SCHS Home Search FAQs Guestbook

North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics Navigation Bar

2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Rowan County

Heart Attack and Stroke

Do you think sudden trouble walking, dizziness, or loss of balance are symptoms of a stroke?

View results for a demographic group:
Select a different topic:
View results for a different geographical area:
  Total
Respond.^
Yes No Don't know/Not Sure
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,499 10,855 85.7 84.3-86.9 562 4.6 4.0- 5.3 1,082 9.8 8.7-11.0
-Rowan County 414 356 85.7 79.8-90.0 21 5.0 2.9- 8.5 37 9.3 5.7-14.9
GENDER
Male 148 125 89.3 83.1-93.4 8 3.9 1.8- 8.0 15 6.9 3.8-12.3
Female 266 231 82.8 73.4-89.3 13 5.9 2.9-11.8 22 11.3 5.8-20.8
RACE
White 363 315 87.0 81.0-91.3 18 5.2 2.8- 9.2 30 7.9 4.5-13.4
Other 49 39 80.2 60.9-91.4 3 4.5 1.3-14.7 7 15.3 5.6-35.3
AGE
18-44 99 84 83.2 70.9-91.0 5 4.9 1.8-12.9 10 11.9 5.4-24.2
45+ 312 270 88.0 83.6-91.3 16 5.2 3.1- 8.6 26 6.8 4.5-10.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 203 166 81.5 72.5-88.1 13 7.3 3.7-13.9 24 11.2 6.2-19.4
Some College + 211 190 89.8 81.1-94.8 8 2.7 1.2- 5.9 13 7.5 3.1-16.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 214 175 77.9 67.6-85.6 15 7.3 3.7-13.8 24 14.8 8.2-25.3
$50,000+ 125 118 94.0 87.7-97.2 3 3.0 0.9- 9.1 4 3.0 1.1- 7.8

Back to Heart Attack and Stroke.

^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.

BRFSS Home | Annual Questionnaires | Technical Notes

This page was generated on 11JUN10.

SCHS Home | Search | FAQs | Guestbook