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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

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
-Piedmont NC 6,397 1,487 22.5 20.9-24.2 4,910 77.5 75.8-79.1
GENDER
Male 2,402 519 20.5 18.0-23.2 1,883 79.5 76.8-82.0
Female 3,995 968 24.4 22.4-26.5 3,027 75.6 73.5-77.6
RACE
White 5,169 1,321 26.9 24.9-28.9 3,848 73.1 71.1-75.1
African American 866 119 12.2 9.6-15.2 747 87.8 84.8-90.4
Other Minorities 311 36 9.8 5.8-16.0 275 90.2 84.0-94.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 222 27 9.9 6.0-15.9 195 90.1 84.1-94.0
Non-Hispanic 6,154 1,456 23.5 21.8-25.2 4,698 76.5 74.8-78.2
AGE
18-24 167 28 17.1 10.6-26.4 139 82.9 73.6-89.4
25-34 589 131 19.7 15.7-24.3 458 80.3 75.7-84.3
35-44 1,025 275 25.9 22.5-29.7 750 74.1 70.3-77.5
45-54 1,292 366 26.6 23.5-29.9 926 73.4 70.1-76.5
55-64 1,315 365 27.1 24.0-30.3 950 72.9 69.7-76.0
65+ 1,949 311 15.7 13.5-18.2 1,638 84.3 81.8-86.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 751 51 8.2 4.7-13.8 700 91.8 86.2-95.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,735 263 13.8 11.2-17.0 1,472 86.2 83.0-88.8
Some Post-H.S. 1,567 396 23.9 20.8-27.3 1,171 76.1 72.7-79.2
College Graduate 2,336 776 33.0 30.4-35.8 1,560 67.0 64.2-69.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 576 60 7.9 5.2-12.0 516 92.1 88.0-94.8
$15,000- 24,999 888 134 14.7 11.2-19.1 754 85.3 80.9-88.8
$25,000- 34,999 604 118 16.2 12.0-21.4 486 83.8 78.6-88.0
$35,000- 49,999 799 198 24.6 20.4-29.4 601 75.4 70.6-79.6
$50,000-74,999 929 254 25.6 21.5-30.1 675 74.4 69.9-78.5
$75,000+ 1,638 566 33.9 30.7-37.3 1,072 66.1 62.7-69.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,093 373 17.9 15.5-20.6 1,720 82.1 79.4-84.5
No 4,193 1,103 24.5 22.6-26.5 3,090 75.5 73.5-77.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 753 168 25.9 21.0-31.4 585 74.1 68.6-79.0
Non-Veteran 5,112 1,202 22.0 20.2-23.8 3,910 78.0 76.2-79.8

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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.

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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