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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford 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
-Guilford County 420 388 90.8 85.4-94.4 11 2.8 1.3- 5.7 21 6.4 3.4-11.7
GENDER
Male 144 129 87.6 76.8-93.8 6 4.1 1.5-10.4 9 8.4 3.3-19.7
Female 276 259 93.8 89.7-96.4 5 1.6 0.6- 3.9 12 4.6 2.4- 8.6
RACE
White 302 291 97.1 94.2-98.6 4 1.0 0.3- 2.9 7 2.0 0.8- 4.8
Other 117 96 77.4 63.8-86.9 7 6.6 2.7-15.4 14 16.0 7.8-30.3
AGE
18-44 154 140 89.0 78.6-94.7 6 4.0 1.6-10.0 8 7.0 2.4-18.3
45+ 264 247 93.0 88.3-95.9 5 1.5 0.6- 3.7 12 5.5 2.9-10.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 160 138 87.7 80.3-92.6 8 5.2 2.1-12.1 14 7.1 3.8-12.7
Some College + 258 250 93.4 84.0-97.4 3 1.2 0.3- 4.4 5 5.4 1.8-15.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 221 198 85.1 75.6-91.3 8 4.3 1.8- 9.9 15 10.6 5.3-20.3
$50,000+ 130 130 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 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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