SCHS Home Search FAQs Guestbook

North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics Navigation Bar

2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

Heart Attack and Stroke

Do you think sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes is a symptom of a stroke?

View results for a demographic group:
Select a different topic:
View results for a different geographical area:
  Total
Respond.^
Yes No Don't know/Not Sure
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,510 8,998 71.9 70.4-73.3 936 7.5 6.8- 8.3 2,576 20.6 19.3-22.0
-Mecklenburg County 589 434 71.3 66.0-76.2 50 8.5 6.1-11.6 105 20.2 15.8-25.4
GENDER
Male 216 152 69.0 60.8-76.2 22 9.3 5.8-14.7 42 21.7 15.4-29.7
Female 373 282 73.4 66.1-79.6 28 7.7 5.0-11.8 63 18.8 13.3-26.0
RACE
White 411 325 78.9 72.9-83.9 19 4.3 2.6- 7.0 67 16.8 12.1-22.7
Other 168 100 58.4 48.0-68.1 30 14.7 9.6-22.0 38 26.9 18.6-37.2
AGE
18-44 182 133 69.3 60.0-77.2 14 7.6 4.2-13.1 35 23.1 15.9-32.3
45+ 401 297 73.8 68.5-78.6 36 9.6 6.8-13.5 68 16.5 12.6-21.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 141 82 54.5 42.5-66.1 22 14.8 8.8-24.0 37 30.6 20.3-43.4
Some College + 446 351 77.6 72.1-82.3 27 6.0 4.0- 9.0 68 16.4 12.2-21.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 217 143 63.0 53.2-71.9 22 10.4 6.3-16.7 52 26.5 18.8-36.1
$50,000+ 274 225 81.2 75.0-86.2 16 5.8 3.4- 9.7 33 12.9 8.7-18.7

Back to Heart Attack and Stroke.

^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.

BRFSS Home | Annual Questionnaires | Technical Notes

This page was generated on 17JUN10.

SCHS Home | Search | FAQs | Guestbook