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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Reaction to Race--AFRICAN AMERICAN Respondents Only

. Within the past 30 days, have you felt emotionally upset, for example angry, sad, or frustrated, 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%)
TOTAL 1,004 161 17.8 14.2-22.0 843 82.2 78.0-85.8
GENDER
Male 359 63 20.7 15.1-27.6 296 79.3 72.4-84.9
Female 645 98 15.7 11.3-21.2 547 84.3 78.8-88.7
AGE
18-24 86 12 14.8 5.5-34.0 74 85.2 66.0-94.5
25-34 188 42 25.6 17.0-36.6 146 74.4 63.4-83.0
35-44 224 45 24.4 16.9-33.9 179 75.6 66.1-83.1
45-54 215 35 14.5 9.4-21.8 180 85.5 78.2-90.6
55-64 122 14 10.8 5.2-20.8 108 89.2 79.2-94.8
65-74 90 5 8.9 3.1-23.1 85 91.1 76.9-96.9
75+ 62 3 7.3 2.1-22.0 59 92.7 78.0-97.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 187 20 13.4 7.5-22.8 167 86.6 77.2-92.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 336 53 18.6 12.0-27.5 283 81.4 72.5-88.0
Some Post-H.S. 276 50 16.2 10.7-23.8 226 83.8 76.2-89.3
College Graduate 198 37 23.1 15.9-32.3 161 76.9 67.7-84.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 142 27 18.9 11.0-30.7 115 81.1 69.3-89.0
$15,000- 24,999 227 28 9.7 5.1-17.5 199 90.3 82.5-94.9
$25,000- 34,999 156 30 26.2 15.2-41.2 126 73.8 58.8-84.8
$35,000- 49,999 123 26 19.0 11.1-30.5 97 81.0 69.5-88.9
$50,000-74,999 61 9 20.5 6.8-47.6 52 79.5 52.4-93.2
$75,000+ 59 12 27.5 15.2-44.5 47 72.5 55.5-84.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 24 7 30.5 14.3-53.8 17 69.5 46.2-85.7
Forsyth 94 20 20.2 12.5-31.0 74 79.8 69.0-87.5
Guilford 109 14 14.8 8.2-25.5 95 85.2 74.5-91.8
Henderson/Transylvania 12 2 10.7 1.8-43.3 10 89.3 56.7-98.2
Mecklenburg 130 22 17.0 10.7-25.8 108 83.0 74.2-89.3
Orange 40 6 10.8 4.4-24.5 34 89.2 75.5-95.6
Pitt 103 12 10.2 5.6-18.0 91 89.8 82.0-94.4
Randolph 17 2 7.1 1.6-26.8 15 92.9 73.2-98.4
Robeson 88 9 6.5 3.0-13.6 79 93.5 86.4-97.0
Wake 72 22 38.7 24.5-55.2 50 61.3 44.8-75.5
Western NC 23 4 28.7 11.2-56.1 19 71.3 43.9-88.8
Piedmont NC 109 14 15.7 7.5-29.9 95 84.3 70.1-92.5
Eastern NC 183 27 15.2 9.9-22.5 156 84.8 77.5-90.1

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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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