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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

Heart Attack and Stroke

If you thought someone was having a heart attack or a stroke, what is the first thing you would do?

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Take them to the hospital Tell them to call doctor Call 911 Call a family member Do something else
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,448 621 5.9 5.1- 6.8 91 0.7 0.5- 1.0 11,012 88.2 87.0-89.2 83 0.7 0.4- 1.2 641 4.6 4.0- 5.2
-Mecklenburg County 585 26 4.2 2.5- 7.0 7 1.0 0.4- 2.5 534 91.5 88.0-94.1 3 0.3 0.1- 1.1 15 2.9 1.5- 5.8
GENDER
Male 215 13 4.6 2.3- 9.0 2 0.8 0.2- 4.0 192 91.0 85.3-94.6 2 0.5 0.1- 2.0 6 3.1 1.1- 8.2
Female 370 13 3.9 1.8- 8.0 5 1.2 0.4- 3.6 342 91.9 86.9-95.2 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 9 2.8 1.1- 7.1
RACE
White 408 22 5.6 3.2- 9.4 5 1.0 0.3- 3.1 367 89.7 84.9-93.1 3 0.6 0.2- 1.9 11 3.1 1.3- 7.1
Other 167 4 2.5 0.7- 8.2 2 1.0 0.2- 5.2 157 93.7 86.9-97.1 0 0.0 . - . 4 2.8 0.8- 9.1
AGE
18-44 180 5 3.3 1.1- 9.2 2 1.2 0.3- 4.7 169 91.9 85.1-95.8 0 0.0 . - . 4 3.6 1.3- 9.5
45+ 400 21 5.3 3.3- 8.3 5 0.8 0.3- 1.9 360 91.0 87.4-93.6 3 0.7 0.2- 2.3 11 2.3 1.1- 4.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 139 6 4.1 1.4-11.4 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 129 94.5 87.7-97.6 0 0.0 . - . 3 1.1 0.3- 3.8
Some College + 444 20 4.3 2.4- 7.5 6 1.3 0.5- 3.4 403 90.4 85.9-93.5 3 0.5 0.1- 1.5 12 3.6 1.7- 7.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 217 6 4.9 1.8-12.8 3 0.6 0.2- 1.8 201 91.6 83.6-95.9 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4 6 2.7 0.7- 9.5
$50,000+ 273 16 4.4 2.5- 7.7 3 1.5 0.4- 5.1 248 91.6 87.1-94.7 2 0.6 0.1- 2.3 4 1.9 0.6- 5.5

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^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.

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