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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Heart Attack and Stroke

Identified all stroke 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 12,489 2,720 21.6 20.3-22.8 9,769 78.4 77.2-79.7
-Eastern NC 3,408 659 19.5 17.0-22.3 2,749 80.5 77.7-83.0
GENDER
Male 1,226 216 18.9 14.7-24.0 1,010 81.1 76.0-85.3
Female 2,182 443 20.1 17.5-23.0 1,739 79.9 77.0-82.5
RACE
White 2,301 538 24.1 20.8-27.7 1,763 75.9 72.3-79.2
African American 765 81 10.0 7.0-14.1 684 90.0 85.9-93.0
Other Minorities 323 37 14.2 7.3-26.0 286 85.8 74.0-92.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 136 13 7.7 2.3-22.9 123 92.3 77.1-97.7
Non-Hispanic 3,265 646 20.5 17.9-23.4 2,619 79.5 76.6-82.1
AGE
18-24 119 17 19.2 9.1-35.9 102 80.8 64.1-90.9
25-34 363 71 17.0 11.7-23.9 292 83.0 76.1-88.3
35-44 506 133 25.0 19.6-31.3 373 75.0 68.7-80.4
45-54 667 150 23.1 18.7-28.3 517 76.9 71.7-81.3
55-64 706 156 23.0 18.5-28.3 550 77.0 71.7-81.5
65+ 1,026 128 9.3 7.2-11.9 898 90.7 88.1-92.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 459 31 7.7 4.0-14.5 428 92.3 85.5-96.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,074 153 15.7 11.9-20.5 921 84.3 79.5-88.1
Some Post-H.S. 957 193 21.6 16.2-28.4 764 78.4 71.6-83.8
College Graduate 913 281 29.1 24.8-33.8 632 70.9 66.2-75.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 434 46 11.0 6.6-17.7 388 89.0 82.3-93.4
$15,000- 24,999 589 70 13.6 9.0-20.2 519 86.4 79.8-91.0
$25,000- 34,999 346 53 14.1 8.8-21.7 293 85.9 78.3-91.2
$35,000- 49,999 465 95 17.5 12.8-23.5 370 82.5 76.5-87.2
$50,000-74,999 464 128 26.4 20.5-33.2 336 73.6 66.8-79.5
$75,000+ 646 199 31.0 23.6-39.5 447 69.0 60.5-76.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,303 224 19.9 14.8-26.4 1,079 80.1 73.6-85.2
No 2,054 428 19.2 16.6-22.1 1,626 80.8 77.9-83.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 535 100 20.1 14.4-27.4 435 79.9 72.6-85.6
Non-Veteran 2,582 510 19.6 16.6-22.9 2,072 80.4 77.1-83.4

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*Derived from 6 stroke questions.

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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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