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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Heart Attack and Stroke-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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%)
TOTAL 2,622 2,333 87.6 85.5-89.5 116 5.0 3.7- 6.9 173 7.3 6.0- 8.9
GENDER
Male 773 666 84.7 80.4-88.2 43 6.3 3.8-10.3 64 9.0 6.6-12.1
Female 1,849 1,667 90.2 88.4-91.8 73 3.9 3.0- 5.2 109 5.9 4.7- 7.3
AGE
18-24 158 129 77.4 66.1-85.7 15 12.6 6.1-24.3 14 10.0 5.4-17.9
25-34 417 388 93.7 89.9-96.1 15 3.0 1.6- 5.4 14 3.3 1.5- 7.0
35-44 559 505 88.8 84.6-92.0 26 3.2 2.1- 5.0 28 7.9 5.1-12.2
45-54 554 527 93.6 89.8-96.1 12 3.7 1.8- 7.6 15 2.6 1.4- 4.8
55-64 443 400 91.6 88.3-94.0 17 3.3 2.0- 5.5 26 5.1 3.2- 8.0
65-74 298 247 83.2 77.4-87.8 19 5.8 3.5- 9.6 32 11.0 7.2-16.4
75+ 181 127 70.1 61.9-77.2 11 5.3 2.6-10.4 43 24.6 18.0-32.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 507 390 75.6 69.0-81.1 37 8.1 4.3-14.6 80 16.3 12.3-21.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 929 823 87.3 83.8-90.1 50 4.9 3.5- 6.8 56 7.9 5.5-11.2
Some Post-H.S. 642 608 93.7 88.2-96.8 14 3.8 1.3-10.3 20 2.4 1.4- 4.3
College Graduate 540 509 93.0 89.4-95.5 14 3.6 1.9- 6.8 17 3.4 1.9- 6.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 525 445 84.0 79.0-88.0 31 6.2 3.5-10.7 49 9.8 7.0-13.5
$15,000- 24,999 611 545 86.6 82.0-90.2 27 4.1 2.7- 6.3 39 9.3 6.1-13.9
$25,000- 34,999 403 375 91.0 86.1-94.2 16 5.1 2.8- 9.2 12 3.9 2.0- 7.7
$35,000- 49,999 279 260 93.2 88.2-96.2 12 3.5 1.8- 6.7 7 3.3 1.3- 8.4
$50,000-74,999 219 214 91.1 74.0-97.4 2 5.6 1.0-25.6 3 3.3 0.6-16.0
$75,000+ 201 187 93.6 88.5-96.5 8 3.5 1.7- 7.4 6 2.9 1.0- 7.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 941 824 88.3 85.3-90.7 36 3.2 2.1- 5.0 81 8.5 6.4-11.2
No 1,636 1,476 88.0 85.1-90.5 76 5.6 3.8- 8.2 84 6.4 4.8- 8.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 279 248 86.9 80.0-91.7 10 2.7 1.4- 5.2 21 10.4 5.9-17.5
Non-Veteran 2,340 2,084 87.8 85.4-89.8 106 5.4 3.8- 7.4 150 6.9 5.5- 8.4

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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.

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