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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange County

Heart Attack and Stroke

Do you think pain or discomfort in the arms or shoulder are symptoms of a heart attack?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No Don't know/Not Sure
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,536 11,203 85.4 83.9-86.8 711 8.1 7.1- 9.2 622 6.5 5.5- 7.7
-Orange County 355 320 87.1 80.4-91.7 12 4.5 2.2- 9.0 23 8.4 4.6-14.8
GENDER
Male 135 120 87.6 78.8-93.0 5 4.6 1.5-12.8 10 7.9 3.9-15.2
Female 220 200 86.7 76.2-93.0 7 4.4 1.7-11.0 13 8.8 3.7-19.9
RACE
White 285 267 93.8 89.8-96.3 7 2.0 0.9- 4.2 11 4.2 2.2- 8.1
Other 64 48 69.0 51.1-82.6 5 11.4 4.3-26.8 11 19.6 8.5-38.8
AGE
18-44 91 79 81.6 67.3-90.6 7 8.3 3.5-18.6 5 10.1 3.5-25.9
45+ 258 235 90.9 85.9-94.2 5 1.7 0.7- 4.4 18 7.4 4.4-12.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 80 65 73.2 53.3-86.8 3 7.0 1.8-24.2 12 19.7 8.0-41.1
Some College + 273 253 91.3 86.0-94.6 9 3.7 1.7- 8.1 11 5.0 2.6- 9.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 98 87 87.0 74.7-93.8 4 5.9 1.6-19.2 7 7.1 2.8-16.6
$50,000+ 202 189 93.0 87.9-96.1 7 3.3 1.5- 6.7 6 3.7 1.6- 8.5

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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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