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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Heart Attack and Stroke

Identified all heart attack 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 12,530 1,978 14.0 13.0-15.1 10,552 86.0 84.9-87.0
-Western NC 2,693 454 14.5 12.9-16.2 2,239 85.5 83.8-87.1
GENDER
Male 1,031 133 11.0 8.9-13.6 898 89.0 86.4-91.1
Female 1,662 321 17.7 15.5-20.1 1,341 82.3 79.9-84.5
RACE
White 2,481 435 15.2 13.5-17.0 2,046 84.8 83.0-86.5
African American 72 5 7.2 2.8-17.4 67 92.8 82.6-97.2
Other Minorities 128 14 9.2 4.7-17.3 114 90.8 82.7-95.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 55 6 6.7 2.5-16.9 49 93.3 83.1-97.5
Non-Hispanic 2,632 448 14.8 13.2-16.6 2,184 85.2 83.4-86.8
AGE
18-24 84 5 3.6 1.4- 9.2 79 96.4 90.8-98.6
25-34 183 31 12.9 8.6-18.9 152 87.1 81.1-91.4
35-44 331 61 15.5 11.7-20.3 270 84.5 79.7-88.3
45-54 475 104 19.6 15.8-24.1 371 80.4 75.9-84.2
55-64 627 117 18.3 15.0-22.2 510 81.7 77.8-85.0
65+ 973 134 13.5 11.0-16.5 839 86.5 83.5-89.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 371 23 3.7 2.2- 6.4 348 96.3 93.6-97.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 868 117 11.1 8.8-13.9 751 88.9 86.1-91.2
Some Post-H.S. 669 126 15.2 12.1-18.9 543 84.8 81.1-87.9
College Graduate 781 188 23.5 19.9-27.6 593 76.5 72.4-80.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 349 36 6.8 4.5-10.2 313 93.2 89.8-95.5
$15,000- 24,999 494 56 8.0 5.7-11.1 438 92.0 88.9-94.3
$25,000- 34,999 337 67 18.9 14.3-24.5 270 81.1 75.5-85.7
$35,000- 49,999 358 82 20.9 16.1-26.7 276 79.1 73.3-83.9
$50,000-74,999 352 76 17.5 13.4-22.6 276 82.5 77.4-86.6
$75,000+ 393 95 20.8 16.0-26.6 298 79.2 73.4-84.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,037 151 13.4 11.0-16.2 886 86.6 83.8-89.0
No 1,614 298 15.3 13.2-17.5 1,316 84.7 82.5-86.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 338 54 16.2 11.6-22.0 284 83.8 78.0-88.4
Non-Veteran 2,130 361 14.2 12.4-16.1 1,769 85.8 83.9-87.6

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*Derived from 6 heart attack 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.

Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
**Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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