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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston 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
-Gaston County 389 367 93.5 89.7-96.0 8 2.9 1.3- 6.4 14 3.6 2.0- 6.3
GENDER
Male 134 126 93.5 86.6-97.0 5 4.3 1.6-10.8 3 2.2 0.6- 7.3
Female 255 241 93.5 88.5-96.4 3 1.7 0.4- 6.9 11 4.7 2.5- 8.8
RACE
White 337 321 95.1 91.6-97.2 6 1.9 0.8- 4.8 10 2.9 1.5- 5.8
Other 52 46 84.0 66.5-93.3 2 8.8 2.3-28.8 4 7.2 2.5-19.3
AGE
18-44 137 128 92.0 84.6-96.0 3 3.7 1.2-11.0 6 4.3 1.8- 9.7
45+ 249 236 94.9 90.8-97.2 5 2.2 0.8- 5.9 8 2.9 1.4- 6.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 202 188 92.2 86.4-95.7 5 2.8 1.0- 7.9 9 5.0 2.4- 9.8
Some College + 186 179 95.2 89.2-97.9 3 3.1 1.0- 9.5 4 1.7 0.6- 5.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 215 200 91.7 85.5-95.4 5 3.2 1.1- 9.0 10 5.1 2.6- 9.9
$50,000+ 111 109 97.4 89.5-99.4 1 1.7 0.2-11.3 1 0.9 0.1- 6.0

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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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