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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Heart Attack and Stroke

If you thought someone was having a heart attack or a stroke, what is the first thing you would do?

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Respond.#
Take them to the hospital Tell them to call doctor Call 911 Call a family member Do something else
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 79,680 5,618 6.2 5.9- 6.5 805 1.0 0.9- 1.2 68,925 87.7 87.3-88.1 591 0.6 0.5- 0.7 3,741 4.4 4.2- 4.7
Alabama 3,217 254 8.7 7.6-10.0 23 0.8 0.5- 1.2 2,812 86.5 85.0-87.9 32 1.0 0.7- 1.6 96 3.0 2.4- 3.8
Arkansas 3,957 442 11.9 10.7-13.1 34 1.1 0.7- 1.6 3,267 81.5 80.1-82.9 48 1.1 0.8- 1.5 166 4.4 3.7- 5.3
Florida 4,797 257 5.2 4.3- 6.2 49 1.3 0.8- 1.9 4,261 89.5 88.1-90.7 32 0.6 0.3- 0.9 198 3.5 2.8- 4.4
Georgia 7,270 522 6.3 5.6- 7.1 72 1.2 0.9- 1.8 6,317 87.5 86.4-88.6 54 0.8 0.4- 1.4 305 4.2 3.6- 4.8
Iowa 4,800 319 6.8 5.9- 7.8 61 1.4 1.1- 1.9 4,182 86.8 85.5-88.0 35 0.6 0.4- 0.9 203 4.3 3.7- 5.1
Louisiana 4,862 365 7.8 7.0- 8.7 58 1.3 1.0- 1.8 4,201 85.9 84.7-87.0 32 0.6 0.4- 0.9 206 4.4 3.7- 5.1
Minnesota 3,813 137 3.8 3.2- 4.6 33 0.8 0.5- 1.3 3,395 88.9 87.7-90.0 13 0.3 0.1- 0.4 235 6.2 5.4- 7.1
Montana 3,853 326 7.3 6.3- 8.4 42 1.2 0.8- 1.9 3,231 85.1 83.6-86.6 31 0.8 0.5- 1.4 223 5.5 4.6- 6.6
Nebraska 4,785 293 6.7 5.9- 7.6 61 1.4 1.0- 1.8 4,173 86.5 85.3-87.7 35 0.7 0.5- 1.1 223 4.7 4.0- 5.4
North Carolina 9,237 396 4.8 4.1- 5.6 111 1.1 0.8- 1.4 8,147 88.1 87.0-89.2 29 0.2 0.1- 0.4 554 5.8 5.1- 6.6
North Dakota 2,891 273 9.9 8.7-11.2 33 1.2 0.8- 1.8 2,439 84.0 82.4-85.4 26 0.8 0.5- 1.2 120 4.2 3.4- 5.1
Ohio 3,597 181 5.2 4.4- 6.2 22 0.6 0.3- 0.9 3,229 89.5 88.2-90.7 19 0.6 0.3- 1.1 146 4.1 3.4- 5.0
Oklahoma 7,508 772 10.2 9.5-11.1 73 1.0 0.7- 1.3 6,189 82.7 81.7-83.7 97 1.2 0.9- 1.5 377 4.9 4.4- 5.5
South Carolina 5,526 363 7.4 6.6- 8.4 37 0.7 0.5- 1.1 4,837 86.5 85.3-87.6 37 0.6 0.4- 0.9 252 4.8 4.1- 5.6
Tennessee 2,518 158 6.6 5.5- 7.9 24 1.0 0.6- 1.5 2,226 87.8 86.1-89.3 22 1.0 0.5- 1.8 88 3.7 2.9- 4.7
Virginia 5,109 262 5.0 4.3- 5.8 36 0.8 0.5- 1.3 4,535 88.6 87.3-89.8 27 0.4 0.2- 0.6 249 5.3 4.4- 6.4
Virgin Islands 1,940 298 16.2 14.2-18.5 36 1.4 0.9- 2.1 1,484 76.0 73.4-78.4 22 1.0 0.6- 1.9 100 5.3 4.2- 6.7

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = 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.

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