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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Henderson/Transylvania Counties

Reaction to Race

Within the past 12 months at work, do you feel you were treated worse than, the same as, or better than people of other races?*

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  Total
Respond.#
Worse than other races Same as other races Better than other races Worse than some, better than others Encountered people of same race
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,888 228 6.7 5.6- 8.0 3,415 86.8 85.0-88.4 142 3.8 2.9- 4.9 52 1.6 0.9- 2.7 51 1.1 0.7- 1.7
Henderson/ Transylvania 219 10 4.3 2.2- 8.3 194 90.1 84.9-93.6 10 4.2 2.1- 8.4 0 0.0 . - . 5 1.4 0.5- 3.7
GENDER
Male 99 1 0.8 0.1- 5.5 92 93.7 86.4-97.2 5 5.0 1.9-12.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.5 0.1- 3.2
Female 120 9 8.8 4.3-17.2 102 85.4 76.2-91.5 5 3.3 1.3- 8.2 0 0.0 . - . 4 2.6 0.8- 7.8
RACE
White 192 5 2.4 1.0- 5.9 173 91.5 86.4-94.8 9 4.4 2.1- 8.8 0 0.0 . - . 5 1.8 0.7- 4.7
Other 24 5 11.7 4.1-29.3 19 88.3 70.7-95.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 128 7 4.8 2.2-10.4 112 89.5 82.3-94.0 6 4.3 1.7-10.3 0 0.0 . - . 3 1.4 0.4- 5.0
45+ 90 3 3.3 1.0-10.1 81 91.2 83.2-95.6 4 4.2 1.5-11.2 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.3 0.3- 5.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 89 5 4.9 1.9-12.3 80 91.9 83.5-96.2 3 2.7 0.7-10.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.5 0.1- 3.7
Some College + 129 5 3.8 1.5- 9.1 113 88.2 80.7-93.0 7 5.8 2.6-12.4 0 0.0 . - . 4 2.2 0.7- 6.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 131 6 4.5 1.9-10.5 115 89.6 82.2-94.1 6 4.1 1.6- 9.9 0 0.0 . - . 4 1.8 0.6- 5.6
$50,000+ 51 2 3.7 0.8-14.5 46 89.6 75.7-96.0 3 6.7 1.9-20.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 234 4 1.7 0.6- 4.8 207 88.9 83.6-92.6 15 5.7 3.2-10.0 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8 7 3.5 1.6- 7.5
Forsyth 278 18 6.9 3.9-11.8 232 84.8 79.2-89.1 15 4.7 2.7- 8.2 5 1.1 0.4- 3.0 8 2.5 1.2- 5.1
Guilford 248 20 9.6 5.9-15.4 216 85.8 79.5-90.4 5 1.8 0.6- 4.7 6 2.3 0.8- 6.2 1 0.5 0.1- 3.7
Mecklenburg 295 36 11.3 7.7-16.1 241 81.1 74.8-86.1 9 4.6 2.1-10.1 6 2.3 0.9- 5.5 3 0.7 0.2- 2.4
Orange 275 10 3.8 1.8- 7.7 245 88.6 82.7-92.7 17 7.1 4.0-12.4 2 0.4 0.1- 1.4 1 0.1 0.0- 0.9
Pitt 262 11 5.7 2.7-11.5 234 88.6 82.4-92.8 8 2.1 0.9- 4.6 6 2.4 1.0- 5.9 3 1.2 0.4- 4.1
Randolph 248 10 5.1 2.4-10.3 229 92.3 87.0-95.6 3 0.6 0.2- 2.0 4 1.0 0.3- 3.7 2 1.0 0.2- 4.2
Robeson 237 16 4.7 2.7- 8.1 211 92.4 88.5-95.0 5 1.7 0.7- 4.2 3 0.7 0.2- 2.2 2 0.5 0.1- 2.0
Wake 300 20 7.1 4.2-11.8 262 86.1 80.4-90.3 15 6.1 3.4-10.7 2 0.5 0.1- 2.2 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7
Western NC 343 15 6.9 3.7-12.5 307 87.1 81.5-91.3 9 2.8 1.4- 5.4 2 0.3 0.1- 1.5 10 2.8 1.3- 5.7
Piedmont NC 512 35 7.1 4.9-10.2 449 86.1 81.6-89.6 16 3.9 2.2- 6.9 8 2.2 0.8- 6.3 4 0.6 0.2- 1.9
Eastern NC 437 23 5.0 3.0- 8.0 388 89.1 85.0-92.2 15 3.1 1.7- 5.6 7 1.7 0.7- 4.4 4 1.1 0.3- 3.9

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*This queston was asked of respondents who reported being employed for wages, self-employed, or out of work for less than one year.

#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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