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Many adults, including those
in at-risk groups, don’t recognize heart attack warning signs and symptoms, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention reports in a new survey of nearly 72,000 people.
The telephone survey of residents
of Alabama, Florida, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Virginia, West
Virginia, and the District of Columbia asked whether they knew major signs of heart attack – jaw or back paid, weakness,
light headedness or fainting, chest pain, and discomfort in the shoulder.
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Among those less likely to
know the signs of a heart attack were at – risk groups – 22.5% of men, 16.2% of blacks, 14.3% of Hispanics, and
15.7% of those with less than a high school education.
They were also least likely
to call for emergency assistance. More than 30% of women and whites, and 33%
of people with higher education, indicated a willingness to call for emergency help.
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