BRFSS 2002 - North Carolina: (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?*)

2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Reaction to Race--MALE Respondents Only

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	Total Respond.#	White	Black or African American	Hispanic or Latino	American Indian	Other
TOTAL	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
RACE
White	1,896	1,853	95.9	92.9-97.7	5	1.0	0.2- 5.4	17	1.8	0.9- 3.9	8	0.6	0.2- 1.5	13	0.7	0.3- 1.6
African American	355	5	2.6	0.9- 7.9	338	95.6	90.9-97.9	3	0.7	0.1- 3.0	3	0.6	0.1- 2.8	6	0.5	0.2- 1.4
Asian	28	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	28	100	. - .
Native American	68	11	23.9	10.6-45.4	1	8.0	1.2-39.1	3	8.1	1.7-30.7	50	57.5	37.4-75.5	3	2.4	0.6- 8.7
Other Minorities	141	17	7.0	3.6-13.2	7	4.1	1.8- 9.2	91	75.5	65.1-83.7	12	5.2	2.4-10.9	14	8.2	3.6-17.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic	151	24	8.4	4.6-14.8	8	1.6	0.7- 3.5	106	83.4	75.2-89.3	8	4.1	1.7- 9.5	5	2.5	0.7- 8.1
-English Speaking	51	22	38.0	21.7-57.5	8	7.6	3.3-16.6	19	49.7	31.1-68.4	2	4.7	0.9-20.7	0	0.0	. - .
-Spanish Speaking	100	2	0.6	0.1- 3.8	0	0.0	. - .	87	92.3	84.3-96.4	6	3.9	1.4-10.6	5	3.2	0.9-10.1
Non-Hispanic	2,342	1,864	78.4	75.6-81.0	344	17.2	14.8-19.9	10	0.6	0.3- 1.3	65	1.6	1.1- 2.5	59	2.2	1.4- 3.3
AGE
18-24	178	114	54.3	42.8-65.3	27	19.2	11.1-31.1	19	18.1	10.2-30.0	5	1.7	0.5- 5.2	13	6.8	3.3-13.5
25-34	429	291	65.4	58.4-71.9	65	17.0	12.4-22.9	46	13.1	8.5-19.7	16	3.2	1.5- 6.6	11	1.3	0.6- 2.9
35-44	543	397	73.2	67.5-78.1	77	14.1	10.5-18.6	34	9.0	5.9-13.5	14	1.5	0.7- 3.1	21	2.3	1.0- 4.8
45-54	510	400	77.8	72.2-82.5	80	17.2	13.0-22.5	11	3.3	1.6- 6.4	13	1.3	0.5- 3.1	6	0.5	0.2- 1.1
55-64	362	291	83.6	77.7-88.2	42	11.6	7.6-17.1	4	0.6	0.2- 2.1	17	2.0	1.0- 4.0	8	2.3	0.9- 5.8
65-74	282	236	80.7	72.4-87.0	34	17.1	11.0-25.6	1	0.1	0.0- 0.7	6	1.0	0.3- 3.1	5	1.1	0.4- 2.8
75+	175	150	86.4	78.1-91.9	23	11.7	6.8-19.5	0	0.0	. - .	2	1.9	0.4- 8.1	0	0.0	. - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	417	234	51.8	44.2-59.4	75	16.5	11.9-22.4	66	25.6	18.7-33.9	33	4.0	2.4- 6.8	9	2.1	0.9- 4.6
H.S. or G.E.D.	736	551	73.3	67.9-78.1	124	17.6	13.9-22.0	27	6.5	3.6-11.4	20	1.8	0.8- 3.8	14	0.9	0.4- 2.1
Some Post-H.S.	515	390	72.5	65.0-78.9	89	21.5	15.5-29.1	12	3.2	1.5- 6.4	11	1.0	0.3- 2.6	13	1.9	0.6- 6.0
College Graduate	822	713	85.1	81.1-88.4	61	8.6	6.2-11.8	10	1.1	0.5- 2.3	9	1.1	0.5- 2.6	29	4.2	2.4- 7.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	195	120	59.7	47.7-70.7	39	16.5	10.5-25.1	20	17.1	9.1-30.1	13	4.8	1.9-11.6	3	1.8	0.4- 7.3
$15,000- 24,999	390	222	49.1	41.4-56.9	78	21.9	16.0-29.1	54	23.8	16.7-32.8	20	1.8	1.0- 3.1	16	3.4	1.4- 8.0
$25,000- 34,999	305	215	64.5	55.6-72.6	58	20.0	14.5-27.1	14	7.9	3.5-16.8	10	2.9	1.0- 8.2	8	4.6	1.7-12.4
$35,000- 49,999	390	317	76.8	69.4-82.8	55	19.2	13.6-26.6	5	1.6	0.5- 4.7	4	0.4	0.1- 1.3	9	2.0	0.8- 5.1
$50,000-74,999	286	259	87.0	73.9-94.1	20	11.5	4.7-25.4	2	0.4	0.1- 1.8	3	0.8	0.2- 3.5	2	0.3	0.1- 1.9
$75,000+	423	376	90.9	86.9-93.8	24	5.7	3.4- 9.3	2	0.8	0.2- 4.0	3	0.1	0.0- 0.3	18	2.5	1.4- 4.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	150	134	88.8	81.5-93.5	10	7.1	3.5-13.7	1	0.5	0.1- 3.6	3	2.3	0.6- 8.3	2	1.2	0.3- 4.9
Forsyth	176	124	72.0	64.0-78.7	36	18.4	13.0-25.4	9	6.7	3.3-12.8	2	1.2	0.3- 4.7	5	1.7	0.7- 4.3
Guilford	146	95	59.1	49.3-68.2	39	28.7	20.7-38.2	6	6.3	2.6-14.4	1	1.3	0.2- 8.9	5	4.6	1.7-12.0
Henderson/Transylvania	181	168	89.3	81.3-94.1	3	0.9	0.3- 3.1	7	6.4	2.9-13.8	1	1.0	0.1- 6.7	2	2.4	0.6- 9.2
Mecklenburg	154	91	54.1	43.8-64.0	39	21.2	15.1-29.0	15	18.4	10.4-30.4	3	1.5	0.4- 5.2	6	4.7	1.6-13.0
Orange	175	142	80.5	72.9-86.3	13	6.2	3.4-10.9	9	6.9	3.4-13.7	0	0.0	. - .	11	6.4	3.4-11.7
Pitt	156	106	64.7	56.5-72.1	43	30.6	23.6-38.6	2	1.1	0.2- 5.3	0	0.0	. - .	5	3.7	1.4- 9.1
Randolph	162	145	90.1	83.4-94.3	6	2.4	0.8- 6.9	7	5.3	2.4-11.7	1	0.6	0.1- 3.9	3	1.6	0.5- 4.9
Robeson	168	68	36.5	27.9-46.1	32	20.2	12.6-30.6	13	12.5	6.9-21.6	47	25.6	18.4-34.5	8	5.2	2.4-10.9
Wake	174	126	68.8	59.6-76.7	25	15.4	9.4-24.2	8	6.5	3.2-12.9	4	3.5	1.3- 9.4	11	5.8	3.0-11.0
Western NC	272	248	89.9	84.5-93.5	12	3.4	1.8- 6.2	7	4.6	2.1- 9.7	3	1.0	0.3- 3.2	2	1.1	0.2- 5.0
Piedmont NC	307	245	75.5	68.2-81.5	36	14.6	9.6-21.5	18	7.1	4.1-12.0	4	1.7	0.6- 4.7	4	1.1	0.3- 4.2
Eastern NC	275	198	68.9	61.4-75.6	58	20.3	15.3-26.4	14	9.2	4.7-17.0	4	0.7	0.2- 2.2	1	0.9	0.1- 6.3

