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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

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
-Eastern NC 4,897 4,513 91.5 90.4-92.6 130 2.6 2.1- 3.3 254 5.8 4.9- 6.9
GENDER
Male 1,695 1,536 89.8 87.6-91.6 54 3.0 2.1- 4.2 105 7.2 5.6- 9.1
Female 3,202 2,977 93.2 92.0-94.2 76 2.3 1.7- 3.0 149 4.6 3.8- 5.5
RACE
White 3,273 3,110 95.5 94.5-96.3 58 1.6 1.2- 2.2 105 2.9 2.3- 3.7
African American 1,182 1,054 89.3 86.8-91.4 45 3.1 2.2- 4.4 83 7.6 5.8- 9.9
Other Minorities 430 340 72.3 65.3-78.3 27 7.9 4.8-12.7 63 19.8 14.6-26.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 230 149 62.0 53.4-69.9 26 10.9 6.7-17.2 55 27.1 20.1-35.5
Non-Hispanic 4,662 4,361 94.1 93.2-94.9 104 1.9 1.5- 2.4 197 4.0 3.3- 4.8
AGE
18-24 239 207 87.8 82.0-91.9 10 3.1 1.5- 6.2 22 9.1 5.5-14.6
25-34 725 671 90.9 87.5-93.5 17 2.9 1.5- 5.4 37 6.2 4.2- 9.1
35-44 931 869 92.5 89.8-94.5 21 2.0 1.1- 3.3 41 5.6 3.8- 8.1
45-54 1,010 970 95.5 93.5-97.0 15 1.6 0.8- 3.0 25 2.9 1.8- 4.7
55-64 892 842 94.6 92.6-96.1 18 2.1 1.3- 3.5 32 3.3 2.1- 5.0
65-74 635 575 90.3 87.1-92.9 26 4.4 2.8- 6.9 34 5.3 3.5- 7.9
75+ 444 361 81.4 76.6-85.3 22 4.8 2.9- 8.0 61 13.8 10.4-18.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 735 570 74.3 69.4-78.7 45 7.1 4.8-10.5 120 18.5 14.7-23.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,612 1,484 92.9 91.2-94.3 55 2.7 2.0- 3.7 73 4.4 3.3- 5.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,268 1,217 96.1 94.4-97.3 17 1.2 0.7- 2.1 34 2.7 1.7- 4.3
College Graduate 1,278 1,239 96.8 95.2-97.9 12 0.9 0.5- 1.5 27 2.3 1.4- 3.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 670 576 84.9 80.5-88.4 33 3.9 2.7- 5.8 61 11.2 8.0-15.5
$15,000- 24,999 902 805 85.7 81.6-89.0 32 4.0 2.4- 6.4 65 10.4 7.5-14.1
$25,000- 34,999 616 590 95.7 93.2-97.3 8 1.4 0.6- 3.3 18 2.9 1.6- 5.0
$35,000- 49,999 702 670 95.3 92.8-96.9 10 1.1 0.6- 2.1 22 3.6 2.1- 6.1
$50,000-74,999 643 627 96.6 93.8-98.2 5 1.8 0.7- 5.0 11 1.6 0.8- 3.0
$75,000+ 686 667 97.4 95.9-98.4 9 1.4 0.7- 2.7 10 1.2 0.6- 2.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,652 1,496 91.6 89.8-93.1 51 2.5 1.7- 3.5 105 5.9 4.6- 7.5
No 3,200 2,984 91.7 90.2-93.0 75 2.6 2.0- 3.5 141 5.7 4.6- 7.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 792 737 94.2 92.2-95.7 22 2.5 1.5- 4.0 33 3.3 2.3- 4.9
Non-Veteran 4,099 3,772 91.0 89.6-92.2 108 2.7 2.1- 3.4 219 6.4 5.3- 7.6

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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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