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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 15,246 14,091 90.8 90.0-91.5 419 3.2 2.8- 3.7 736 6.0 5.4- 6.6
GENDER
Male 5,421 4,918 88.8 87.5-90.1 200 4.0 3.3- 4.9 303 7.1 6.1- 8.2
Female 9,825 9,173 92.6 91.8-93.3 219 2.4 2.0- 2.9 433 5.0 4.4- 5.6
RACE
White 11,523 10,964 95.2 94.7-95.7 225 2.0 1.7- 2.4 334 2.8 2.4- 3.2
African American 2,622 2,333 87.6 85.5-89.5 116 5.0 3.7- 6.9 173 7.3 6.0- 8.9
Asian 97 82 81.4 69.9-89.2 4 5.0 1.6-14.7 11 13.5 7.1-24.2
Native American 270 245 91.0 85.7-94.5 12 5.7 2.9-10.8 13 3.3 1.6- 6.5
Other Minorities 685 427 57.1 51.8-62.3 60 10.0 7.3-13.5 198 32.9 28.0-38.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 806 505 58.4 53.6-63.0 85 10.8 8.3-14.1 216 30.8 26.5-35.4
-English Speaking 242 199 80.2 72.6-86.1 22 8.1 4.9-13.3 21 11.7 7.0-18.8
-Spanish Speaking 564 306 52.2 46.6-57.8 63 11.6 8.5-15.6 195 36.2 30.9-41.8
Non-Hispanic 14,429 13,580 94.1 93.5-94.6 333 2.4 2.1- 2.9 516 3.5 3.1- 3.9
AGE
18-24 727 619 83.3 79.3-86.6 37 5.9 3.9- 8.9 71 10.8 8.1-14.1
25-34 2,211 2,013 90.1 88.3-91.7 62 3.0 2.2- 4.1 136 6.8 5.5- 8.4
35-44 2,974 2,797 92.5 91.1-93.8 70 2.3 1.6- 3.2 107 5.1 4.1- 6.4
45-54 2,960 2,841 94.5 93.1-95.6 50 2.3 1.7- 3.3 69 3.2 2.3- 4.3
55-64 2,713 2,582 95.0 93.8-95.9 48 2.0 1.4- 2.8 83 3.1 2.3- 4.0
65-74 2,018 1,876 92.5 91.0-93.8 58 3.3 2.4- 4.4 84 4.2 3.2- 5.4
75+ 1,573 1,301 82.1 79.7-84.3 91 5.7 4.4- 7.2 181 12.2 10.3-14.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 2,342 1,818 72.3 69.3-75.1 158 8.3 6.6-10.4 366 19.3 16.9-22.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 4,575 4,247 92.4 91.3-93.4 134 2.8 2.3- 3.4 194 4.8 4.0- 5.8
Some Post-H.S. 3,744 3,590 94.9 93.4-96.1 59 2.0 1.3- 3.1 95 3.0 2.2- 4.2
College Graduate 4,559 4,417 96.4 95.6-97.1 65 1.6 1.2- 2.2 77 2.0 1.5- 2.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,808 1,552 81.2 78.1-84.0 96 7.2 5.3- 9.8 160 11.6 9.5-14.1
$15,000- 24,999 2,704 2,406 83.8 81.2-86.1 103 4.4 3.3- 5.8 195 11.8 9.7-14.2
$25,000- 34,999 1,871 1,753 92.3 90.4-93.8 44 3.0 2.1- 4.2 74 4.8 3.6- 6.3
$35,000- 49,999 2,083 1,996 95.9 94.7-96.8 39 1.4 1.0- 2.0 48 2.7 1.9- 3.7
$50,000-74,999 2,015 1,972 96.8 94.9-98.0 18 1.8 0.9- 3.7 25 1.4 0.8- 2.4
$75,000+ 2,565 2,506 97.3 96.3-98.1 25 1.2 0.7- 1.8 34 1.5 1.0- 2.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 4,726 4,296 90.3 88.9-91.5 151 3.5 2.7- 4.4 279 6.2 5.3- 7.3
No 10,373 9,678 91.1 90.2-91.9 255 3.0 2.6- 3.6 440 5.8 5.2- 6.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 2,015 1,861 92.9 91.4-94.2 68 2.9 2.2- 3.8 86 4.2 3.1- 5.6
Non-Veteran 13,221 12,224 90.5 89.6-91.3 351 3.3 2.8- 3.8 646 6.3 5.6- 7.0

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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.

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