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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wayne 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
-Wayne County 362 66 17.7 12.8-23.8 296 82.3 76.2-87.2
GENDER
Male 120 21 17.9 10.1-29.7 99 82.1 70.3-89.9
Female 242 45 17.5 12.5-23.9 197 82.5 76.1-87.5
RACE
White 224 46 19.8 13.3-28.6 178 80.2 71.4-86.7
Other 137 20 14.5 8.5-23.6 117 85.5 76.4-91.5
AGE
18-44 104 22 18.7 10.9-30.3 82 81.3 69.7-89.1
45+ 255 44 16.9 12.2-22.9 211 83.1 77.1-87.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 180 20 11.0 6.1-19.2 160 89.0 80.8-93.9
Some College + 182 46 24.6 16.9-34.3 136 75.4 65.7-83.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 203 24 9.8 5.4-17.3 179 90.2 82.7-94.6
$50,000+ 94 33 33.9 22.6-47.3 61 66.1 52.7-77.4

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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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