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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 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
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 424 387 87.6 81.7-91.8 16 5.0 2.8- 8.8 21 7.4 4.1-13.1
GENDER
Male 139 124 84.6 73.5-91.6 9 8.1 3.9-16.4 6 7.2 2.5-19.0
Female 285 263 89.9 83.1-94.1 7 2.5 1.1- 5.8 15 7.6 3.8-14.5
RACE
White 268 256 95.2 89.8-97.8 3 1.8 0.5- 6.0 9 3.1 1.1- 8.1
Other 153 128 77.7 66.6-86.0 13 9.2 4.7-17.1 12 13.1 6.5-24.5
AGE
18-44 165 149 85.8 75.5-92.2 7 4.3 1.6-11.1 9 9.9 4.6-20.2
45+ 255 235 90.2 84.0-94.2 8 5.1 2.4-10.4 12 4.7 2.2- 9.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 243 210 81.0 72.1-87.6 12 6.5 3.2-12.6 21 12.5 7.0-21.3
Some College + 180 176 97.2 92.5-99.0 4 2.8 1.0- 7.5 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 236 211 84.0 75.0-90.2 12 7.2 3.6-13.8 13 8.8 4.1-17.7
$50,000+ 117 116 98.3 89.2-99.8 1 1.7 0.2-10.8 0 0.0 . - .

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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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