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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Reaction to Race--FEMALE Respondents Only

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 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 3,023 2,965 97.4 96.1-98.2 5 0.1 0.0- 0.4 25 1.2 0.6- 2.2 8 0.6 0.2- 1.6 20 0.7 0.4- 1.3
African American 643 13 1.1 0.6- 2.2 594 91.8 87.7-94.6 7 0.7 0.3- 1.8 10 1.2 0.5- 2.7 19 5.2 2.8- 9.4
Asian 39 3 14.6 4.1-40.7 0 0.0 . - . 2 8.0 1.8-29.3 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2 33 77.1 53.1-90.9
Native American 107 28 41.1 26.4-57.6 4 1.5 0.5- 4.2 6 5.7 2.4-12.8 60 42.2 29.0-56.5 9 9.6 3.2-25.4
Other Minorities 114 18 12.8 6.5-23.6 10 9.7 3.6-23.3 68 61.4 48.0-73.2 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6 17 15.7 8.8-26.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 132 38 18.2 11.5-27.6 5 3.3 1.0-10.2 83 70.1 57.8-80.0 2 4.2 0.7-20.6 4 4.2 1.2-13.2
-English Speaking 65 37 48.3 31.1-66.0 5 8.8 2.7-25.1 20 28.8 15.6-47.0 1 10.1 1.5-45.0 2 4.0 0.9-15.3
-Spanish Speaking 67 1 0.3 0.0- 2.3 0 0.0 . - . 63 94.6 80.3-98.7 1 0.8 0.1- 5.4 2 4.3 0.8-20.8
Non-Hispanic 3,808 3,001 76.1 73.8-78.2 607 19.0 17.1-21.2 27 0.7 0.4- 1.2 79 1.0 0.7- 1.4 94 3.2 2.4- 4.3
AGE
18-24 279 187 62.1 52.5-70.8 56 24.1 16.4-34.1 21 8.0 4.5-13.9 5 0.5 0.2- 1.2 10 5.3 2.4-11.5
25-34 676 483 66.6 61.1-71.7 110 17.2 13.6-21.5 42 9.6 6.2-14.7 13 1.0 0.5- 2.2 28 5.5 3.5- 8.7
35-44 726 521 70.4 65.1-75.3 134 20.1 15.9-25.1 31 3.6 2.2- 6.0 17 2.4 1.0- 5.7 23 3.4 1.9- 6.0
45-54 770 599 76.4 71.7-80.5 126 18.2 14.5-22.5 11 1.9 0.8- 4.1 22 1.5 0.7- 3.3 12 2.0 1.0- 4.1
55-64 574 469 81.1 76.1-85.3 78 15.0 11.2-19.8 3 0.6 0.1- 2.5 9 0.5 0.2- 1.4 15 2.8 1.4- 5.6
65-74 488 418 81.6 75.6-86.4 56 16.1 11.6-21.9 0 0.0 . - . 8 0.4 0.2- 0.7 6 1.9 0.7- 5.4
75+ 398 345 85.4 79.3-89.9 40 13.0 8.6-19.0 2 0.8 0.1- 4.5 7 0.4 0.2- 1.1 4 0.4 0.1- 1.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 596 398 64.8 58.0-71.1 103 18.0 13.2-24.1 51 10.5 6.9-15.6 32 3.3 1.5- 7.1 12 3.4 1.6- 7.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,145 865 72.0 67.6-76.0 202 20.0 16.5-24.0 29 3.9 2.3- 6.8 26 1.1 0.6- 2.2 23 2.9 1.6- 5.3
Some Post-H.S. 997 770 74.0 69.6-78.0 172 20.3 16.6-24.6 16 2.4 1.3- 4.4 15 0.4 0.2- 0.7 24 2.9 1.8- 4.6
College Graduate 1,197 1,002 80.2 76.5-83.4 133 13.4 10.8-16.6 14 1.4 0.7- 2.9 8 0.5 0.2- 1.4 40 4.5 2.9- 6.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 445 301 62.7 55.0-69.8 99 25.8 19.5-33.3 19 7.9 4.4-13.8 19 1.0 0.6- 1.6 7 2.6 0.9- 7.3
$15,000- 24,999 671 458 62.4 55.9-68.5 137 25.4 20.0-31.8 34 6.4 3.8-10.6 22 2.2 0.8- 5.8 20 3.6 1.9- 6.7
$25,000- 34,999 470 348 72.1 64.6-78.4 89 19.6 14.0-26.7 14 2.5 1.2- 5.1 8 1.0 0.3- 2.7 11 4.9 2.2-10.4
$35,000- 49,999 488 396 81.2 76.0-85.5 65 14.2 10.4-19.0 6 1.8 0.6- 5.2 7 0.7 0.3- 1.6 14 2.1 1.0- 4.1
$50,000-74,999 445 387 86.8 81.4-90.8 39 10.2 6.5-15.4 4 0.7 0.2- 2.7 3 0.5 0.1- 2.6 12 1.8 0.9- 3.9
$75,000+ 440 390 83.0 76.3-88.1 30 11.0 6.9-17.0 5 2.4 0.7- 7.4 3 0.1 0.0- 0.3 12 3.5 1.6- 7.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 242 221 89.5 84.0-93.3 10 4.9 2.5- 9.3 5 2.4 1.0- 5.9 1 0.9 0.1- 6.1 5 2.2 0.9- 5.6
Forsyth 279 212 72.7 65.8-78.6 53 20.1 15.0-26.5 5 2.2 0.8- 5.9 2 1.4 0.4- 5.7 7 3.6 1.6- 7.9
Guilford 255 178 64.8 56.4-72.3 68 29.8 22.7-38.1 6 4.3 1.6-11.1 2 0.5 0.1- 2.1 1 0.7 0.1- 4.5
Henderson/Transylvania 273 251 83.2 70.1-91.3 9 9.9 3.3-26.0 6 4.2 1.7-10.3 0 0.0 . - . 7 2.7 1.1- 6.5
Mecklenburg 274 166 52.2 45.3-58.9 83 32.1 26.1-38.9 11 8.1 4.1-15.6 1 0.8 0.1- 5.2 13 6.8 3.6-12.4
Orange 251 206 78.3 69.7-85.0 26 13.0 7.9-20.4 8 4.1 1.8- 9.3 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8 10 4.3 2.1- 8.6
Pitt 250 174 65.7 56.9-73.5 64 27.9 20.8-36.3 6 2.2 0.9- 5.4 3 1.3 0.4- 4.0 3 3.0 0.8-10.7
Randolph 244 218 87.9 81.9-92.1 11 4.1 2.1- 7.9 13 7.5 4.1-13.2 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2
Robeson 251 116 42.0 35.3-48.9 51 17.6 13.0-23.3 12 8.3 4.3-15.5 62 28.6 22.4-35.8 10 3.5 1.8- 6.7
Wake 238 178 71.9 64.6-78.3 43 17.5 12.6-23.9 4 3.1 1.1- 8.2 0 0.0 . - . 13 7.4 4.0-13.2
Western NC 363 343 94.4 90.9-96.6 10 2.2 1.1- 4.3 4 0.8 0.3- 2.5 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 5 2.3 0.9- 5.7
Piedmont NC 539 439 77.1 71.8-81.7 67 13.8 10.2-18.6 18 5.5 3.3- 9.2 3 1.3 0.4- 4.1 12 2.3 1.2- 4.3
Eastern NC 486 340 69.2 64.0-74.0 118 24.6 20.2-29.5 12 2.3 1.2- 4.4 4 0.5 0.2- 1.6 12 3.4 1.8- 6.3

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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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