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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

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
-Mecklenburg County 588 143 20.9 17.3-25.1 445 79.1 74.9-82.7
GENDER
Male 215 43 16.7 11.8-23.1 172 83.3 76.9-88.2
Female 373 100 24.7 19.7-30.5 273 75.3 69.5-80.3
RACE
White 410 115 26.3 21.6-31.7 295 73.7 68.3-78.4
Other 168 23 9.7 6.1-15.2 145 90.3 84.8-93.9
AGE
18-44 182 40 17.0 12.0-23.7 142 83.0 76.3-88.0
45+ 400 100 25.0 20.4-30.2 300 75.0 69.8-79.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 140 20 11.6 6.7-19.2 120 88.4 80.8-93.3
Some College + 446 123 24.5 20.0-29.5 323 75.5 70.5-80.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 217 41 14.1 9.5-20.3 176 85.9 79.7-90.5
$50,000+ 274 83 27.3 21.8-33.7 191 72.7 66.3-78.2

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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.

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