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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Heart Attack and Stroke-FEMALES

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 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 7,096 6,833 96.5 95.9-97.1 77 1.2 0.9- 1.7 186 2.3 1.8- 2.8
African American 1,430 1,331 92.8 90.6-94.5 32 2.7 1.6- 4.4 67 4.5 3.3- 6.2
Asian 59 43 73.6 56.7-85.5 5 4.9 2.0-11.7 11 21.5 10.4-39.3
Native American 181 169 95.9 92.5-97.9 6 2.0 0.8- 4.9 6 2.0 0.8- 4.8
Other Minorities 322 257 76.6 68.0-83.5 26 13.3 7.3-22.8 39 10.1 6.8-14.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 335 266 74.9 66.3-82.0 28 13.9 7.8-23.5 41 11.2 7.6-16.0
-English Speaking 155 144 90.9 80.2-96.1 4 4.9 1.3-16.2 7 4.2 1.4-12.2
-Spanish Speaking 180 122 67.6 56.4-77.1 24 18.1 9.8-31.0 34 14.3 9.5-21.1
Non-Hispanic 8,760 8,375 95.7 95.0-96.3 118 1.5 1.2- 2.0 267 2.8 2.4- 3.3
AGE
18-24 270 242 89.3 82.9-93.5 13 6.6 3.2-13.2 15 4.1 2.2- 7.4
25-34 986 928 93.6 91.4-95.3 26 2.8 1.8- 4.5 32 3.6 2.4- 5.3
35-44 1,440 1,400 96.7 95.0-97.9 16 1.7 0.8- 3.3 24 1.6 1.0- 2.8
45-54 1,738 1,697 97.2 95.9-98.1 13 0.7 0.4- 1.4 28 2.1 1.3- 3.3
55-64 1,845 1,799 97.5 96.5-98.2 14 1.0 0.5- 1.9 32 1.5 1.0- 2.3
65-74 1,500 1,427 94.7 92.9-96.0 20 1.4 0.8- 2.4 53 3.9 2.8- 5.5
75+ 1,271 1,105 86.2 83.5-88.5 42 3.6 2.5- 5.2 124 10.3 8.3-12.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,293 1,110 82.0 77.5-85.8 47 6.8 3.9-11.7 136 11.2 8.9-13.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,759 2,619 94.2 92.6-95.4 49 2.3 1.5- 3.4 91 3.5 2.6- 4.8
Some Post-H.S. 2,466 2,387 96.7 95.5-97.6 30 1.7 1.0- 2.8 49 1.6 1.1- 2.3
College Graduate 2,587 2,533 98.0 97.1-98.6 19 0.8 0.4- 1.5 35 1.2 0.8- 1.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,091 985 87.9 84.5-90.6 30 5.0 3.0- 8.0 76 7.2 5.4- 9.4
$15,000- 24,999 1,538 1,450 93.2 90.8-94.9 36 3.3 2.1- 5.1 52 3.6 2.4- 5.3
$25,000- 34,999 984 947 95.7 93.2-97.3 13 1.6 0.6- 4.1 24 2.7 1.6- 4.4
$35,000- 49,999 1,252 1,218 97.1 95.7-98.1 14 1.1 0.6- 2.1 20 1.8 1.0- 3.0
$50,000-74,999 1,222 1,203 98.3 97.0-99.1 5 0.5 0.2- 1.4 14 1.2 0.6- 2.4
$75,000+ 1,572 1,543 97.3 95.4-98.4 12 1.2 0.5- 2.9 17 1.5 0.8- 2.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 3,357 3,147 93.8 92.6-94.9 61 2.2 1.5- 3.2 149 4.0 3.2- 4.9
No 5,627 5,406 94.9 93.7-95.8 78 2.2 1.5- 3.3 143 2.9 2.3- 3.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 215 210 98.1 94.2-99.4 4 1.7 0.5- 5.8 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2
Non-Veteran 8,898 8,446 94.3 93.4-95.1 142 2.3 1.7- 3.1 310 3.4 2.9- 4.0

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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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