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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Reaction to Race--AFRICAN AMERICAN Respondents Only

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%)
TOTAL 1,005 84 8.9 6.5-12.1 921 91.1 87.9-93.5
GENDER
Male 358 32 11.4 7.1-17.9 326 88.6 82.1-92.9
Female 647 52 7.1 4.8-10.2 595 92.9 89.8-95.2
AGE
18-24 86 3 1.2 0.3- 4.9 83 98.8 95.1-99.7
25-34 189 21 13.9 7.1-25.2 168 86.1 74.8-92.9
35-44 223 20 11.9 6.6-20.6 203 88.1 79.4-93.4
45-54 215 23 11.1 6.5-18.2 192 88.9 81.8-93.5
55-64 124 11 8.9 4.0-18.7 113 91.1 81.3-96.0
65-74 91 3 3.0 0.7-11.7 88 97.0 88.3-99.3
75+ 60 1 3.9 0.5-22.8 59 96.1 77.2-99.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 186 15 9.0 4.5-17.0 171 91.0 83.0-95.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 338 29 9.5 5.6-15.6 309 90.5 84.4-94.4
Some Post-H.S. 276 26 8.0 4.0-15.4 250 92.0 84.6-96.0
College Graduate 198 14 9.6 5.1-17.5 184 90.4 82.5-94.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 142 19 11.0 5.9-19.8 123 89.0 80.2-94.1
$15,000- 24,999 227 18 6.7 2.9-14.7 209 93.3 85.3-97.1
$25,000- 34,999 157 10 5.4 2.4-12.1 147 94.6 87.9-97.6
$35,000- 49,999 123 13 12.3 6.1-23.2 110 87.7 76.8-93.9
$50,000-74,999 61 3 14.0 2.8-47.7 58 86.0 52.3-97.2
$75,000+ 59 4 10.8 3.6-28.1 55 89.2 71.9-96.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 24 3 8.1 2.5-23.6 21 91.9 76.4-97.5
Forsyth 94 10 9.1 4.5-17.8 84 90.9 82.2-95.5
Guilford 110 10 10.9 5.2-21.5 100 89.1 78.5-94.8
Henderson/Transylvania 12 2 10.7 1.8-43.3 10 89.3 56.7-98.2
Mecklenburg 130 11 7.1 3.7-13.1 119 92.9 86.9-96.3
Orange 40 2 5.6 1.1-24.1 38 94.4 75.9-98.9
Pitt 104 8 9.5 4.2-20.0 96 90.5 80.0-95.8
Randolph 16 1 4.8 0.6-28.1 15 95.2 71.9-99.4
Robeson 87 4 1.8 0.6- 5.1 83 98.2 94.9-99.4
Wake 72 9 18.6 7.7-38.5 63 81.4 61.5-92.3
Western NC 23 2 10.9 2.5-37.5 21 89.1 62.5-97.5
Piedmont NC 109 6 5.3 2.0-13.1 103 94.7 86.9-98.0
Eastern NC 184 16 9.3 5.3-15.9 168 90.7 84.1-94.7

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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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