BRFSS 2009 - North Carolina Counties and Regions: (Identified all heart attack symptoms correctly: 1,2,3,5,6=Yes.*)

2009 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Heart Attack and Stroke

Identified all heart attack symptoms correctly: 1,2,3,5,6=Yes.*

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	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	12,530	1,978	14.0	13.0-15.1	10,552	86.0	84.9-87.0
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance	339	49	14.4	9.2-21.8	290	85.6	78.2-90.8
Buncombe	381	62	15.9	12.0-20.7	319	84.1	79.3-88.0
Cabarrus	325	53	13.0	9.5-17.6	272	87.0	82.4-90.5
Catawba	350	45	12.0	8.7-16.3	305	88.0	83.7-91.3
Cumberland	359	43	12.5	8.6-17.8	316	87.5	82.2-91.4
Davidson	395	67	16.7	12.6-21.7	328	83.3	78.3-87.4
Durham	398	53	10.2	7.4-13.8	345	89.8	86.2-92.6
Forsyth	361	72	16.8	12.5-22.2	289	83.2	77.8-87.5
Gaston	326	47	13.9	9.8-19.4	279	86.1	80.6-90.2
Guilford	401	67	14.0	10.7-18.1	334	86.0	81.9-89.3
Iredell	408	75	15.5	11.8-20.0	333	84.5	80.0-88.2
Johnston	339	58	20.4	13.6-29.5	281	79.6	70.5-86.4
Mecklenburg	589	86	11.4	8.9-14.5	503	88.6	85.5-91.1
New Hanover	392	62	13.9	9.5-19.9	330	86.1	80.1-90.5
Onslow	365	42	10.1	7.0-14.4	323	89.9	85.6-93.0
Orange	355	67	16.8	12.6-22.1	288	83.2	77.9-87.4
Pitt	352	61	16.1	11.9-21.3	291	83.9	78.7-88.1
Randolph	334	49	14.4	10.5-19.5	285	85.6	80.5-89.5
Robeson	352	39	13.4	8.5-20.5	313	86.6	79.5-91.5
Rowan	414	74	16.5	12.4-21.6	340	83.5	78.4-87.6
Union	349	62	13.7	10.3-18.0	287	86.3	82.0-89.7
Wake	568	101	17.0	13.3-21.4	467	83.0	78.6-86.7
Wayne	364	52	13.6	9.7-18.9	312	86.4	81.1-90.3
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC	3,423	480	13.4	11.2-15.9	2,943	86.6	84.1-88.8
Piedmont	6,414	1,044	14.2	13.0-15.6	5,370	85.8	84.4-87.0
Western NC	2,693	454	14.5	12.9-16.2	2,239	85.5	83.8-87.1
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC	1,839	310	15.6	13.6-17.7	1,529	84.4	82.3-86.4
Northwest	2,855	483	14.4	12.6-16.3	2,372	85.6	83.7-87.4
Charlotte	1,707	265	12.8	10.5-15.4	1,442	87.2	84.6-89.5
Greensboro	1,561	260	14.4	12.0-17.2	1,301	85.6	82.8-88.0
Southern Regional	1,110	130	11.9	9.3-15.3	980	88.1	84.7-90.7
Coastal	538	86	11.9	8.4-16.5	452	88.1	83.5-91.6
Wake	1,422	226	15.1	12.6-18.1	1,196	84.9	81.9-87.4
Area L	129	21	17.2	7.6-34.2	108	82.8	65.8-92.4
Eastern	1,369	197	13.9	10.7-17.7	1,172	86.1	82.3-89.3

Total
Respond.^

Yes

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

12,530

1,978

14.0

13.0-15.1

10,552

86.0

84.9-87.0

COUNTY/REGIONS

Alamance

339

14.4

9.2-21.8

290

85.6

78.2-90.8

Buncombe

381

15.9

12.0-20.7

319

84.1

79.3-88.0

Cabarrus

325

13.0

9.5-17.6

272

87.0

82.4-90.5

Catawba

350

12.0

8.7-16.3

305

88.0

83.7-91.3

Cumberland

359

12.5

8.6-17.8

316

87.5

82.2-91.4

Davidson

395

16.7

12.6-21.7

328

83.3

78.3-87.4

Durham

398

10.2

7.4-13.8

345

89.8

86.2-92.6

Forsyth

361

16.8

12.5-22.2

289

83.2

77.8-87.5

Gaston

326

13.9

9.8-19.4

279

86.1

80.6-90.2

Guilford

401

14.0

10.7-18.1

334

86.0

81.9-89.3

Iredell

408

15.5

11.8-20.0

333

84.5

80.0-88.2

Johnston

339

20.4

13.6-29.5

281

79.6

70.5-86.4

Mecklenburg

589

11.4

8.9-14.5

503

88.6

85.5-91.1

New Hanover

392

13.9

9.5-19.9

330

86.1

80.1-90.5

Onslow

365

10.1

7.0-14.4

323

89.9

85.6-93.0

Orange

355

16.8

12.6-22.1

288

83.2

77.9-87.4

Pitt

352

16.1

11.9-21.3

291

83.9

78.7-88.1

Randolph

334

14.4

10.5-19.5

285

85.6

80.5-89.5

Robeson

352

13.4

8.5-20.5

313

86.6

79.5-91.5

Rowan

414

16.5

12.4-21.6

340

83.5

78.4-87.6

Union

349

13.7

10.3-18.0

287

86.3

82.0-89.7

Wake

568

101

17.0

13.3-21.4

467

83.0

78.6-86.7

Wayne

364

13.6

9.7-18.9

312

86.4

81.1-90.3

NC REGIONS

Eastern NC

3,423

480

13.4

11.2-15.9

2,943

86.6

84.1-88.8

Piedmont

6,414

1,044

14.2

13.0-15.6

5,370

85.8

84.4-87.0

Western NC

2,693

454

14.5

12.9-16.2

2,239

85.5

83.8-87.1

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)

Mountain AHEC

1,839

310

15.6

13.6-17.7

1,529

84.4

82.3-86.4

Northwest

2,855

483

14.4

12.6-16.3

2,372

85.6

83.7-87.4

Charlotte

1,707

265

12.8

10.5-15.4

1,442

87.2

84.6-89.5

Greensboro

1,561

260

14.4

12.0-17.2

1,301

85.6

82.8-88.0

Southern Regional

1,110

130

11.9

9.3-15.3

980

88.1

84.7-90.7

Coastal

538

11.9

8.4-16.5

452

88.1

83.5-91.6

Wake

1,422

226

15.1

12.6-18.1

1,196

84.9

81.9-87.4

Area L

129

17.2

7.6-34.2

108

82.8

65.8-92.4

Eastern

1,369

197

13.9

10.7-17.7

1,172

86.1

82.3-89.3

Back to Heart Attack and Stroke.

*Derived from 6 heart attack 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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