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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Pitt 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
-Pitt County 390 359 88.2 82.4-92.3 12 2.9 1.5- 5.6 19 8.8 5.2-14.7
GENDER
Male 147 130 82.4 72.3-89.4 5 3.6 1.4- 8.8 12 14.0 7.7-24.2
Female 243 229 94.7 90.2-97.2 7 2.2 1.0- 4.9 7 3.0 1.2- 7.6
RACE
White 254 244 97.2 94.2-98.7 3 0.9 0.2- 3.6 7 1.8 0.7- 4.5
Other 136 115 74.8 62.6-84.1 9 5.9 2.8-12.3 12 19.2 10.8-31.9
AGE
18-44 157 144 86.3 76.4-92.5 2 1.3 0.3- 6.4 11 12.4 6.5-22.3
45+ 230 212 90.2 83.2-94.5 10 4.8 2.3- 9.4 8 5.0 2.0-12.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 154 128 75.3 63.6-84.1 11 6.6 3.3-12.8 15 18.1 10.2-30.2
Some College + 235 230 97.6 93.8-99.1 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1 4 2.1 0.7- 6.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 211 192 86.9 78.4-92.4 9 3.9 1.8- 8.1 10 9.2 4.4-18.1
$50,000+ 131 129 98.3 92.4-99.7 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.7 0.3- 7.6

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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.

** 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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