48.7-62.6 94 23.5 18.0-30.2 79 20.7 14.8-28.2
Franklin/Gran./Vance 471 247 52.3 44.2-60.2 122 26.4 20.8-33.0 102 21.3 16.4-27.2
Graham/Swain/Jackson 424 264 55.0 46.1-63.6 94 22.1 17.1-28.1 66 22.9 13.9-35.3
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 469 213 41.7 36.7-47.0 131 30.9 26.0-36.3 125 27.4 22.9-32.3
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 411 208 46.5 40.4-52.7 108 30.5 24.5-37.3 95 23.0 18.5-28.3
Northeast NC I 454 205 45.0 38.9-51.2 140 33.3 26.8-40.4 109 21.8 17.6-26.6
Northeast NC II 507 248 46.2 41.0-51.5 145 30.8 26.1-36.0 114 22.9 18.7-27.8
Northeastern Partnership 961 453 45.8 41.8-49.9 285 31.7 27.8-35.9 223 22.5 19.3-26.1
Mountain AHEC 1,297 773 53.6 49.3-57.9 328 27.0 23.6-30.7 196 19.4 15.2-24.4
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,262 1,617 47.3 44.4-50.3 895 27.3 24.8-30.1 750 25.3 22.7-28.2
Piedmont 4,004 2,218 52.6 50.3-54.9 979 24.9 23.0-27.0 807 22.5 20.5-24.6
Western NC 2,064 1,248 55.0 51.4-58.6 495 26.1 23.2-29.3 321 18.9 15.6-22.6

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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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