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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Franklin/Nash/Wilson 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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson 381 355 92.1 87.5-95.0 9 2.1 1.0- 4.2 17 5.9 3.3-10.3
GENDER
Male 140 130 91.0 83.3-95.4 3 2.0 0.6- 6.0 7 7.0 3.2-14.7
Female 241 225 93.2 87.7-96.4 6 2.2 0.9- 5.2 10 4.6 2.0-10.1
RACE
White 264 252 95.4 91.1-97.7 4 1.4 0.5- 3.9 8 3.2 1.3- 7.5
Other 116 103 85.1 73.2-92.3 5 3.7 1.4- 9.7 8 11.2 4.9-23.5
AGE
18-44 137 125 90.0 81.6-94.9 5 2.2 0.8- 6.0 7 7.7 3.5-16.3
45+ 243 230 94.4 89.3-97.2 4 1.9 0.7- 5.4 9 3.7 1.5- 8.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 208 187 88.1 80.6-92.9 7 2.8 1.2- 6.4 14 9.1 4.8-16.6
Some College + 173 168 97.3 93.3-98.9 2 1.0 0.2- 4.8 3 1.7 0.5- 5.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 199 182 89.1 81.1-93.9 5 1.6 0.6- 4.5 12 9.3 4.8-17.5
$50,000+ 116 113 97.2 91.6-99.1 2 2.0 0.5- 7.7 1 0.8 0.1- 5.2

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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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