BRFSS 2005 - Wake County: (Identified all stroke symptoms correctly: 1,2,3,5,6=Yes.*)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	17,237	2,979	16.6	15.9-17.4	14,258	83.4	82.6-84.1
-Wake County	861	195	20.3	17.3-23.6	666	79.7	76.4-82.7
GENDER
Male	331	71	18.6	14.2-23.9	260	81.4	76.1-85.8
Female	530	124	22.0	18.2-26.4	406	78.0	73.6-81.8
RACE
White	639	169	25.4	21.6-29.7	470	74.6	70.3-78.4
Other	213	24	8.3	4.9-13.6	189	91.7	86.4-95.1
AGE
18-44	419	83	17.7	13.7-22.5	336	82.3	77.5-86.3
45+	440	111	24.3	20.2-29.0	329	75.7	71.0-79.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	216	20	8.4	4.5-15.2	196	91.6	84.8-95.5
Some College +	643	175	25.1	21.4-29.1	468	74.9	70.9-78.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	348	43	9.8	6.5-14.6	305	90.2	85.4-93.5
$50,000+	398	124	27.9	23.1-33.2	274	72.1	66.8-76.9

*Derived from 6 stroke questions.

^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.

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake County

Heart Attack and Stroke

Identified all stroke symptoms correctly: 1,2,3,5,6=Yes.*

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	17,237	2,979	16.6	15.9-17.4	14,258	83.4	82.6-84.1
-Wake County	861	195	20.3	17.3-23.6	666	79.7	76.4-82.7
GENDER
Male	331	71	18.6	14.2-23.9	260	81.4	76.1-85.8
Female	530	124	22.0	18.2-26.4	406	78.0	73.6-81.8
RACE
White	639	169	25.4	21.6-29.7	470	74.6	70.3-78.4
Other	213	24	8.3	4.9-13.6	189	91.7	86.4-95.1
AGE
18-44	419	83	17.7	13.7-22.5	336	82.3	77.5-86.3
45+	440	111	24.3	20.2-29.0	329	75.7	71.0-79.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	216	20	8.4	4.5-15.2	196	91.6	84.8-95.5
Some College +	643	175	25.1	21.4-29.1	468	74.9	70.9-78.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	348	43	9.8	6.5-14.6	305	90.2	85.4-93.5
$50,000+	398	124	27.9	23.1-33.2	274	72.1	66.8-76.9