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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Chatham/Lee/Moore 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
-Chatham/Lee/Moore 467 422 84.1 78.2-88.7 16 5.7 3.1-10.4 29 10.2 6.6-15.3
GENDER
Male 166 140 79.1 69.3-86.4 10 6.7 3.1-13.8 16 14.2 8.1-23.7
Female 301 282 88.8 81.3-93.6 6 4.7 1.7-12.7 13 6.4 3.4-11.9
RACE
White 387 369 94.3 90.6-96.6 8 2.3 1.1- 5.0 10 3.3 1.6- 6.7
Other 77 50 53.5 38.9-67.5 8 15.8 7.1-31.7 19 30.7 18.7-46.0
AGE
18-44 151 130 78.0 67.3-86.0 8 8.2 3.6-17.3 13 13.8 7.6-23.8
45+ 313 289 89.6 83.9-93.5 8 3.5 1.4- 8.2 16 6.9 3.9-11.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 204 167 72.5 62.7-80.6 13 9.4 4.7-17.8 24 18.1 11.5-27.4
Some College + 263 255 95.7 90.5-98.2 3 2.1 0.5- 7.8 5 2.2 0.8- 5.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 263 235 81.1 72.5-87.5 12 6.7 3.4-12.7 16 12.2 7.0-20.6
$50,000+ 137 134 98.3 93.7-99.6 0 0.0 . - . 3 1.7 0.4- 6.3

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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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