BRFSS 2005 - Mecklenburg County: (Identified all stroke symptoms correctly: 1,2,3,5,6=Yes.*)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	17,237	2,979	16.6	15.9-17.4	14,258	83.4	82.6-84.1
-Mecklenburg County	881	171	18.5	15.5-21.9	710	81.5	78.1-84.5
GENDER
Male	313	50	17.6	12.8-23.8	263	82.4	76.2-87.2
Female	568	121	19.3	16.0-23.0	447	80.7	77.0-84.0
RACE
White	601	137	22.2	18.3-26.6	464	77.8	73.4-81.7
Other	276	34	11.9	7.8-17.6	242	88.1	82.4-92.2
AGE
18-44	347	61	16.3	12.0-21.9	286	83.7	78.1-88.0
45+	525	110	21.3	17.5-25.7	415	78.7	74.3-82.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	231	25	13.6	8.0-22.3	206	86.4	77.7-92.0
Some College +	648	146	20.5	17.2-24.3	502	79.5	75.7-82.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	361	55	13.0	9.3-17.9	306	87.0	82.1-90.7
$50,000+	385	103	26.1	21.1-31.8	282	73.9	68.2-78.9

*Derived from 6 stroke questions.

^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.

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

Heart Attack and Stroke

Identified all stroke symptoms correctly: 1,2,3,5,6=Yes.*

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	17,237	2,979	16.6	15.9-17.4	14,258	83.4	82.6-84.1
-Mecklenburg County	881	171	18.5	15.5-21.9	710	81.5	78.1-84.5
GENDER
Male	313	50	17.6	12.8-23.8	263	82.4	76.2-87.2
Female	568	121	19.3	16.0-23.0	447	80.7	77.0-84.0
RACE
White	601	137	22.2	18.3-26.6	464	77.8	73.4-81.7
Other	276	34	11.9	7.8-17.6	242	88.1	82.4-92.2
AGE
18-44	347	61	16.3	12.0-21.9	286	83.7	78.1-88.0
45+	525	110	21.3	17.5-25.7	415	78.7	74.3-82.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	231	25	13.6	8.0-22.3	206	86.4	77.7-92.0
Some College +	648	146	20.5	17.2-24.3	502	79.5	75.7-82.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	361	55	13.0	9.3-17.9	306	87.0	82.1-90.7
$50,000+	385	103	26.1	21.1-31.8	282	73.9	68.2-78.9