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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

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
-Western NC 2,684 574 21.6 19.2-24.2 2,110 78.4 75.8-80.8
GENDER
Male 1,028 191 20.1 16.2-24.8 837 79.9 75.2-83.8
Female 1,656 383 23.0 20.3-25.9 1,273 77.0 74.1-79.7
RACE
White 2,475 547 22.9 20.3-25.7 1,928 77.1 74.3-79.7
African American 72 5 6.0 2.0-16.4 67 94.0 83.6-98.0
Other Minorities 126 20 10.9 6.0-19.1 106 89.1 80.9-94.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 52 8 8.8 3.6-20.1 44 91.2 79.9-96.4
Non-Hispanic 2,626 565 22.0 19.6-24.7 2,061 78.0 75.3-80.4
AGE
18-24 83 16 16.5 8.2-30.3 67 83.5 69.7-91.8
25-34 182 44 26.5 17.8-37.4 138 73.5 62.6-82.2
35-44 330 83 22.5 17.7-28.2 247 77.5 71.8-82.3
45-54 474 124 24.8 20.5-29.6 350 75.2 70.4-79.5
55-64 626 158 24.1 20.4-28.2 468 75.9 71.8-79.6
65+ 969 148 16.2 13.6-19.2 821 83.8 80.8-86.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 365 21 9.3 4.1-20.0 344 90.7 80.0-95.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 867 131 14.2 11.6-17.4 736 85.8 82.6-88.4
Some Post-H.S. 669 179 24.4 20.0-29.4 490 75.6 70.6-80.0
College Graduate 779 243 33.7 28.6-39.3 536 66.3 60.7-71.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 348 40 14.6 7.4-26.8 308 85.4 73.2-92.6
$15,000- 24,999 492 67 12.0 8.9-16.0 425 88.0 84.0-91.1
$25,000- 34,999 336 82 22.6 17.4-28.8 254 77.4 71.2-82.6
$35,000- 49,999 358 87 23.2 18.0-29.5 271 76.8 70.5-82.0
$50,000-74,999 352 107 32.2 24.1-41.6 245 67.8 58.4-75.9
$75,000+ 393 134 31.8 25.4-38.9 259 68.2 61.1-74.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,036 189 18.8 15.8-22.1 847 81.2 77.9-84.2
No 1,611 377 23.3 20.1-26.8 1,234 76.7 73.2-79.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 337 65 19.2 14.8-24.5 272 80.8 75.5-85.2
Non-Veteran 2,123 462 21.9 19.1-24.9 1,661 78.1 75.1-80.9

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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.

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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