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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Reaction to Race

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 6,441 4,932 72.7 70.9-74.5 965 17.1 15.6-18.7 226 5.9 4.8- 7.2 154 1.5 1.1- 2.0 164 2.8 2.2- 3.5
GENDER
Male 2,496 1,890 72.1 69.1-75.0 352 15.8 13.6-18.3 116 8.0 6.1-10.4 73 1.9 1.3- 2.7 65 2.2 1.5- 3.3
Female 3,945 3,042 73.3 71.0-75.5 613 18.3 16.4-20.3 110 4.0 3.0- 5.2 81 1.1 0.7- 1.8 99 3.4 2.6- 4.4
RACE
White 4,919 4,818 96.7 95.2-97.7 10 0.5 0.1- 2.5 42 1.5 0.9- 2.5 16 0.6 0.3- 1.2 33 0.7 0.5- 1.2
African American 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
Asian 67 3 9.0 2.5-28.0 0 0.0 . - . 2 4.9 1.1-19.5 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4 61 85.9 67.9-94.6
Native American 175 39 31.0 19.9-44.8 5 5.3 1.0-24.5 9 7.1 2.5-18.9 110 51.2 38.3-63.9 12 5.4 2.2-12.7
Other Minorities 255 35 9.1 5.6-14.3 17 6.1 3.1-11.6 159 70.4 62.1-77.6 13 3.5 1.7- 7.1 31 10.9 6.6-17.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 283 62 11.9 8.2-17.0 13 2.2 1.0- 4.6 189 78.6 71.7-84.3 10 4.1 1.8- 9.3 9 3.1 1.3- 7.2
-English Speaking 116 59 43.2 30.9-56.3 13 8.2 3.9-16.4 39 39.2 26.9-53.1 3 7.4 1.8-25.5 2 2.0 0.5- 8.0
-Spanish Speaking 167 3 0.5 0.1- 2.5 0 0.0 . - . 150 93.0 86.9-96.4 7 2.9 1.1- 7.5 7 3.5 1.3- 9.2
Non-Hispanic 6,150 4,865 77.2 75.4-78.8 951 18.2 16.6-19.8 37 0.6 0.4- 1.0 144 1.3 1.0- 1.7 153 2.7 2.2- 3.5
AGE
18-24 457 301 58.0 50.3-65.2 83 21.5 15.6-29.0 40 13.3 8.5-20.1 10 1.1 0.4- 2.8 23 6.1 3.5-10.3
25-34 1,105 774 66.0 61.6-70.2 175 17.1 14.0-20.7 88 11.4 8.3-15.3 29 2.1 1.1- 3.8 39 3.4 2.3- 5.1
35-44 1,269 918 71.8 68.0-75.3 211 17.1 14.3-20.5 65 6.3 4.5- 8.7 31 1.9 1.0- 3.6 44 2.9 1.8- 4.5
45-54 1,280 999 77.1 73.5-80.3 206 17.7 14.8-21.0 22 2.6 1.5- 4.3 35 1.4 0.8- 2.5 18 1.3 0.7- 2.3
55-64 936 760 82.3 78.6-85.5 120 13.3 10.5-16.8 7 0.6 0.2- 1.5 26 1.2 0.7- 2.2 23 2.5 1.4- 4.5
65-74 770 654 81.3 76.5-85.2 90 16.5 12.7-21.1 1 0.0 0.0- 0.3 14 0.6 0.3- 1.3 11 1.6 0.7- 3.6
75+ 573 495 85.8 81.1-89.5 63 12.4 9.0-17.0 2 0.5 0.1- 2.7 9 1.0 0.3- 3.2 4 0.2 0.1- 0.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,013 632 57.9 52.7-63.0 178 17.2 13.7-21.3 117 18.5 14.3-23.7 65 3.7 2.4- 5.7 21 2.7 1.6- 4.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,881 1,416 72.6 69.2-75.8 326 18.8 16.2-21.8 56 5.1 3.4- 7.7 46 1.4 0.9- 2.5 37 2.0 1.2- 3.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,512 1,160 73.3 69.3-77.0 261 20.8 17.4-24.8 28 2.7 1.7- 4.4 26 0.6 0.3- 1.3 37 2.5 1.5- 4.0
