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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake 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
-Wake County 565 540 93.3 87.3-96.6 11 3.3 1.3- 8.1 14 3.4 1.3- 9.0
GENDER
Male 214 206 91.4 79.1-96.8 5 4.8 1.4-14.9 3 3.8 0.7-17.9
Female 351 334 95.2 91.3-97.4 6 1.7 0.7- 4.5 11 3.1 1.4- 6.7
RACE
White 437 423 97.6 95.6-98.7 5 1.2 0.4- 3.2 9 1.2 0.6- 2.5
Other 123 112 82.7 65.0-92.5 6 8.5 2.6-24.3 5 8.8 2.4-27.5
AGE
18-44 204 197 92.1 81.2-96.9 4 4.0 1.1-13.1 3 3.9 0.9-15.3
45+ 353 335 94.9 91.3-97.0 7 2.4 1.0- 5.6 11 2.8 1.4- 5.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 115 103 81.3 61.0-92.4 7 10.6 3.4-28.4 5 8.1 1.6-32.1
Some College + 450 437 97.1 94.4-98.5 4 0.9 0.3- 2.8 9 1.9 0.8- 4.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 163 152 82.5 63.6-92.7 5 8.8 2.5-26.4 6 8.7 2.1-29.3
$50,000+ 324 316 97.3 93.9-98.9 3 1.1 0.3- 3.6 5 1.6 0.5- 5.0

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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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