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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 14,249 13,424 92.6 91.7-93.4 265 2.7 2.2- 3.3 560 4.7 4.1- 5.4
GENDER
Male 5,135 4,767 90.7 89.1-92.0 119 3.1 2.3- 4.2 249 6.2 5.1- 7.5
Female 9,114 8,657 94.4 93.5-95.1 146 2.3 1.7- 3.0 311 3.3 2.9- 3.9
RACE
White 11,205 10,732 96.0 95.4-96.5 140 1.3 1.0- 1.7 333 2.7 2.3- 3.2
African American 2,070 1,894 90.2 87.7-92.3 60 3.8 2.4- 6.2 116 5.9 4.6- 7.6
Asian 96 74 72.3 57.7-83.3 7 8.2 2.8-21.6 15 19.6 10.5-33.6
Native American 268 254 96.4 93.1-98.2 7 2.1 0.8- 5.5 7 1.5 0.7- 3.3
Other Minorities 564 430 69.9 63.6-75.6 49 11.5 7.8-16.7 85 18.5 13.9-24.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 571 432 68.2 61.9-74.0 51 12.3 8.4-17.6 88 19.5 14.7-25.3
-English Speaking 232 214 90.7 83.7-94.8 8 6.4 2.9-13.4 10 3.0 1.2- 6.9
-Spanish Speaking 339 218 60.1 52.3-67.5 43 14.4 9.5-21.4 78 25.4 19.2-32.9
Non-Hispanic 13,642 12,962 94.6 93.9-95.3 213 1.9 1.4- 2.4 467 3.5 3.0- 4.0
AGE
18-24 465 402 84.8 79.8-88.7 23 5.6 3.3- 9.4 40 9.6 6.6-13.8
25-34 1,442 1,350 91.6 88.7-93.8 37 3.6 2.1- 6.1 55 4.8 3.3- 6.9
35-44 2,264 2,182 95.4 94.0-96.5 30 1.8 1.1- 2.9 52 2.8 2.0- 3.9
45-54 2,824 2,725 95.5 94.4-96.5 34 1.5 1.0- 2.2 65 3.0 2.2- 4.0
55-64 2,986 2,890 96.6 95.6-97.3 35 1.3 0.9- 2.0 61 2.1 1.5- 2.9
65-74 2,390 2,252 93.0 91.3-94.4 40 2.5 1.6- 3.9 98 4.5 3.5- 5.7
75+ 1,799 1,551 84.8 82.4-86.9 63 3.5 2.5- 4.7 185 11.7 9.9-13.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 2,037 1,719 79.3 75.6-82.5 85 6.4 4.5- 9.0 233 14.3 11.6-17.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 4,240 3,976 91.7 90.1-93.1 93 3.3 2.3- 4.6 171 5.0 4.0- 6.2
Some Post-H.S. 3,689 3,558 96.0 94.3-97.3 50 1.9 1.0- 3.5 81 2.1 1.4- 3.2
College Graduate 4,266 4,156 97.0 96.0-97.7 36 1.0 0.6- 1.5 74 2.0 1.4- 2.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,478 1,312 82.7 78.5-86.2 50 6.9 4.7-10.1 116 10.4 7.6-14.0
$15,000- 24,999 2,329 2,144 87.8 84.6-90.5 65 4.4 2.7- 7.1 120 7.7 5.8-10.3
$25,000- 34,999 1,566 1,494 94.8 92.8-96.3 29 1.8 1.0- 3.1 43 3.4 2.2- 5.2
$35,000- 49,999 2,041 1,968 96.1 94.8-97.1 23 1.1 0.6- 1.9 50 2.8 2.0- 4.0
$50,000-74,999 2,037 1,987 96.8 94.9-98.0 16 1.3 0.5- 3.2 34 2.0 1.2- 3.2
$75,000+ 2,866 2,798 97.2 96.1-97.9 25 1.0 0.6- 1.8 43 1.8 1.2- 2.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 5,186 4,828 92.2 90.5-93.5 109 2.8 1.9- 4.1 249 5.1 4.1- 6.3
No 8,849 8,426 93.2 92.2-94.1 144 2.4 1.9- 3.1 279 4.4 3.6- 5.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 2,110 1,989 94.7 93.4-95.7 38 1.4 1.0- 2.1 83 3.9 3.0- 5.0
Non-Veteran 12,136 11,434 92.3 91.2-93.2 226 2.9 2.3- 3.6 476 4.9 4.2- 5.7

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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.

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