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2014 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Heart Attack and Stroke

Identified all stroke symptoms correctly*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,172 631 18.9 17.1-20.8 2,541 81.1 79.2-82.9
GENDER
Male 1,328 249 18.1 15.4-21.2 1,079 81.9 78.8-84.6
Female 1,844 382 19.6 17.3-22.1 1,462 80.4 77.9-82.7
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,155 510 22.6 20.3-25.0 1,645 77.4 75.0-79.7
Non-Hispanic Black 595 86 13.9 10.5-18.1 509 86.1 81.9-89.5
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 58 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 100 *** *** *** 93 93.6 82.1-97.9
Hispanic 225 13 5.6 2.7-11.2 212 94.4 88.8-97.3
AGE
18-34 474 72 13.9 10.7-18.0 402 86.1 82.0-89.3
35-44 411 89 23.9 18.8-29.9 322 76.1 70.1-81.2
45-54 506 114 21.9 17.7-26.8 392 78.1 73.2-82.3
55-64 683 173 24.0 20.2-28.2 510 76.0 71.8-79.8
65-74 639 140 19.5 16.2-23.2 499 80.5 76.8-83.8
75+ 421 38 9.4 6.4-13.5 383 90.6 86.5-93.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 369 17 5.4 3.1- 9.3 352 94.6 90.7-96.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 886 129 15.4 12.4-19.0 757 84.6 81.0-87.6
Some Post-H.S. 861 182 20.9 17.3-24.9 679 79.1 75.1-82.7
College Graduate 1,040 302 29.0 25.5-32.7 738 71.0 67.3-74.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 318 31 11.7 7.5-17.9 287 88.3 82.1-92.5
$15,000- 24,999 545 61 9.8 7.1-13.4 484 90.2 86.6-92.9
$25,000- 34,999 319 52 13.0 9.3-17.9 267 87.0 82.1-90.7
$35,000- 49,999 361 84 19.7 14.9-25.5 277 80.3 74.5-85.1
$50,000-74,999 345 89 25.7 19.7-32.7 256 74.3 67.3-80.3
$75,000+ 644 204 29.8 25.1-35.0 440 70.2 65.0-74.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 899 171 16.3 13.5-19.6 728 83.7 80.4-86.5
No 2,254 458 19.7 17.6-22.1 1,796 80.3 77.9-82.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 433 80 14.3 10.8-18.8 353 85.7 81.2-89.2
Non-Veteran 2,736 551 19.5 17.6-21.6 2,185 80.5 78.4-82.4
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 1,699 345 18.8 16.5-21.4 1,354 81.2 78.6-83.5
No 1,473 286 19.0 16.4-21.9 1,187 81.0 78.1-83.6

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*Derived from 6 stroke symptom questions: Q1,Q2,Q3,Q5,Q6=Yes,
Q4 (sudden chest pain)=No

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2014 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2014 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^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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