2014 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Heart Attack and Stroke-MALES

Identified all heart attack symptoms correctly*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,179 500 14.0 12.5-15.6 2,679 86.0 84.4-87.5
-MALES 1,333 170 10.6 8.8-12.8 1,163 89.4 87.2-91.2
RACE
White 960 148 13.7 11.2-16.7 812 86.3 83.3-88.8
African American 226 12 2.6 1.3- 5.0 214 97.4 95.0-98.7
Other Minorities 128 *** *** *** 120 96.5 91.9-98.5
AGE
18-34 229 17 5.8 3.4- 9.5 212 94.2 90.5-96.6
35-44 172 13 8.6 4.2-16.7 159 91.4 83.3-95.8
45-54 234 39 14.0 9.4-20.3 195 86.0 79.7-90.6
55-64 300 56 18.1 13.4-24.1 244 81.9 75.9-86.6
65-74 242 32 12.9 8.8-18.6 210 87.1 81.4-91.2
75+ 140 *** *** *** 130 93.4 85.5-97.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 177 *** *** *** 167 95.2 90.6-97.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 362 35 7.5 4.9-11.2 327 92.5 88.8-95.1
Some Post-H.S. 341 42 10.8 7.2-15.8 299 89.2 84.2-92.8
College Graduate 444 81 17.8 13.8-22.8 363 82.2 77.2-86.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 119 *** *** *** 111 95.5 87.9-98.4
$15,000- 24,999 219 16 6.5 3.6-11.5 203 93.5 88.5-96.4
$25,000- 34,999 122 11 6.5 3.0-13.4 111 93.5 86.6-97.0
$35,000- 49,999 157 17 9.3 5.1-16.3 140 90.7 83.7-94.9
$50,000- 74,999 165 25 11.7 7.3-18.2 140 88.3 81.8-92.7
$75,000+ 321 67 18.4 13.2-24.9 254 81.6 75.1-86.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 351 42 11.1 7.6-15.9 309 88.9 84.1-92.4
No 972 126 10.4 8.3-13.0 846 89.6 87.0-91.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 390 51 10.9 7.7-15.1 339 89.1 84.9-92.3
Non-Veteran 941 119 10.6 8.4-13.2 822 89.4 86.8-91.6
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 707 90 10.9 8.5-14.0 617 89.1 86.0-91.5
No 626 80 10.3 7.7-13.7 546 89.7 86.3-92.3

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*Derived from 6 heart attack symptom questions: Q1,Q2,Q3,Q5,Q6=Yes,
Q4 (trouble seeing in one/both eyes)=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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