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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County 778 730 91.4 88.0-93.9 12 2.0 0.9- 4.2 36 6.6 4.5- 9.7
GENDER
Male 271 249 89.6 83.4-93.7 7 2.6 0.9- 7.3 15 7.8 4.4-13.5
Female 507 481 93.1 89.5-95.6 5 1.4 0.5- 3.6 21 5.5 3.3- 8.9
RACE
White 543 528 97.0 94.9-98.3 8 1.3 0.6- 2.9 7 1.6 0.7- 3.5
Other 233 200 80.3 71.8-86.7 4 3.2 0.9-10.6 29 16.4 10.7-24.3
AGE
18-44 309 286 88.6 82.6-92.8 5 2.6 0.9- 7.1 18 8.8 5.3-14.3
45+ 464 441 95.1 92.3-96.9 6 1.1 0.4- 2.5 17 3.9 2.3- 6.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 197 176 83.2 73.3-90.0 4 3.8 1.1-12.5 17 13.0 7.3-22.1
Some College + 579 552 94.6 91.9-96.5 8 1.2 0.6- 2.7 19 4.1 2.5- 6.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 305 280 86.6 78.9-91.7 8 3.6 1.3- 9.5 17 9.9 5.5-17.0
$50,000+ 354 343 95.6 92.1-97.6 3 1.1 0.4- 3.5 8 3.2 1.6- 6.6

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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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