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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership**

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
-Northeastern Partnership 1,042 946 92.0 89.7-93.9 29 2.2 1.4- 3.5 67 5.8 4.2- 7.9
GENDER
Male 369 333 92.2 88.2-94.9 9 1.9 0.9- 4.1 27 5.9 3.5- 9.7
Female 673 613 91.9 89.1-94.0 20 2.5 1.5- 4.3 40 5.6 3.8- 8.1
RACE
White 624 587 95.5 93.3-97.0 10 1.4 0.6- 3.0 27 3.1 1.9- 4.9
African American 365 314 86.9 81.6-90.9 17 3.6 2.1- 6.2 34 9.5 6.0-14.6
Other Minorities 49 42 86.5 71.0-94.4 2 2.9 0.5-14.8 5 10.5 3.8-26.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 35 29 84.1 65.5-93.6 2 4.0 0.8-17.5 4 11.9 4.0-30.7
Non-Hispanic 1,007 917 92.5 90.3-94.3 27 2.1 1.3- 3.3 63 5.4 3.8- 7.4
AGE
18-24 32 26 84.5 67.0-93.6 1 1.4 0.2- 9.6 5 14.1 5.4-31.8
25-34 117 108 92.3 85.1-96.2 5 5.0 2.0-12.4 4 2.6 0.9- 7.0
35-44 169 160 94.6 88.2-97.6 3 1.2 0.4- 3.7 6 4.3 1.6-11.0
45-54 229 223 98.8 97.1-99.5 3 0.4 0.1- 1.3 3 0.8 0.2- 2.6
55-64 215 199 94.0 90.0-96.5 6 2.7 1.2- 6.0 10 3.3 1.6- 6.5
65-74 150 126 86.2 79.1-91.2 7 3.3 1.4- 7.8 17 10.5 6.1-17.2
75+ 125 100 81.2 72.6-87.5 4 2.9 1.0- 7.9 21 15.9 10.1-24.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 208 165 79.8 71.4-86.2 11 3.8 2.0- 7.3 32 16.4 10.4-24.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 388 355 93.1 89.4-95.6 13 2.8 1.4- 5.7 20 4.1 2.3- 7.0
Some Post-H.S. 229 221 97.3 93.5-98.9 2 0.5 0.1- 1.9 6 2.2 0.8- 6.2
College Graduate 215 204 96.2 92.8-98.0 3 1.4 0.5- 4.4 8 2.4 1.1- 5.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 173 148 88.2 81.8-92.5 4 1.0 0.4- 2.6 21 10.9 6.7-17.2
$15,000- 24,999 199 180 91.5 84.9-95.3 10 3.9 2.0- 7.5 9 4.6 1.8-11.7
$25,000- 34,999 138 129 93.6 86.5-97.1 5 4.5 1.6-11.7 4 2.0 0.6- 6.1
$35,000- 49,999 116 113 97.5 92.0-99.3 0 0.0 . - . 3 2.5 0.7- 8.0
$50,000-74,999 120 116 97.4 92.8-99.1 0 0.0 . - . 4 2.6 0.9- 7.2
$75,000+ 122 120 99.0 96.2-99.8 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.0 0.2- 3.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 418 367 90.0 86.5-92.7 15 2.8 1.5- 5.1 36 7.2 5.0-10.2
No 617 574 93.2 90.0-95.5 14 1.9 1.0- 3.6 29 4.8 2.9- 7.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 143 131 94.4 89.7-97.0 4 2.0 0.7- 5.5 8 3.6 1.6- 7.7
Non-Veteran 894 813 91.8 89.1-93.8 25 2.3 1.4- 3.7 56 6.0 4.2- 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.

** 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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