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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Robeson 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
-Robeson County 395 348 86.9 81.8-90.7 13 3.9 1.9- 8.0 34 9.2 6.2-13.5
GENDER
Male 130 115 86.9 77.9-92.6 4 3.7 1.1-11.6 11 9.4 4.9-17.3
Female 265 233 86.8 80.7-91.2 9 4.1 1.7- 9.6 23 9.0 5.7-14.0
RACE
White 150 141 91.8 82.7-96.3 3 3.9 1.0-13.8 6 4.3 1.6-10.9
Other 244 206 84.3 77.6-89.3 10 3.9 1.6- 9.2 28 11.7 7.6-17.7
AGE
18-44 178 155 85.8 78.2-91.1 3 2.1 0.5- 8.1 20 12.1 7.4-19.2
45+ 214 190 88.2 80.8-92.9 10 6.5 2.8-14.3 14 5.4 3.0- 9.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 230 189 80.2 72.4-86.2 9 4.9 2.0-11.8 32 14.9 9.9-21.6
Some College + 164 159 97.2 93.3-98.9 3 1.8 0.6- 5.5 2 1.0 0.2- 4.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 301 270 87.6 81.4-91.9 9 4.2 1.7- 9.6 22 8.3 5.0-13.4
$50,000+ 48 47 97.6 84.6-99.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.4 0.3-15.4

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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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