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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth County

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
-Forsyth County 403 378 92.2 86.3-95.7 8 1.8 0.7- 4.2 17 6.0 2.9-12.1
GENDER
Male 130 123 92.0 78.6-97.3 4 2.9 0.9- 8.9 3 5.0 1.0-21.7
Female 273 255 92.4 86.1-96.0 4 0.9 0.3- 2.3 14 6.7 3.3-13.2
RACE
White 297 282 95.0 90.5-97.4 6 2.2 0.8- 5.9 9 2.8 1.1- 6.7
Other 104 94 85.4 67.8-94.2 2 0.7 0.2- 2.9 8 13.9 5.2-32.0
AGE
18-44 139 131 89.4 76.8-95.5 2 1.6 0.3- 8.4 6 9.0 3.4-22.0
45+ 262 245 94.9 91.7-96.9 6 1.9 0.8- 4.4 11 3.1 1.7- 5.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 139 124 83.5 69.6-91.8 4 2.9 0.8-10.0 11 13.5 5.9-28.1
Some College + 264 254 97.5 95.2-98.7 4 1.1 0.4- 3.0 6 1.4 0.6- 3.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 202 186 87.9 76.8-94.1 5 2.6 0.9- 7.7 11 9.4 3.9-21.1
$50,000+ 144 143 99.4 95.8-99.9 1 0.6 0.1- 4.2 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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