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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover 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
-New Hanover County 391 85 18.8 13.9-24.9 306 81.2 75.1-86.1
GENDER
Male 147 19 10.8 6.1-18.3 128 89.2 81.7-93.9
Female 244 66 26.1 18.5-35.4 178 73.9 64.6-81.5
RACE
White 335 82 21.7 15.9-28.9 253 78.3 71.1-84.1
Other 54 3 4.4 1.1-15.2 51 95.6 84.8-98.9
AGE
18-44 79 17 15.4 7.7-28.5 62 84.6 71.5-92.3
45+ 306 66 21.3 16.7-26.7 240 78.7 73.3-83.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 122 16 14.5 6.0-31.1 106 85.5 68.9-94.0
Some College + 269 69 20.8 15.6-27.3 200 79.2 72.7-84.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 163 31 19.7 10.6-33.5 132 80.3 66.5-89.4
$50,000+ 168 45 22.0 15.7-30.0 123 78.0 70.0-84.3

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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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