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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly Counties

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
-Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly 579 539 91.4 87.7-94.1 14 2.5 1.3- 4.6 26 6.1 3.9- 9.6
GENDER
Male 203 183 88.3 81.4-92.8 7 3.8 1.7- 8.3 13 7.9 4.2-14.5
Female 376 356 94.5 91.0-96.7 7 1.2 0.5- 2.6 13 4.3 2.4- 7.8
RACE
White 354 343 95.3 90.5-97.8 5 1.9 0.7- 5.0 6 2.8 1.0- 7.7
Other 222 193 84.7 77.6-89.9 9 3.5 1.6- 7.7 20 11.7 7.2-18.5
AGE
18-44 223 204 90.9 84.7-94.8 9 3.0 1.4- 6.5 10 6.1 2.9-12.2
45+ 354 333 91.9 87.1-95.0 5 1.9 0.6- 5.5 16 6.2 3.6-10.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 327 295 88.1 82.5-92.1 10 3.0 1.4- 6.3 22 8.9 5.5-14.3
Some College + 252 244 96.9 93.3-98.6 4 1.6 0.5- 5.1 4 1.5 0.5- 4.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 377 347 89.5 84.3-93.2 9 2.1 0.9- 4.8 21 8.3 5.0-13.5
$50,000+ 122 118 96.5 90.3-98.8 3 2.7 0.8- 9.0 1 0.8 0.1- 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.

** 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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