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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Reaction to Race--MALE Respondents Only

. 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 2,531 143 7.5 6.0- 9.3 2,388 92.5 90.7-94.0
RACE
White 1,911 52 3.2 2.2- 4.7 1,859 96.8 95.3-97.8
African American 359 63 20.7 15.1-27.6 296 79.3 72.4-84.9
Asian 31 3 27.3 7.1-64.9 28 72.7 35.1-92.9
Native American 70 5 7.8 2.7-20.8 65 92.2 79.2-97.3
Other Minorities 146 19 18.2 10.4-29.8 127 81.8 70.2-89.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 154 16 12.4 6.5-22.3 138 87.6 77.7-93.5
-English Speaking 54 3 1.7 0.5- 5.6 51 98.3 94.4-99.5
-Spanish Speaking 100 13 15.5 7.9-28.1 87 84.5 71.9-92.1
Non-Hispanic 2,373 127 7.0 5.6- 8.9 2,246 93.0 91.1-94.4
AGE
18-24 183 14 9.7 5.0-18.0 169 90.3 82.0-95.0
25-34 434 33 9.3 5.9-14.4 401 90.7 85.6-94.1
35-44 549 37 9.4 6.3-13.8 512 90.6 86.2-93.7
45-54 516 37 7.4 4.9-11.1 479 92.6 88.9-95.1
55-64 366 12 3.4 1.7- 6.7 354 96.6 93.3-98.3
65-74 285 9 5.5 2.4-12.4 276 94.5 87.6-97.6
75+ 175 0 0.0 . - . 175 100 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 420 29 10.4 6.7-15.8 391 89.6 84.2-93.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 749 47 6.8 4.6- 9.9 702 93.2 90.1-95.4
Some Post-H.S. 523 37 8.8 5.4-14.0 486 91.2 86.0-94.6
College Graduate 833 30 5.4 3.4- 8.5 803 94.6 91.5-96.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 198 21 13.9 7.4-24.5 177 86.1 75.5-92.6
$15,000- 24,999 394 33 12.1 7.6-18.8 361 87.9 81.2-92.4
$25,000- 34,999 312 21 9.2 5.2-15.6 291 90.8 84.4-94.8
$35,000- 49,999 393 22 6.6 3.9-11.0 371 93.4 89.0-96.1
$50,000-74,999 291 14 6.4 3.0-13.4 277 93.6 86.6-97.0
$75,000+ 427 14 4.3 2.3- 7.9 413 95.7 92.1-97.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 153 8 5.4 2.5-10.9 145 94.6 89.1-97.5
Forsyth 177 12 7.4 4.1-13.3 165 92.6 86.7-95.9
Guilford 146 13 10.8 6.1-18.6 133 89.2 81.4-93.9
Henderson/Transylvania 184 4 2.1 0.8- 5.6 180 97.9 94.4-99.2
Mecklenburg 159 12 8.1 4.0-15.8 147 91.9 84.2-96.0
Orange 179 7 3.7 1.7- 7.8 172 96.3 92.2-98.3
Pitt 156 5 3.2 1.3- 7.7 151 96.8 92.3-98.7
Randolph 168 5 3.0 1.2- 7.5 163 97.0 92.5-98.8
Robeson 171 9 5.9 2.5-13.3 162 94.1 86.7-97.5
Wake 179 16 12.6 7.0-21.6 163 87.4 78.4-93.0
Western NC 272 15 5.6 3.3- 9.5 257 94.4 90.5-96.7
Piedmont NC 310 14 4.9 2.8- 8.5 296 95.1 91.5-97.2
Eastern NC 277 23 9.8 6.3-15.1 254 90.2 84.9-93.7

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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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