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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I**

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
-Northeast Partnership I 451 405 91.8 88.2-94.3 14 2.6 1.3- 4.8 32 5.6 3.6- 8.9
GENDER
Male 158 141 92.0 85.3-95.8 4 2.5 0.8- 7.2 13 5.5 2.4-11.9
Female 293 264 91.6 87.6-94.3 10 2.6 1.3- 5.2 19 5.8 3.6- 9.3
RACE
White 215 204 96.6 93.5-98.2 3 1.1 0.3- 3.9 8 2.3 1.1- 4.8
Other 232 198 87.6 81.3-91.9 11 3.9 1.9- 8.0 23 8.5 4.9-14.4
AGE
18-44 130 123 93.9 84.9-97.7 3 2.3 0.6- 8.1 4 3.8 1.0-13.5
45+ 320 281 90.4 86.5-93.2 11 2.8 1.4- 5.4 28 6.9 4.6-10.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 277 241 89.4 84.0-93.1 12 3.4 1.6- 6.8 24 7.2 4.2-12.2
Some College + 172 163 96.1 92.0-98.1 2 1.3 0.3- 5.1 7 2.7 1.2- 6.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 287 259 92.0 87.1-95.2 11 2.9 1.5- 5.6 17 5.1 2.5- 9.9
$50,000+ 83 81 98.1 90.9-99.6 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.9 0.4- 9.1

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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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