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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Union County

Heart Attack and Stroke

Do you think sudden numbness or weakness of face, arm, or leg, especially on one side, are symptoms of a stroke?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No Don't know/Not Sure
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,514 11,843 93.5 92.5-94.4 193 2.3 1.8- 3.0 478 4.2 3.5- 5.0
-Union County 348 327 91.8 86.2-95.3 8 3.1 1.2- 7.7 13 5.1 2.5-10.0
GENDER
Male 110 103 88.3 74.6-95.1 1 3.1 0.4-18.9 6 8.6 3.2-21.1
Female 238 224 94.0 89.2-96.8 7 3.1 1.2- 7.5 7 2.9 1.3- 6.4
RACE
White 303 293 95.6 89.5-98.2 4 1.4 0.4- 4.7 6 3.0 0.9- 9.6
Other 45 34 75.2 56.4-87.6 4 10.7 3.0-32.0 7 14.1 6.3-28.5
AGE
18-44 135 126 89.6 79.7-95.0 3 4.1 1.2-12.9 6 6.3 2.5-15.2
45+ 210 198 94.8 90.2-97.3 5 1.8 0.7- 4.5 7 3.5 1.5- 7.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 120 103 80.4 66.9-89.3 7 7.4 2.6-19.3 10 12.3 5.5-25.2
Some College + 228 224 97.5 93.0-99.1 1 1.0 0.1- 6.7 3 1.5 0.5- 4.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 135 123 85.8 74.3-92.7 4 5.8 1.6-18.9 8 8.3 3.9-17.0
$50,000+ 171 169 96.1 84.7-99.1 1 1.2 0.2- 8.3 1 2.7 0.4-16.4

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^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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