Total
Respond.#

White

Black or African American

Hispanic or Latino

American Indian

Other

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

2,496

1,890

72.1

69.1-75.0

352

15.8

13.6-18.3

116

8.0

6.1-10.4

1.9

1.3- 2.7

2.2

1.5- 3.3

RACE

White

1,896

1,853

95.9

92.9-97.7

1.0

0.2- 5.4

1.8

0.9- 3.9

0.6

0.2- 1.5

0.7

0.3- 1.6

African American

355

2.6

0.9- 7.9

338

95.6

90.9-97.9

0.7

0.1- 3.0

0.6

0.1- 2.8

0.5

0.2- 1.4

Asian

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

100

. - .

Native American

23.9

10.6-45.4

8.0

1.2-39.1

8.1

1.7-30.7

57.5

37.4-75.5

2.4

0.6- 8.7

Other Minorities

141

7.0

3.6-13.2

4.1

1.8- 9.2

75.5

65.1-83.7

5.2

2.4-10.9

8.2

3.6-17.6

HISPANIC

Hispanic

151

8.4

4.6-14.8

1.6

0.7- 3.5

106

83.4

75.2-89.3

4.1

1.7- 9.5

2.5

0.7- 8.1

-English Speaking

38.0

21.7-57.5

7.6

3.3-16.6

49.7

31.1-68.4

4.7

0.9-20.7

0.0

. - .

-Spanish Speaking

100

0.6

0.1- 3.8

0.0

. - .

