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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Heart Attack and Stroke

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%)
All Participants 80,494 71,373 86.7 86.2-87.2 2,496 4.0 3.7- 4.3 6,625 9.3 8.9- 9.7
Alabama 3,237 2,925 88.8 87.3-90.2 126 4.4 3.6- 5.4 186 6.7 5.6- 8.0
Arkansas 4,001 3,564 87.5 86.2-88.7 79 2.4 1.8- 3.2 358 10.1 9.0-11.3
Florida 4,845 4,149 82.4 80.5-84.2 207 5.6 4.6- 6.9 489 12.0 10.5-13.6
Georgia 7,350 6,470 86.9 85.7-88.0 210 3.4 2.8- 4.1 670 9.7 8.8-10.7
Iowa 4,851 4,458 90.5 89.3-91.6 120 3.1 2.4- 3.9 273 6.4 5.6- 7.4
Louisiana 4,931 4,245 84.4 83.1-85.6 241 5.5 4.8- 6.3 445 10.1 9.1-11.3
Minnesota 3,858 3,547 91.1 90.0-92.1 104 2.9 2.3- 3.6 207 6.0 5.2- 7.0
Montana 3,888 3,451 87.5 85.8-89.0 132 3.5 2.7- 4.4 305 9.1 7.8-10.5
Nebraska 4,858 4,348 87.7 86.5-88.9 153 3.4 2.8- 4.1 357 8.9 7.9- 9.9
North Carolina 9,311 8,330 86.5 85.2-87.7 245 3.1 2.5- 3.9 736 10.4 9.3-11.6
North Dakota 2,921 2,616 88.2 86.7-89.6 91 3.3 2.5- 4.2 214 8.6 7.4- 9.9
Ohio 3,620 3,217 86.9 85.4-88.4 114 3.8 3.0- 4.8 289 9.3 8.1-10.7
Oklahoma 7,591 6,719 86.9 85.9-87.9 170 2.7 2.2- 3.3 702 10.4 9.5-11.3
South Carolina 5,574 4,961 86.3 85.0-87.5 153 3.6 3.0- 4.4 460 10.1 9.1-11.2
Tennessee 2,545 2,313 90.7 89.2-92.0 116 5.0 4.0- 6.2 116 4.3 3.4- 5.3
Virginia 5,145 4,583 88.0 86.6-89.2 130 2.9 2.4- 3.6 432 9.1 8.0-10.3
Virgin Islands 1,968 1,477 72.6 69.7-75.2 105 5.9 4.6- 7.5 386 21.6 19.1-24.2

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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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