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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

Heart Attack and Stroke

If you thought someone was having a heart attack or a stroke, what is the first thing you would do?

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Take them to the hospital Tell them to call doctor Call 911 Call a family member Do something else
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,114 636 5.0 4.5- 5.6 134 0.9 0.7- 1.1 13,439 88.2 87.4-89.0 82 0.5 0.4- 0.7 823 5.4 4.9- 5.9
-Mecklenburg County 773 20 3.5 1.9- 6.5 3 0.2 0.1- 0.7 705 90.6 87.2-93.2 4 0.3 0.1- 1.0 41 5.3 3.5- 7.9
GENDER
Male 270 10 4.7 1.9-10.9 1 0.2 0.0- 1.5 240 87.8 81.1-92.4 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 18 7.0 3.9-12.4
Female 503 10 2.4 1.2- 4.6 2 0.2 0.1- 0.8 465 93.3 90.7-95.3 3 0.5 0.1- 1.5 23 3.6 2.3- 5.5
RACE
White 541 13 2.3 1.3- 4.1 2 0.2 0.0- 0.6 494 91.7 88.1-94.3 3 0.5 0.1- 1.5 29 5.4 3.2- 8.9
Other 230 7 5.9 2.1-15.1 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1 209 88.5 80.3-93.5 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0 12 5.2 2.7- 9.8
AGE
18-44 308 10 4.5 1.9-10.2 0 0.0 . - . 286 90.5 84.2-94.5 0 0.0 . - . 12 5.0 2.4-10.0
45+ 460 10 2.4 1.2- 4.8 3 0.5 0.1- 1.5 414 90.7 87.3-93.2 4 0.8 0.3- 2.2 29 5.7 3.8- 8.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 195 7 5.6 1.7-16.8 2 0.6 0.1- 2.4 177 86.9 76.0-93.3 3 0.8 0.2- 2.8 6 6.1 2.2-15.7
Some College + 576 13 2.7 1.5- 4.8 1 0.1 0.0- 0.4 526 92.1 89.3-94.2 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2 35 5.0 3.4- 7.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 304 9 4.9 1.7-12.9 3 0.5 0.2- 1.8 272 89.2 82.5-93.6 3 0.6 0.2- 2.0 17 4.8 2.8- 8.1
$50,000+ 354 10 3.1 1.6- 6.1 0 0.0 . - . 326 90.7 85.4-94.2 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8 17 5.9 3.0-11.1

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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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