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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange County

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
-Orange County 379 362 91.0 83.4-95.3 7 3.3 1.2- 8.8 10 5.7 2.4-13.1
GENDER
Male 147 136 87.7 74.2-94.6 5 4.5 1.3-14.6 6 7.8 2.5-22.1
Female 232 226 94.4 85.2-98.0 2 2.1 0.4-11.4 4 3.5 1.0-12.0
RACE
White 314 309 98.9 97.2-99.6 3 0.7 0.2- 2.2 2 0.4 0.1- 1.8
Other 62 51 65.6 44.9-81.8 4 12.2 3.7-33.0 7 22.2 8.9-45.4
AGE
18-44 151 142 88.2 75.1-94.9 2 2.7 0.4-14.9 7 9.1 3.4-22.1
45+ 225 218 95.0 87.6-98.1 5 4.2 1.4-12.0 2 0.8 0.2- 3.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 80 66 70.5 52.0-84.1 6 11.3 4.0-28.1 8 18.1 7.2-38.6
Some College + 298 295 99.0 96.7-99.7 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0 2 0.8 0.2- 3.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 148 135 81.6 66.7-90.8 6 7.3 2.6-19.2 7 11.1 4.1-26.8
$50,000+ 177 175 98.7 94.7-99.7 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.3 0.3- 5.3

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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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