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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Forsyth County

Reaction to Race

Within the past 30 days, have you experienced any physical symptoms, for example headache, an upset stomach, tensing of your muscles, or a pounding heart, 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 6,513 191 3.3 2.7- 4.1 6,322 96.7 95.9-97.3
Forsyth County 459 19 3.5 2.1- 5.9 440 96.5 94.1-97.9
GENDER
Male 177 5 2.4 0.9- 6.3 172 97.6 93.7-99.1
Female 282 14 4.7 2.6- 8.3 268 95.3 91.7-97.4
RACE
White 342 7 1.5 0.7- 3.2 335 98.5 96.8-99.3
Other 113 12 9.4 4.9-17.4 101 90.6 82.6-95.1
AGE
18-44 196 7 2.7 1.2- 6.3 189 97.3 93.7-98.8
45+ 258 10 3.9 1.9- 7.7 248 96.1 92.3-98.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 192 11 4.9 2.4- 9.6 181 95.1 90.4-97.6
Some College + 266 8 2.4 1.2- 5.0 258 97.6 95.0-98.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 219 13 4.2 2.3- 7.3 206 95.8 92.7-97.7
$50,000+ 139 1 0.7 0.1- 5.1 138 99.3 94.9-99.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 400 5 1.1 0.4- 2.6 395 98.9 97.4-99.6
Guilford 407 16 5.7 3.1-10.1 391 94.3 89.9-96.9
Henderson/Transylvania 460 9 2.1 1.1- 4.2 451 97.9 95.8-98.9
Mecklenburg 435 16 3.4 1.9- 5.9 419 96.6 94.1-98.1
Orange 430 11 2.6 1.3- 5.0 419 97.4 95.0-98.7
Pitt 403 14 4.2 2.3- 7.6 389 95.8 92.4-97.7
Randolph 415 9 1.7 0.8- 3.8 406 98.3 96.2-99.2
Robeson 419 14 4.5 2.3- 8.5 405 95.5 91.5-97.7
Wake 420 17 5.2 2.7- 9.8 403 94.8 90.2-97.3
Western NC 636 18 3.2 1.9- 5.4 618 96.8 94.6-98.1
Piedmont NC 856 19 2.4 1.4- 4.0 837 97.6 96.0-98.6
Eastern NC 773 24 3.6 2.3- 5.7 749 96.4 94.3-97.7

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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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