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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Union 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
-Union County 347 87 23.0 17.6-29.3 260 77.0 70.7-82.4
GENDER
Male 110 26 21.0 13.8-30.5 84 79.0 69.5-86.2
Female 237 61 24.2 17.1-32.9 176 75.8 67.1-82.9
RACE
White 302 81 26.2 20.0-33.5 221 73.8 66.5-80.0
Other 45 6 8.7 3.5-20.2 39 91.3 79.8-96.5
AGE
18-44 135 29 19.2 12.7-28.0 106 80.8 72.0-87.3
45+ 209 57 27.9 20.2-37.2 152 72.1 62.8-79.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 119 11 5.4 2.7-10.3 108 94.6 89.7-97.3
Some College + 228 76 31.6 24.0-40.4 152 68.4 59.6-76.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 135 22 12.8 7.6-20.8 113 87.2 79.2-92.4
$50,000+ 171 57 29.8 21.7-39.5 114 70.2 60.5-78.3

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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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