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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 355 94 26.2 21.0-32.1 261 73.8 67.9-79.0
GENDER
Male 135 32 25.8 17.6-36.0 103 74.2 64.0-82.4
Female 220 62 26.5 20.2-33.9 158 73.5 66.1-79.8
RACE
White 285 84 29.9 24.2-36.3 201 70.1 63.7-75.8
Other 64 10 18.1 8.6-34.1 54 81.9 65.9-91.4
AGE
18-44 91 22 24.7 15.9-36.4 69 75.3 63.6-84.1
45+ 258 72 27.9 22.2-34.4 186 72.1 65.6-77.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 80 9 10.2 4.7-20.8 71 89.8 79.2-95.3
Some College + 273 84 31.0 24.8-37.9 189 69.0 62.1-75.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 98 24 24.7 15.9-36.1 74 75.3 63.9-84.1
$50,000+ 202 63 32.9 25.5-41.1 139 67.1 58.9-74.5

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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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