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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Heart Attack and Stroke

Identified all heart attack 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 12,530 1,978 14.0 13.0-15.1 10,552 86.0 84.9-87.0
-Piedmont NC 6,414 1,044 14.2 13.0-15.6 5,370 85.8 84.4-87.0
GENDER
Male 2,408 324 11.9 10.0-14.1 2,084 88.1 85.9-90.0
Female 4,006 720 16.4 14.8-18.1 3,286 83.6 81.9-85.2
RACE
White 5,182 940 17.6 16.0-19.3 4,242 82.4 80.7-84.0
African American 871 76 6.8 5.1- 8.9 795 93.2 91.1-94.9
Other Minorities 311 23 5.3 3.0- 9.2 288 94.7 90.8-97.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 222 13 3.1 1.7- 5.9 209 96.9 94.1-98.3
Non-Hispanic 6,171 1,030 15.2 13.9-16.6 5,141 84.8 83.4-86.1
AGE
18-24 167 11 7.7 3.5-16.1 156 92.3 83.9-96.5
25-34 591 73 11.3 8.3-15.2 518 88.7 84.8-91.7
35-44 1,027 172 13.8 11.4-16.5 855 86.2 83.5-88.6
45-54 1,294 241 17.6 14.9-20.7 1,053 82.4 79.3-85.1
55-64 1,319 253 19.0 16.2-22.1 1,066 81.0 77.9-83.8
65+ 1,956 288 14.0 12.1-16.1 1,668 86.0 83.9-87.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 756 52 5.2 3.0- 8.7 704 94.8 91.3-97.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,738 203 10.3 8.0-13.2 1,535 89.7 86.8-92.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,572 270 14.2 11.8-16.9 1,302 85.8 83.1-88.2
College Graduate 2,341 518 20.3 18.2-22.7 1,823 79.7 77.3-81.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 576 52 6.5 4.2-10.0 524 93.5 90.0-95.8
$15,000- 24,999 892 94 8.4 6.0-11.7 798 91.6 88.3-94.0
$25,000- 34,999 606 85 10.3 7.6-13.6 521 89.7 86.4-92.4
$35,000- 49,999 803 128 14.1 11.0-17.9 675 85.9 82.1-89.0
$50,000-74,999 929 194 20.0 16.1-24.6 735 80.0 75.4-83.9
$75,000+ 1,640 362 19.1 16.7-21.7 1,278 80.9 78.3-83.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,097 298 12.6 10.6-14.8 1,799 87.4 85.2-89.4
No 4,197 738 15.0 13.5-16.6 3,459 85.0 83.4-86.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 755 105 12.0 9.3-15.5 650 88.0 84.5-90.7
Non-Veteran 5,125 843 14.3 12.9-15.9 4,282 85.7 84.1-87.1

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*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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