SCHS Home Search FAQs Guestbook

North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics Navigation Bar

BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Western 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?

Select a different topic:
 View results for a different geographical area:
  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
-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
GENDER
Male 771 406 45.7 40.1-51.5 229 29.6 24.7-34.9 136 24.7 19.0-31.4
Female 1,293 842 63.7 59.7-67.6 266 22.9 19.6-26.6 185 13.4 10.9-16.4
RACE
White 1,880 1,162 56.6 52.8-60.3 445 26.7 23.6-30.1 273 16.7 13.5-20.4
African American 72 42 59.8 40.7-76.4 18 19.8 10.3-34.6 12 20.4 9.6-38.3
Other Minorities 103 42 25.8 15.1-40.6 26 14.8 8.5-24.5 35 59.3 42.3-74.4
AGE
18-24 135 53 35.2 24.7-47.3 41 31.2 21.4-43.2 41 33.6 23.0-46.1
25-34 282 150 46.1 35.7-56.9 80 26.7 19.1-36.0 52 27.2 16.0-42.2
35-44 341 211 59.2 50.9-67.0 79 22.8 17.4-29.2 51 18.0 11.2-27.6
45-54 381 255 67.0 58.2-74.6 80 23.1 16.0-32.0 46 10.0 6.5-15.1
55-64 354 245 63.9 55.8-71.3 67 24.1 17.6-32.1 42 12.0 7.6-18.4
65-74 341 215 58.2 50.7-65.3 84 27.8 21.6-35.0 42 14.0 9.2-20.7
75+ 217 110 42.3 34.2-50.9 62 34.6 26.3-43.9 45 23.1 16.7-31.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 348 161 37.8 29.2-47.3 97 26.3 19.3-34.7 90 35.9 24.8-48.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 641 389 54.6 48.5-60.6 147 25.8 20.5-31.8 105 19.7 15.1-25.2
Some Post-H.S. 543 358 59.9 52.9-66.4 118 24.5 19.1-30.9 67 15.6 10.9-21.9
College Graduate 526 338 63.3 57.5-68.7 130 28.4 23.4-34.1 58 8.3 6.0-11.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 272 160 49.3 40.6-58.0 75 33.4 25.1-42.8 37 17.4 11.3-25.9
$15,000- 24,999 406 229 48.8 40.4-57.3 94 25.2 18.5-33.4 83 26.0 18.4-35.2
$25,000- 34,999 254 147 52.4 43.0-61.6 71 34.6 25.8-44.7 36 13.0 8.3-19.9
$35,000- 49,999 270 184 72.7 64.9-79.4 60 18.6 13.3-25.4 26 8.7 5.2-14.2
$50,000-74,999 205 131 63.1 53.0-72.1 53 26.3 18.3-36.3 21 10.6 5.8-18.6
$75,000+ 205 136 61.7 51.7-70.7 44 27.8 19.4-38.0 25 10.6 6.2-17.4
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

Back to Heart Attack and Stroke.

^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.

BRFSS Home | Annual Questionnaires | Technical Notes

This page was generated on 16JUN04.

SCHS Home | Search | FAQs | Guestbook