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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Reaction to Race

. 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 6,514 363 6.9 5.9- 8.1 6,151 93.1 91.9-94.1
GENDER
Male 2,531 143 7.5 6.0- 9.3 2,388 92.5 90.7-94.0
Female 3,983 220 6.4 5.2- 7.9 3,763 93.6 92.1-94.8
RACE
White 4,964 147 3.2 2.6- 4.1 4,817 96.8 95.9-97.4
African American 1,004 161 17.8 14.2-22.0 843 82.2 78.0-85.8
Asian 70 5 12.2 3.1-37.4 65 87.8 62.6-96.9
Native American 177 9 5.8 2.4-13.2 168 94.2 86.8-97.6
Other Minorities 261 37 19.0 12.6-27.6 224 81.0 72.4-87.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 287 31 15.5 10.0-23.3 256 84.5 76.7-90.0
-English Speaking 119 7 2.2 1.0- 5.0 112 97.8 95.0-99.0
-Spanish Speaking 168 24 20.6 13.0-31.0 144 79.4 69.0-87.0
Non-Hispanic 6,218 331 6.3 5.3- 7.4 5,887 93.7 92.6-94.7
AGE
18-24 464 38 10.4 6.5-16.2 426 89.6 83.8-93.5
25-34 1,111 80 9.1 6.8-12.2 1,031 90.9 87.8-93.2
35-44 1,282 92 8.1 6.1-10.7 1,190 91.9 89.3-93.9
45-54 1,296 84 6.2 4.7- 8.3 1,212 93.8 91.7-95.3
55-64 948 33 3.5 2.2- 5.4 915 96.5 94.6-97.8
65-74 778 19 3.2 1.7- 5.9 759 96.8 94.1-98.3
75+ 578 9 2.8 1.2- 6.3 569 97.2 93.7-98.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,023 68 9.6 7.0-12.9 955 90.4 87.1-93.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,911 113 6.7 5.0- 8.9 1,798 93.3 91.1-95.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,532 100 7.4 5.4- 9.9 1,432 92.6 90.1-94.6
College Graduate 2,031 80 4.8 3.5- 6.6 1,951 95.2 93.4-96.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 650 65 13.8 9.7-19.1 585 86.2 80.9-90.3
$15,000- 24,999 1,064 78 8.6 6.0-12.2 986 91.4 87.8-94.0
$25,000- 34,999 786 55 9.5 6.2-14.3 731 90.5 85.7-93.8
$35,000- 49,999 885 45 5.1 3.4- 7.6 840 94.9 92.4-96.6
$50,000-74,999 738 30 5.4 3.2- 9.0 708 94.6 91.0-96.8
$75,000+ 869 28 4.5 2.9- 6.9 841 95.5 93.1-97.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 400 17 5.0 3.0- 8.1 383 95.0 91.9-97.0
Forsyth 460 33 6.8 4.6- 9.9 427 93.2 90.1-95.4
Guilford 405 26 8.1 5.3-12.3 379 91.9 87.7-94.7
Henderson/Transylvania 459 14 3.2 1.8- 5.5 445 96.8 94.5-98.2
Mecklenburg 436 30 8.7 5.6-13.4 406 91.3 86.6-94.4
Orange 430 22 4.9 3.0- 8.1 408 95.1 91.9-97.0
Pitt 402 21 5.1 3.2- 8.1 381 94.9 91.9-96.8
Randolph 417 19 3.9 2.3- 6.6 398 96.1 93.4-97.7
Robeson 422 23 5.8 3.4- 9.7 399 94.2 90.3-96.6
Wake 418 36 11.7 7.9-17.1 382 88.3 82.9-92.1
Western NC 636 30 5.1 3.5- 7.5 606 94.9 92.5-96.5
Piedmont NC 856 46 6.3 4.4- 9.0 810 93.7 91.0-95.6
Eastern NC 773 46 6.8 4.9- 9.5 727 93.2 90.5-95.1

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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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