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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Heart Attack and Stroke-FEMALES

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 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 7,319 7,020 96.0 95.3-96.6 109 1.7 1.3- 2.1 190 2.3 1.9- 2.8
African American 1,849 1,667 90.2 88.4-91.8 73 3.9 3.0- 5.2 109 5.9 4.7- 7.3
Asian 64 55 80.5 64.7-90.3 0 0.0 . - . 9 19.5 9.7-35.3
Native American 175 164 95.9 91.9-97.9 5 2.2 0.8- 5.8 6 2.0 0.8- 4.8
Other Minorities 389 243 58.7 52.2-64.9 30 7.8 5.1-11.9 116 33.5 27.6-39.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 471 307 62.7 56.9-68.2 43 8.8 6.1-12.5 121 28.5 23.4-34.2
-English Speaking 159 134 83.2 74.7-89.3 12 6.1 3.2-11.6 13 10.6 5.8-18.9
-Spanish Speaking 312 173 54.5 47.4-61.5 31 9.8 6.4-14.8 108 35.7 29.1-42.8
Non-Hispanic 9,345 8,861 95.0 94.4-95.5 175 1.9 1.6- 2.4 309 3.1 2.7- 3.6
AGE
18-24 461 400 87.2 83.2-90.4 21 4.7 2.9- 7.7 40 8.1 5.7-11.4
25-34 1,416 1,292 91.0 88.8-92.8 37 2.4 1.7- 3.5 87 6.6 5.0- 8.7
35-44 1,923 1,832 94.8 93.3-96.0 43 2.0 1.4- 3.0 48 3.2 2.2- 4.5
45-54 1,879 1,826 96.6 95.4-97.5 20 1.4 0.8- 2.4 33 2.0 1.4- 2.9
55-64 1,695 1,629 96.2 94.8-97.2 19 1.6 0.9- 2.8 47 2.3 1.6- 3.2
65-74 1,312 1,235 94.2 92.4-95.7 29 2.1 1.3- 3.3 48 3.7 2.5- 5.3
75+ 1,086 911 83.4 80.5-85.9 48 4.0 2.9- 5.6 127 12.6 10.3-15.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,463 1,162 75.7 72.3-78.8 82 6.6 4.9- 8.9 219 17.7 15.0-20.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,958 2,774 93.5 92.3-94.6 74 2.5 1.9- 3.2 110 4.0 3.1- 5.1
Some Post-H.S. 2,552 2,460 96.5 95.5-97.2 33 1.3 0.9- 2.0 59 2.2 1.6- 3.0
College Graduate 2,835 2,765 97.2 96.3-97.9 29 1.2 0.8- 1.9 41 1.6 1.1- 2.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,330 1,166 85.7 82.7-88.3 59 5.5 3.8- 8.0 105 8.8 6.9-11.1
$15,000- 24,999 1,822 1,667 88.9 86.5-91.0 53 2.9 2.1- 4.0 102 8.2 6.4-10.5
$25,000- 34,999 1,190 1,134 94.2 92.2-95.8 19 2.4 1.4- 4.0 37 3.4 2.3- 5.0
$35,000- 49,999 1,266 1,224 96.9 95.6-97.8 17 1.1 0.6- 1.8 25 2.0 1.2- 3.3
$50,000-74,999 1,190 1,176 98.6 97.3-99.2 3 0.5 0.1- 1.9 11 0.9 0.5- 1.8
$75,000+ 1,463 1,440 98.3 97.3-99.0 12 1.2 0.6- 2.2 11 0.5 0.3- 1.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 3,128 2,863 91.7 90.3-92.9 85 2.7 2.0- 3.7 180 5.6 4.6- 6.8
No 6,613 6,241 93.1 92.2-93.9 127 2.3 1.8- 2.8 245 4.6 3.9- 5.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 196 187 95.4 90.6-97.8 3 1.2 0.4- 3.8 6 3.4 1.4- 8.2
Non-Veteran 9,626 8,983 92.5 91.8-93.3 216 2.5 2.1- 2.9 427 5.0 4.4- 5.6

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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.

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