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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Rowan 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
-Rowan County 413 89 20.4 16.0-25.7 324 79.6 74.3-84.0
GENDER
Male 148 27 15.6 9.9-23.7 121 84.4 76.3-90.1
Female 265 62 24.3 18.3-31.6 203 75.7 68.4-81.7
RACE
White 362 84 23.9 18.8-29.9 278 76.1 70.1-81.2
Other 49 4 6.1 1.8-18.3 45 93.9 81.7-98.2
AGE
18-44 99 24 17.2 10.6-26.6 75 82.8 73.4-89.4
45+ 311 65 23.6 18.4-29.7 246 76.4 70.3-81.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 203 25 10.3 6.4-16.0 178 89.7 84.0-93.6
Some College + 210 64 30.7 23.3-39.1 146 69.3 60.9-76.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 213 32 14.3 9.2-21.6 181 85.7 78.4-90.8
$50,000+ 125 46 32.8 24.3-42.6 79 67.2 57.4-75.7

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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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