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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Reaction to Race--MALE Respondents Only

Within the past 30 days, have you experienced any physical symptoms, for example headache, an upset stomach, tensing of your muscles, or a pounding heart, 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 2,533 67 3.3 2.3- 4.6 2,466 96.7 95.4-97.7
RACE
White 1,915 18 0.8 0.4- 1.5 1,897 99.2 98.5-99.6
African American 358 32 11.4 7.1-17.9 326 88.6 82.1-92.9
Asian 32 1 4.5 0.6-26.7 31 95.5 73.3-99.4
Native American 70 4 5.0 1.5-15.2 66 95.0 84.8-98.5
Other Minorities 144 12 9.9 4.7-19.8 132 90.1 80.2-95.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 152 11 6.0 2.8-12.5 141 94.0 87.5-97.2
-English Speaking 54 2 1.1 0.3- 4.5 52 98.9 95.5-99.7
-Spanish Speaking 98 9 7.5 3.4-15.9 89 92.5 84.1-96.6
Non-Hispanic 2,377 56 3.0 2.1- 4.4 2,321 97.0 95.6-97.9
AGE
18-24 181 6 2.8 0.8- 9.0 175 97.2 91.0-99.2
25-34 437 19 5.6 2.9-10.4 418 94.4 89.6-97.1
35-44 549 20 5.1 3.0- 8.7 529 94.9 91.3-97.0
45-54 515 16 3.1 1.6- 5.8 499 96.9 94.2-98.4
55-64 368 4 0.7 0.2- 2.8 364 99.3 97.2-99.8
65-74 285 1 0.1 0.0- 0.5 284 99.9 99.5- 100
75+ 175 0 0.0 . - . 175 100 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 422 15 4.1 2.2- 7.3 407 95.9 92.7-97.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 751 20 2.8 1.4- 5.2 731 97.2 94.8-98.6
Some Post-H.S. 522 18 4.6 2.2- 9.6 504 95.4 90.4-97.8
College Graduate 832 14 2.4 1.2- 4.5 818 97.6 95.5-98.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 199 12 4.9 2.2-10.3 187 95.1 89.7-97.8
$15,000- 24,999 395 16 5.0 2.4- 9.8 379 95.0 90.2-97.6
$25,000- 34,999 312 6 3.5 1.1-10.4 306 96.5 89.6-98.9
$35,000- 49,999 393 15 4.1 2.1- 7.9 378 95.9 92.1-97.9
$50,000-74,999 291 4 2.7 0.6-11.3 287 97.3 88.7-99.4
$75,000+ 427 5 2.5 1.0- 6.3 422 97.5 93.7-99.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 153 0 0.0 . - . 153 100 . - .
Forsyth 177 5 2.4 0.9- 6.3 172 97.6 93.7-99.1
Guilford 147 8 8.9 4.2-17.7 139 91.1 82.3-95.8
Henderson/Transylvania 185 2 0.9 0.2- 3.5 183 99.1 96.5-99.8
Mecklenburg 158 4 2.3 0.8- 6.1 154 97.7 93.9-99.2
Orange 179 5 2.9 1.1- 7.4 174 97.1 92.6-98.9
Pitt 156 7 5.5 2.4-12.1 149 94.5 87.9-97.6
Randolph 166 1 0.3 0.0- 2.0 165 99.7 98.0- 100
Robeson 169 7 5.5 2.2-13.1 162 94.5 86.9-97.8
Wake 180 6 5.1 1.7-14.2 174 94.9 85.8-98.3
Western NC 271 8 3.6 1.7- 7.4 263 96.4 92.6-98.3
Piedmont NC 314 5 1.8 0.7- 4.7 309 98.2 95.3-99.3
Eastern NC 278 9 3.9 1.9- 8.0 269 96.1 92.0-98.1

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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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