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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 2,418 1,384 54.5 51.4-57.6 233 10.5 8.7-12.6 249 9.8 8.0-11.8 363 14.6 12.4-17.1 189 10.6 8.6-13.0
Female 3,796 2,502 66.9 64.6-69.2 384 9.0 7.8-10.4 308 7.9 6.7- 9.3 419 10.1 8.7-11.9 183 6.0 4.8- 7.4
RACE
White 4,740 3,261 69.1 66.9-71.2 497 10.7 9.4-12.2 443 9.1 7.9-10.5 457 9.1 7.8-10.7 82 2.0 1.4- 2.7
African American 960 448 44.7 40.0-49.5 79 7.4 5.2-10.3 67 7.6 5.4-10.7 222 24.6 20.4-29.4 144 15.7 12.5-19.6
Asian 63 26 42.4 25.6-61.3 10 17.0 7.2-35.3 7 14.2 5.4-32.0 13 12.6 6.0-24.5 7 13.8 5.3-31.5
Native American 168 74 44.7 31.7-58.4 13 8.6 3.5-19.8 16 11.3 5.6-21.3 48 24.7 15.6-36.9 17 10.7 4.9-21.8
Other Minorities 247 53 16.3 11.2-23.3 17 4.7 2.2- 9.9 22 7.0 3.8-12.4 36 12.8 8.0-19.9 119 59.1 49.8-67.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 273 62 13.9 9.5-19.8 24 5.5 2.8-10.3 26 12.3 6.5-21.9 36 10.4 6.6-16.0 125 58.0 48.5-66.9
-English Speaking 111 55 47.5 34.3-61.1 14 9.2 4.3-18.7 13 13.7 6.2-27.5 17 11.9 6.2-21.7 12 17.7 8.7-32.7
-Spanish Speaking 162 7 1.5 0.5- 4.1 10 4.1 1.5-10.9 13 11.7 5.0-25.0 19 9.9 5.5-17.2 113 72.8 60.7-82.2
Non-Hispanic 5,932 3,819 64.3 62.4-66.3 592 10.1 8.9-11.4 529 8.5 7.5- 9.6 745 12.5 11.1-14.0 247 4.6 3.8- 5.6
AGE
18-24 450 228 45.6 38.4-52.9 48 8.4 5.3-13.1 45 11.0 7.3-16.4 78 20.1 14.1-27.9 51 14.9 9.9-21.8
25-34 1,076 536 46.2 41.8-50.6 126 12.1 9.4-15.5 125 11.9 9.2-15.3 177 15.1 12.3-18.4 112 14.7 11.4-18.7
35-44 1,225 667 59.3 55.3-63.2 145 11.1 8.9-13.8 139 9.3 7.2-11.8 188 12.2 10.0-14.8 86 8.1 6.0-10.7
45-54 1,237 732 62.3 58.1-66.3 149 11.4 8.8-14.7 125 9.3 7.1-12.0 172 11.7 9.3-14.6 59 5.3 3.7- 7.6
55-64 903 648 74.6 70.4-78.4 77 8.0 5.9-10.8 68 6.9 4.9- 9.8 81 8.1 5.9-11.0 29 2.3 1.4- 3.8
65-74 721 580 82.2 77.8-85.8 42 5.6 3.5- 8.9 32 3.8 2.3- 6.3 54 6.2 4.2- 9.0 13 2.2 1.1- 4.3
75+ 552 460 82.1 76.8-86.4 26 5.2 3.0- 8.7 20 2.6 1.4- 4.5 26 6.9 4.1-11.5 20 3.2 1.9- 5.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 978 671 62.7 57.3-67.8 53 6.3 4.2- 9.4 40 3.8 2.2- 6.3 88 9.4 6.7-13.0 126 17.9 13.6-23.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,832 1,258 66.2 62.7-69.5 161 8.5 6.9-10.6 127 7.7 5.8-10.1 182 10.9 8.7-13.5 104 6.7 5.0- 8.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,452 940 61.8 57.6-65.9 147 10.1 7.7-13.0 101 7.9 6.0-10.4 191 13.2 10.1-17.1 73 6.9 4.9- 9.7
College Graduate 1,941 1,012 51.9 48.5-55.2 255 13.3 11.2-15.9 287 14.6 12.3-17.1 320 15.2 13.0-17.8 67 5.0 3.6- 6.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 619 409 63.9 57.2-70.1 40 6.5 3.8-10.8 39 7.4 4.6-11.7 74 8.9 6.4-12.2 57 13.3 8.8-19.7
$15,000- 24,999 1,017 635 57.3 52.0-62.4 94 8.8 6.6-11.8 62 6.4 4.0-10.0 115 10.2 7.3-14.1 111 17.2 13.1-22.4
$25,000- 34,999 754 454 57.4 51.6-62.9 86 10.6 7.5-14.9 59 9.3 6.2-13.8 110 14.4 10.5-19.3 45 8.3 5.6-12.2
$35,000- 49,999 843 524 62.1 56.9-67.1 94 11.6 8.2-16.3 76 8.8 6.4-12.2 111 12.0 9.2-15.5 38 5.4 3.4- 8.4
$50,000-74,999 693 400 58.7 52.6-64.5 86 12.0 9.0-15.7 90 12.1 9.0-16.2 97 14.4 9.6-20.9 20 2.9 1.6- 5.1
$75,000+ 832 439 51.7 46.9-56.5 117 14.0 11.1-17.6 133 14.6 11.3-18.5 121 17.2 13.5-21.6 22 2.6 1.3- 4.8
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
Mecklenburg 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
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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