College Graduate 2,019 1,715 82.7 80.0-85.0 194 10.9 9.1-13.1 24 1.2 0.7- 2.1 17 0.8 0.4- 1.6 69 4.3 3.0- 6.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 640 421 61.5 54.8-67.7 138 22.0 17.3-27.7 39 11.7 7.4-17.8 32 2.5 1.2- 5.1 10 2.3 1.0- 5.3
$15,000- 24,999 1,061 680 56.1 50.9-61.1 215 23.7 19.6-28.4 88 14.7 10.8-19.8 42 2.0 1.1- 3.7 36 3.5 2.1- 5.9
$25,000- 34,999 775 563 68.6 63.0-73.8 147 19.8 15.7-24.7 28 4.9 2.6- 9.0 18 1.8 0.8- 4.2 19 4.8 2.6- 8.8
$35,000- 49,999 878 713 78.8 74.2-82.8 120 16.9 13.2-21.4 11 1.7 0.8- 3.6 11 0.5 0.3- 1.0 23 2.0 1.1- 3.7
$50,000-74,999 731 646 86.9 80.5-91.4 59 10.8 6.5-17.5 6 0.6 0.2- 1.5 6 0.6 0.2- 2.0 14 1.1 0.5- 2.2
$75,000+ 863 766 87.5 83.9-90.4 54 8.0 5.6-11.1 7 1.5 0.6- 3.8 6 0.1 0.0- 0.2 30 2.9 1.8- 4.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 392 355 89.2 84.9-92.4 20 6.0 3.7- 9.6 6 1.5 0.7- 3.4 4 1.6 0.5- 4.7 7 1.8 0.8- 3.8
Forsyth 455 336 72.3 67.2-76.9 89 19.3 15.4-23.8 14 4.4 2.5- 7.7 4 1.3 0.5- 3.5 12 2.7 1.4- 5.0
Guilford 401 273 62.0 55.7-68.0 107 29.3 23.8-35.4 12 5.3 2.7- 9.9 3 0.9 0.2- 3.8 6 2.5 1.0- 6.3
Henderson/Transylvania 454 419 86.3 78.9-91.4 12 5.4 1.9-14.1 13 5.3 2.9- 9.6 1 0.5 0.1- 3.5 9 2.5 1.1- 5.6
Mecklenburg 428 257 53.2 46.9-59.3 122 26.6 22.0-31.9 26 13.3 8.5-20.2 4 1.1 0.4- 3.3 19 5.8 3.2-10.0
Orange 426 348 79.3 73.7-84.0 39 9.8 6.7-14.2 17 5.4 3.1- 9.2 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0 21 5.3 3.3- 8.3
Pitt 406 280 65.2 59.3-70.6 107 29.2 24.1-34.9 8 1.7 0.7- 3.7 3 0.6 0.2- 2.0 8 3.3 1.5- 7.2
Randolph 406 363 88.9 84.7-92.1 17 3.3 1.8- 5.8 20 6.5 4.0-10.3 2 0.4 0.1- 1.7 4 0.9 0.3- 2.5
Robeson 419 184 39.1 33.4-45.1 83 19.0 14.2-24.9 25 10.5 6.8-16.1 109 27.0 22.0-32.7 18 4.4 2.5- 7.5
Wake 412 304 70.3 64.4-75.6 68 16.4 12.2-21.7 12 4.9 2.7- 8.6 4 1.8 0.7- 5.0 24 6.6 4.2-10.1
Western NC 635 591 92.0 88.8-94.3 22 2.8 1.8- 4.5 11 2.9 1.4- 5.7 4 0.7 0.2- 1.8 7 1.7 0.7- 3.7
Piedmont NC 846 684 76.3 72.0-80.2 103 14.2 11.0-18.1 36 6.3 4.3- 9.1 7 1.5 0.7- 3.2 16 1.7 0.9- 3.2
Eastern NC 761 538 69.1 64.7-73.1 176 22.6 19.2-26.4 26 5.5 3.2- 9.2 8 0.6 0.3- 1.3 13 2.2 1.2- 4.2

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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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