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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Buncombe County

Reaction to Race

. Within the past 30 days, have you felt emotionally upset, for example angry, sad, or frustrated, as a result of how you were treated based on your race?

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,514 363 6.9 5.9- 8.1 6,151 93.1 91.9-94.1
Buncombe County 400 17 5.0 3.0- 8.1 383 95.0 91.9-97.0
GENDER
Male 153 8 5.4 2.5-10.9 145 94.6 89.1-97.5
Female 247 9 4.6 2.4- 8.9 238 95.4 91.1-97.6
RACE
White 358 7 2.5 1.1- 5.4 351 97.5 94.6-98.9
Other 38 8 21.7 10.6-39.3 30 78.3 60.7-89.4
AGE
18-44 149 8 6.0 2.9-12.0 141 94.0 88.0-97.1
45+ 245 9 4.3 2.2- 8.5 236 95.7 91.5-97.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 150 9 6.4 3.2-12.4 141 93.6 87.6-96.8
Some College + 247 8 4.1 1.9- 8.3 239 95.9 91.7-98.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 211 13 7.3 4.1-12.6 198 92.7 87.4-95.9
$50,000+ 87 1 1.1 0.1- 7.1 86 98.9 92.9-99.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Forsyth 460 33 6.8 4.6- 9.9 427 93.2 90.1-95.4
Guilford 405 26 8.1 5.3-12.3 379 91.9 87.7-94.7
Henderson/Transylvania 459 14 3.2 1.8- 5.5 445 96.8 94.5-98.2
Mecklenburg 436 30 8.7 5.6-13.4 406 91.3 86.6-94.4
Orange 430 22 4.9 3.0- 8.1 408 95.1 91.9-97.0
Pitt 402 21 5.1 3.2- 8.1 381 94.9 91.9-96.8
Randolph 417 19 3.9 2.3- 6.6 398 96.1 93.4-97.7
Robeson 422 23 5.8 3.4- 9.7 399 94.2 90.3-96.6
Wake 418 36 11.7 7.9-17.1 382 88.3 82.9-92.1
Western NC 636 30 5.1 3.5- 7.5 606 94.9 92.5-96.5
Piedmont NC 856 46 6.3 4.4- 9.0 810 93.7 91.0-95.6
Eastern NC 773 46 6.8 4.9- 9.5 727 93.2 90.5-95.1

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#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

** 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, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Person, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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