92.3

84.3-96.4

3.9

1.4-10.6

3.2

0.9-10.1

Non-Hispanic

2,342

1,864

78.4

75.6-81.0

344

17.2

14.8-19.9

0.6

0.3- 1.3

1.6

1.1- 2.5

2.2

1.4- 3.3

AGE

18-24

178

114

54.3

42.8-65.3

19.2

11.1-31.1

18.1

10.2-30.0

1.7

0.5- 5.2

6.8

3.3-13.5

25-34

429

291

65.4

58.4-71.9

17.0

12.4-22.9

13.1

8.5-19.7

3.2

1.5- 6.6

1.3

0.6- 2.9

35-44

543

397

73.2

67.5-78.1

14.1

10.5-18.6

9.0

5.9-13.5

1.5

0.7- 3.1

2.3

1.0- 4.8

45-54

510

400

77.8

72.2-82.5

17.2

13.0-22.5

3.3

1.6- 6.4

1.3

0.5- 3.1

0.5

0.2- 1.1

55-64

362

291

83.6

77.7-88.2

11.6

7.6-17.1

0.6

0.2- 2.1

2.0

1.0- 4.0

2.3

0.9- 5.8

65-74

282

236

80.7

72.4-87.0

17.1

11.0-25.6

0.1

0.0- 0.7

1.0

0.3- 3.1

1.1

0.4- 2.8

75+

175

150

86.4

78.1-91.9

11.7

6.8-19.5

0.0

. - .

1.9

0.4- 8.1

0.0

. - .

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

417

234

51.8

44.2-59.4

16.5

11.9-22.4

25.6

18.7-33.9

4.0

2.4- 6.8

2.1

0.9- 4.6

H.S. or G.E.D.

736

551

73.3

67.9-78.1

124

17.6

13.9-22.0

6.5

3.6-11.4

1.8

0.8- 3.8

0.9

0.4- 2.1

Some Post-H.S.

515

390

72.5

65.0-78.9

21.5

15.5-29.1

3.2

1.5- 6.4

1.0

0.3- 2.6

1.9

0.6- 6.0

College Graduate

822

713

85.1

81.1-88.4

8.6

6.2-11.8

1.1

0.5- 2.3

1.1

0.5- 2.6

4.2

2.4- 7.2

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

195

120

59.7

47.7-70.7

16.5

10.5-25.1

17.1

9.1-30.1

4.8

1.9-11.6

1.8

0.4- 7.3

$15,000- 24,999

390

222

49.1

41.4-56.9

21.9

16.0-29.1

23.8

16.7-32.8

1.8

1.0- 3.1

3.4

1.4- 8.0

$25,000- 34,999

305

215

64.5

55.6-72.6

20.0

14.5-27.1

7.9

3.5-16.8

2.9

1.0- 8.2

4.6

1.7-12.4

$35,000- 49,999

390

317

76.8

69.4-82.8

19.2

13.6-26.6

1.6

0.5- 4.7

0.4

0.1- 1.3

2.0

0.8- 5.1

$50,000-74,999

286

259

87.0

73.9-94.1

11.5

4.7-25.4

0.4

0.1- 1.8

0.8

0.2- 3.5

0.3

0.1- 1.9

$75,000+

423

376

90.9

86.9-93.8

5.7

3.4- 9.3

0.8

0.2- 4.0

0.1

0.0- 0.3

2.5

1.4- 4.3

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

150

134

88.8

81.5-93.5

7.1

3.5-13.7

0.5

0.1- 3.6

2.3

0.6- 8.3

1.2

0.3- 4.9

Forsyth

176

124

72.0

64.0-78.7

18.4

13.0-25.4

6.7

3.3-12.8

1.2

0.3- 4.7

1.7

0.7- 4.3

Guilford

146

59.1

49.3-68.2

28.7

20.7-38.2

6.3

2.6-14.4

1.3

0.2- 8.9

4.6

1.7-12.0

Henderson/Transylvania

181

168

89.3

81.3-94.1

0.9

0.3- 3.1

6.4

2.9-13.8

1.0

0.1- 6.7

2.4

0.6- 9.2

Mecklenburg

154

54.1

43.8-64.0

21.2

15.1-29.0

18.4

10.4-30.4

1.5

0.4- 5.2

4.7

1.6-13.0

Orange

175

142

80.5

72.9-86.3

6.2

3.4-10.9

6.9

3.4-13.7

0.0

. - .

6.4

3.4-11.7

Pitt

156

106

64.7

56.5-72.1

30.6

23.6-38.6

1.1

0.2- 5.3

0.0

. - .

3.7

1.4- 9.1

Randolph

162

145

90.1

83.4-94.3

2.4

0.8- 6.9

5.3

2.4-11.7

0.6

0.1- 3.9

1.6

0.5- 4.9

Robeson

168

36.5

27.9-46.1

20.2

12.6-30.6

12.5

6.9-21.6

25.6

18.4-34.5

5.2

2.4-10.9

Wake

174

126

68.8

59.6-76.7

15.4

9.4-24.2

6.5

3.2-12.9

3.5

1.3- 9.4

5.8

3.0-11.0

Western NC

272

248

89.9

84.5-93.5

3.4

1.8- 6.2

4.6

2.1- 9.7

1.0

0.3- 3.2

1.1

0.2- 5.0

Piedmont NC

307

245

75.5

68.2-81.5

14.6

9.6-21.5

7.1

4.1-12.0

1.7

0.6- 4.7

1.1

0.3- 4.2

Eastern NC

275

198

68.9

61.4-75.6

20.3

15.3-26.4

9.2

4.7-17.0

0.7

0.2- 2.2

0.9

0.1- 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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