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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Mecklenburg County

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
Mecklenburg County 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
GENDER
Male 152 70 41.2 31.9-51.2 15 14.0 7.2-25.5 17 12.8 6.3-24.3 26 15.5 10.1-23.2 24 16.4 10.4-25.0
Female 261 145 49.5 42.6-56.4 25 9.3 6.0-14.0 22 8.6 5.4-13.4 40 19.4 13.8-26.6 29 13.3 9.0-19.2
RACE
White 252 154 53.3 44.6-61.9 33 18.1 11.3-27.7 26 12.9 7.0-22.5 30 12.0 8.0-17.6 9 3.8 1.7- 8.3
Other 158 58 33.9 25.7-43.1 7 3.5 1.4- 8.3 13 8.1 4.1-15.4 36 24.8 17.4-34.0 44 29.8 21.9-39.2
AGE
18-44 225 96 37.3 29.6-45.7 25 13.7 7.8-22.8 23 12.0 6.5-21.0 44 19.3 13.8-26.4 37 17.7 12.3-24.8
45+ 185 116 60.3 52.1-67.9 15 8.0 4.6-13.5 16 8.4 4.9-14.0 22 13.8 8.9-20.8 16 9.5 5.7-15.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 129 71 43.5 32.8-54.8 6 4.9 1.9-12.5 12 13.9 5.7-30.2 13 12.5 6.5-22.8 27 25.2 16.4-36.5
Some College + 284 144 46.2 39.1-53.4 34 15.5 9.6-24.0 27 9.0 5.9-13.6 53 20.1 15.0-26.3 26 9.3 6.1-13.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 181 84 36.6 28.0-46.3 17 14.9 7.4-27.6 18 14.5 7.2-27.0 27 12.2 7.9-18.5 35 21.8 15.0-30.6
$50,000+ 139 76 50.7 41.4-60.1 18 13.0 8.1-20.3 13 8.7 4.8-15.0 26 23.8 16.2-33.6 6 3.8 1.7- 8.3
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
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
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

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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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