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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Reaction to Race--WHITE 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 4,919 4,818 96.7 95.2-97.7 10 0.5 0.1- 2.5 42 1.5 0.9- 2.5 16 0.6 0.3- 1.2 33 0.7 0.5- 1.2
GENDER
Male 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
Female 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
AGE
18-24 310 291 90.3 79.2-95.8 2 3.7 0.5-21.2 9 4.1 1.4-11.0 1 0.1 0.0- 0.8 7 1.8 0.7- 4.4
25-34 784 759 94.5 90.2-97.0 1 0.0 0.0- 0.3 14 3.3 1.4- 7.8 3 1.1 0.3- 4.1 7 1.0 0.4- 2.3
35-44 919 894 96.4 93.6-98.0 1 0.0 0.0- 0.1 11 1.2 0.5- 2.9 6 1.3 0.4- 3.9 7 1.1 0.4- 3.2
45-54 982 967 98.3 96.6-99.1 2 0.1 0.0- 0.5 6 0.9 0.3- 2.3 4 0.5 0.1- 2.0 3 0.2 0.1- 0.9
55-64 749 743 99.3 98.1-99.8 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4 1 0.1 0.0- 0.4 3 0.2 0.0- 0.8
65-74 652 647 99.3 98.2-99.8 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.0 0.0- 0.1 3 0.4 0.1- 1.2
75+ 492 487 99.7 99.1-99.9 1 0.0 0.0- 0.3 1 0.1 0.0- 0.4 0 0.0 . - . 3 0.2 0.0- 0.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 631 609 96.0 92.5-97.9 1 0.0 0.0- 0.3 8 0.8 0.3- 2.2 8 2.2 0.8- 5.9 5 1.0 0.3- 2.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,423 1,385 95.4 92.5-97.3 3 0.1 0.0- 0.5 18 3.0 1.5- 6.1 7 0.8 0.3- 2.2 10 0.6 0.3- 1.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,148 1,130 96.7 90.8-98.9 5 2.0 0.4-10.3 7 0.9 0.4- 2.3 1 0.0 0.0- 0.1 5 0.3 0.1- 0.9
College Graduate 1,707 1,685 98.5 97.1-99.2 1 0.0 0.0- 0.1 8 0.4 0.2- 1.1 0 0.0 . - . 13 1.1 0.5- 2.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 417 405 96.3 91.9-98.3 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7 4 1.2 0.3- 4.2 5 1.3 0.3- 5.6 2 1.1 0.2- 5.0
$15,000- 24,999 676 652 94.5 88.9-97.4 3 0.3 0.1- 1.3 10 3.2 1.1- 9.2 6 1.3 0.3- 5.5 5 0.6 0.2- 1.9
$25,000- 34,999 566 550 94.3 87.9-97.4 2 0.2 0.0- 0.7 10 3.4 1.1-10.0 1 0.9 0.1- 6.2 3 1.2 0.3- 5.0
$35,000- 49,999 713 706 98.8 96.6-99.6 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 3 0.9 0.2- 3.3 0 0.0 . - . 3 0.1 0.0- 0.3
$50,000-74,999 642 636 96.5 84.9-99.3 1 2.8 0.4-17.1 3 0.3 0.1- 1.6 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.3 0.1- 1.6
$75,000+ 759 752 99.2 98.0-99.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.2 0.0- 1.6 0 0.0 . - . 6 0.6 0.2- 1.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 351 345 98.3 96.1-99.2 0 0.0 . - . 4 1.0 0.4- 2.7 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7
Forsyth 338 331 97.2 94.0-98.8 1 0.3 0.0- 2.3 2 1.1 0.2- 4.8 1 0.4 0.1- 3.0 3 0.9 0.3- 2.8
Guilford 270 267 97.7 91.7-99.4 1 0.3 0.0- 2.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.9 0.4- 8.6
Henderson/Transylvania 417 413 99.6 99.0-99.9 1 0.1 0.0- 0.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 0.3 0.1- 0.8
Mecklenburg 259 252 93.1 81.2-97.7 0 0.0 . - . 3 5.6 1.5-19.0 0 0.0 . - . 4 1.3 0.5- 3.8
Orange 348 340 97.2 93.9-98.7 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 5 2.0 0.7- 5.4 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.6 0.1- 2.4
Pitt 287 277 94.4 87.4-97.6 2 2.5 0.5-12.3 2 0.3 0.1- 1.4 2 0.6 0.2- 2.7 4 2.1 0.7- 5.9
Randolph 368 360 97.5 94.4-98.9 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 5 1.9 0.7- 5.2 1 0.1 0.0- 0.8 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1
Robeson 168 160 92.6 84.8-96.5 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.5 0.3- 6.4 4 3.7 1.3-10.2 2 2.2 0.5-10.2
Wake 301 295 98.1 95.7-99.2 1 0.1 0.0- 0.8 2 0.7 0.2- 2.9 1 0.4 0.1- 2.9 2 0.6 0.1- 2.5
Western NC 590 584 98.4 96.1-99.4 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.5 0.1- 2.7 1 0.1 0.0- 0.9 3 0.9 0.3- 3.1
Piedmont NC 695 676 94.8 90.4-97.2 1 1.4 0.2- 9.2 10 1.7 0.8- 3.6 5 1.5 0.6- 3.6 3 0.6 0.1- 2.2
Eastern NC 527 518 98.0 94.9-99.2 1 0.1 0.0- 0.8 5 1.4 0.4- 5.0 0 0.0 . - . 3 0.5 0.2- 1.6

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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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