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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Reaction to Race--AFRICAN AMERICAN Respondents Only

How do OTHER PEOPLE usually classify you in this country. Would you say White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, American Indian or Alaska Native, multiracial or some other group?*

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  Total
Respond.#
White Black or African American Hispanic or Latino American Indian Other
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 998 18 1.8 0.8- 3.7 932 93.4 90.6-95.4 10 0.7 0.3- 1.6 13 0.9 0.5- 1.9 25 3.2 1.8- 5.7
GENDER
Male 355 5 2.6 0.9- 7.9 338 95.6 90.9-97.9 3 0.7 0.1- 3.0 3 0.6 0.1- 2.8 6 0.5 0.2- 1.4
Female 643 13 1.1 0.6- 2.2 594 91.8 87.7-94.6 7 0.7 0.3- 1.8 10 1.2 0.5- 2.7 19 5.2 2.8- 9.4
AGE
18-24 86 0 0.0 . - . 81 92.3 78.6-97.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.2 0.2- 8.1 4 6.5 1.8-20.9
25-34 188 3 1.2 0.4- 4.0 168 92.4 86.3-95.9 4 0.8 0.3- 2.2 4 1.2 0.3- 5.3 9 4.4 1.7-10.5
35-44 222 3 0.5 0.1- 2.1 205 93.5 88.0-96.6 3 1.6 0.4- 6.0 6 1.9 0.7- 5.3 5 2.5 0.8- 7.7
45-54 210 8 5.5 1.8-15.8 197 92.5 82.8-97.0 1 0.1 0.0- 0.6 1 0.1 0.0- 0.8 3 1.7 0.4- 7.9
55-64 122 2 2.6 0.4-14.5 115 93.6 84.2-97.6 2 2.0 0.4- 9.8 1 0.8 0.1- 5.8 2 1.0 0.2- 4.5
65-74 91 2 1.3 0.2- 6.4 88 95.7 83.2-99.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.1 0.4-18.6
75+ 62 0 0.0 . - . 62 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 187 4 3.1 1.0- 9.4 174 90.9 82.8-95.4 3 0.6 0.2- 1.8 2 1.9 0.5- 7.5 4 3.5 1.0-11.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 336 6 0.6 0.2- 1.6 315 94.2 88.5-97.2 2 0.2 0.0- 1.1 6 1.1 0.4- 3.1 7 3.9 1.4-10.4
Some Post-H.S. 273 7 3.1 0.9-10.6 251 93.9 87.8-97.0 2 0.4 0.1- 1.5 3 0.3 0.1- 1.3 10 2.3 1.0- 5.0
College Graduate 196 1 0.5 0.1- 3.8 186 93.3 85.9-97.0 3 2.3 0.6- 8.5 2 0.7 0.1- 3.3 4 3.1 0.9-10.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 141 3 6.3 1.5-23.1 134 90.3 75.0-96.6 2 0.7 0.2- 3.1 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3 1 2.6 0.4-16.2
$15,000- 24,999 229 6 0.6 0.2- 1.4 207 95.4 91.1-97.6 3 0.6 0.2- 2.0 4 0.7 0.2- 2.3 9 2.7 0.9- 7.4
$25,000- 34,999 153 4 2.0 0.7- 5.6 141 89.2 77.3-95.2 2 1.3 0.3- 6.2 3 1.8 0.4- 7.1 3 5.8 1.4-20.8
$35,000- 49,999 120 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4 114 96.8 90.5-99.0 2 1.7 0.3-10.1 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1 2 0.7 0.1- 4.4
$50,000-74,999 60 1 1.0 0.1- 7.1 57 95.5 85.9-98.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 3.5 0.8-13.5
$75,000+ 58 0 0.0 . - . 52 88.8 72.3-96.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 6 11.2 4.0-27.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 23 1 2.2 0.3-14.3 20 91.7 75.5-97.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 6.2 1.4-22.9
Forsyth 93 1 1.2 0.2- 7.8 86 91.1 81.1-96.1 2 1.5 0.3- 6.7 2 3.6 0.9-13.6 2 2.7 0.5-12.5
Guilford 109 2 1.4 0.3- 6.7 102 95.3 89.5-98.0 2 1.3 0.3- 5.5 2 0.9 0.2- 3.7 1 1.1 0.2- 7.5
Henderson/Transylvania 13 0 0.0 . - . 11 92.2 66.8-98.6 1 4.4 0.5-29.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.5 0.4-24.8
Mecklenburg 128 1 0.7 0.1- 4.6 121 92.7 83.8-96.9 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1 1 1.3 0.2- 8.9 4 4.9 1.6-14.1
Orange 40 1 2.3 0.3-15.0 37 93.4 80.3-98.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.4 0.2- 9.4 1 2.9 0.4-18.1
Pitt 106 1 1.4 0.2- 9.4 103 94.5 81.9-98.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.7 0.1- 4.9 1 3.3 0.5-19.8
Randolph 16 0 0.0 . - . 16 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Robeson 89 2 1.6 0.3- 7.3 79 88.6 78.3-94.4 2 3.5 0.8-14.4 3 3.6 1.1-10.9 3 2.8 0.8- 9.2
Wake 70 3 2.5 0.7- 8.3 65 93.0 80.1-97.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 4.5 0.9-20.3
Western NC 23 1 3.8 0.5-22.8 21 91.2 70.1-97.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 5.0 0.7-28.5
Piedmont NC 108 1 0.1 0.0- 0.4 101 95.5 88.9-98.2 1 0.7 0.1- 5.1 1 0.9 0.1- 6.1 4 2.8 0.8- 9.4
Eastern NC 180 4 3.2 1.0- 9.5 170 92.7 85.4-96.5 1 0.6 0.1- 4.2 2 0.7 0.2- 3.1 3 2.8 0.8-10.1

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*Only four most common categories presented and the remaining categories are collapsed into Other category

#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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