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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln Counties

Heart Attack and Stroke

Do you think sudden numbness or weakness of face, arm, or leg, especially on one side, 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%)
North Carolina 15,246 14,091 90.8 90.0-91.5 419 3.2 2.8- 3.7 736 6.0 5.4- 6.6
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 450 409 89.7 84.9-93.1 13 2.5 1.2- 5.0 28 7.8 4.8-12.5
GENDER
Male 158 143 88.7 80.4-93.8 4 2.1 0.6- 7.2 11 9.1 4.6-17.3
Female 292 266 90.6 84.3-94.5 9 2.8 1.2- 6.3 17 6.6 3.3-12.9
RACE
White 393 365 92.7 88.9-95.3 7 1.6 0.6- 4.2 21 5.7 3.4- 9.2
Other 57 44 69.3 47.8-84.7 6 8.4 2.9-21.6 7 22.4 8.6-47.0
AGE
18-44 171 156 89.2 80.8-94.2 4 2.4 0.7- 7.7 11 8.4 4.0-16.7
45+ 278 252 90.2 84.8-93.9 9 2.6 1.3- 5.3 17 7.2 4.0-12.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 252 222 86.3 78.9-91.4 9 3.5 1.5- 7.8 21 10.2 5.8-17.4
Some College + 197 186 94.6 88.6-97.5 4 1.0 0.3- 2.8 7 4.4 1.7-10.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 283 256 90.1 84.6-93.8 8 2.8 1.1- 7.1 19 7.1 4.1-11.9
$50,000+ 103 102 95.7 75.5-99.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 4.3 0.6-24.5

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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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): 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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