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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Heart Attack and Stroke

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

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,272 1,815 11.3 10.6-12.1 12,457 88.7 87.9-89.4
-Gaston County 374 41 11.6 7.9-16.8 333 88.4 83.2-92.1
GENDER
Male 143 14 11.5 6.0-20.8 129 88.5 79.2-94.0
Female 231 27 11.7 7.6-17.6 204 88.3 82.4-92.4
RACE
White 325 38 12.7 8.4-18.6 287 87.3 81.4-91.6
Other 49 3 6.7 2.0-19.9 46 93.3 80.1-98.0
AGE
18-44 113 15 12.5 6.7-22.2 98 87.5 77.8-93.3
45+ 260 26 10.6 7.0-15.8 234 89.4 84.2-93.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 190 15 6.1 3.3-11.1 175 93.9 88.9-96.7
Some College + 184 26 17.7 11.1-27.1 158 82.3 72.9-88.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 201 15 8.1 4.5-14.2 186 91.9 85.8-95.5
$50,000+ 113 20 20.2 11.7-32.4 93 79.8 67.6-88.3

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*Derived from 6 heart attack 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.

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