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Self-Perceived Preparedness for Chemical Emergency Among Residents Living Near the Anniston, Ala, and Richmond, Ky, (Blue Grass Army Depot) US Army Chemical Weapons Stockpile Sites: Fall 2001

Respondent’s Self-Perceived Preparedness	Anniston, No. (%)	Bluegrass, No. (%)	Total, No. (%)
Confident that he/she could protect family and self	45 (14.1)	43 (13.7)	88 (13.9)
Knew what he/she should do, but not confident of ability to do it	122 (38.1)	125 (39.9)	247 (39.0)
Had no idea what to do and wouldn’t be able to protect family and self	122 (38.1)	123 (39.3)	245 (38.7)
Had no idea what to do but it didn’t matter because disaster wouldn’t happen	9 (2.8)	2 (0.6)	11 (1.7)
Confident, but didn’t matter because disaster wouldn’t happen	22 (6.9)	20 (6.4)	42 (6.6)