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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

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
-Western NC 2,789 383 12.8 11.3-14.4 2,406 87.2 85.6-88.7
GENDER
Male 1,031 117 10.6 8.5-13.1 914 89.4 86.9-91.5
Female 1,758 266 14.8 12.8-17.0 1,492 85.2 83.0-87.2
RACE
White 2,582 368 13.6 12.0-15.3 2,214 86.4 84.7-88.0
African American 87 6 3.9 1.7- 9.1 81 96.1 90.9-98.3
Other Minorities 113 9 4.9 1.6-13.6 104 95.1 86.4-98.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 67 4 5.2 1.3-18.7 63 94.8 81.3-98.7
Non-Hispanic 2,716 379 13.1 11.6-14.8 2,337 86.9 85.2-88.4
AGE
18-24 77 4 3.9 1.4-10.3 73 96.1 89.7-98.6
25-34 227 26 11.0 7.1-16.6 201 89.0 83.4-92.9
35-44 367 48 13.3 9.8-17.7 319 86.7 82.3-90.2
45-54 506 94 18.9 15.1-23.4 412 81.1 76.6-84.9
55-64 625 105 15.3 12.5-18.7 520 84.7 81.3-87.5
65-74 551 68 11.6 9.1-14.7 483 88.4 85.3-90.9
75+ 424 37 8.6 6.1-12.1 387 91.4 87.9-93.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 439 31 6.3 4.1- 9.7 408 93.7 90.3-95.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 865 101 10.3 8.0-13.1 764 89.7 86.9-92.0
Some Post-H.S. 727 120 14.7 11.9-18.0 607 85.3 82.0-88.1
College Graduate 752 131 17.6 14.3-21.4 621 82.4 78.6-85.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 334 36 9.7 6.6-13.9 298 90.3 86.1-93.4
$15,000- 24,999 545 48 6.9 4.8- 9.7 497 93.1 90.3-95.2
$25,000- 34,999 307 38 8.0 5.3-11.7 269 92.0 88.3-94.7
$35,000- 49,999 437 64 14.3 10.5-19.1 373 85.7 80.9-89.5
$50,000-74,999 387 74 18.5 14.2-23.8 313 81.5 76.2-85.8
$75,000+ 422 85 20.3 16.0-25.5 337 79.7 74.5-84.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,100 150 12.8 10.7-15.4 950 87.2 84.6-89.3
No 1,645 232 13.0 11.1-15.2 1,413 87.0 84.8-88.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 427 56 13.2 9.8-17.5 371 86.8 82.5-90.2
Non-Veteran 2,362 327 12.7 11.1-14.5 2,035 87.3 85.5-88.9

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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.

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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