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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

Reaction to Race

How often do you think about your race? Would you say never, once a year, once a month, once a week, once a day, once an hour, or constantly?

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  Total
Respond.#
Never Once a year Once a month Weekly/Daily Hourly/Constantly
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,214 3,886 60.9 58.9-62.8 617 9.7 8.6-11.0 557 8.8 7.7-10.0 782 12.3 11.0-13.8 372 8.2 7.0- 9.6
Eastern NC 738 503 64.7 60.1-69.0 70 9.5 7.2-12.4 51 8.0 5.8-10.9 69 9.0 6.8-11.9 45 8.8 6.0-12.8
GENDER
Male 266 160 54.2 46.8-61.4 26 11.7 7.8-17.1 21 8.2 4.9-13.5 32 12.0 8.1-17.5 27 13.9 8.7-21.5
Female 472 343 73.7 68.7-78.2 44 7.6 5.5-10.6 30 7.7 5.1-11.5 37 6.5 4.5- 9.3 18 4.4 2.5- 7.9
RACE
White 508 387 74.4 69.5-78.7 47 10.2 7.4-13.9 34 8.2 5.5-12.0 33 5.8 3.9- 8.5 7 1.5 0.6- 3.5
Other 226 112 44.5 36.5-52.7 23 8.2 5.0-13.2 17 7.7 4.3-13.2 36 15.8 10.7-22.8 38 23.9 16.3-33.5
AGE
18-44 326 184 53.2 46.5-59.8 39 11.1 7.8-15.6 36 11.4 7.8-16.4 37 11.2 7.7-16.0 30 13.1 8.4-19.8
45+ 407 316 79.0 74.0-83.3 30 7.4 4.7-11.2 14 3.7 2.1- 6.5 32 6.4 4.3- 9.5 15 3.5 1.9- 6.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 390 279 68.6 62.1-74.5 30 8.4 5.6-12.5 19 5.8 3.3-10.1 36 8.6 5.8-12.6 26 8.5 4.7-14.8
Some College + 347 224 60.2 53.8-66.4 40 10.8 7.5-15.4 32 10.6 7.2-15.3 32 9.2 6.0-13.8 19 9.2 5.6-14.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 418 279 61.5 55.3-67.4 43 10.5 7.4-14.7 27 7.8 4.9-12.2 37 8.9 6.0-13.1 32 11.2 7.2-17.0
$50,000+ 129 80 61.5 51.5-70.6 16 13.0 7.6-21.1 15 12.9 7.6-21.2 14 9.1 4.9-16.3 4 3.5 1.1-11.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 376 245 64.9 58.9-70.5 42 11.4 7.9-16.1 30 8.6 5.6-13.1 50 11.7 8.6-15.8 9 3.4 1.7- 6.5
Forsyth 440 261 55.8 50.3-61.2 47 10.7 7.8-14.6 49 12.5 9.2-16.8 61 14.7 11.1-19.0 22 6.3 3.9- 9.9
Guilford 389 228 53.8 47.5-59.9 33 8.2 5.4-12.2 37 10.0 6.9-14.1 57 17.5 12.8-23.4 34 10.6 7.2-15.3
Henderson/Transylvania 438 314 68.9 63.2-74.2 49 10.2 7.4-13.8 30 7.6 5.1-11.3 26 6.0 3.8- 9.2 19 7.3 4.4-11.9
Mecklenburg 413 215 45.2 39.1-51.5 40 11.7 7.5-17.9 39 10.8 6.7-16.8 66 17.4 13.3-22.5 53 14.9 11.0-19.9
Orange 411 183 43.6 36.0-51.6 51 10.6 7.7-14.4 76 17.5 13.5-22.3 86 24.0 18.9-30.0 15 4.3 2.3- 8.0
Pitt 391 245 62.6 56.2-68.6 35 8.3 5.7-12.0 32 7.4 5.1-10.6 57 15.5 11.3-20.8 22 6.2 3.8-10.0
Randolph 399 267 64.9 57.3-71.8 38 9.1 6.2-13.2 24 5.5 3.6- 8.5 43 9.5 6.6-13.3 27 11.0 5.8-20.1
Robeson 398 215 46.5 40.3-52.8 34 10.2 7.0-14.8 31 7.6 4.8-11.8 78 20.5 15.9-26.0 40 15.2 10.0-22.4
Wake 396 214 49.9 43.9-55.9 52 12.7 9.6-16.7 40 10.2 7.2-14.3 61 17.7 13.0-23.5 29 9.5 6.4-13.9
Western NC 613 442 69.9 65.2-74.2 56 9.5 7.0-12.9 46 7.7 5.6-10.5 49 8.3 6.0-11.2 20 4.7 2.7- 8.0
Piedmont NC 812 554 64.3 59.7-68.6 70 8.5 6.3-11.3 72 8.4 6.3-11.1 79 12.1 8.9-16.2 37 6.8 4.7- 9.7

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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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