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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Reaction to Race--WHITE 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 4,964 147 3.2 2.6- 4.1 4,817 96.8 95.9-97.4
GENDER
Male 1,911 52 3.2 2.2- 4.7 1,859 96.8 95.3-97.8
Female 3,053 95 3.2 2.4- 4.3 2,958 96.8 95.7-97.6
AGE
18-24 314 16 5.5 2.7-10.8 298 94.5 89.2-97.3
25-34 786 23 3.6 2.1- 6.1 763 96.4 93.9-97.9
35-44 926 34 3.1 1.9- 5.0 892 96.9 95.0-98.1
45-54 992 37 3.3 2.1- 5.2 955 96.7 94.8-97.9
55-64 759 18 2.4 1.3- 4.4 741 97.6 95.6-98.7
65-74 658 10 1.7 0.7- 4.0 648 98.3 96.0-99.3
75+ 494 6 2.2 0.7- 6.5 488 97.8 93.5-99.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 639 28 5.7 3.6- 9.0 611 94.3 91.0-96.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,446 44 3.0 2.0- 4.4 1,402 97.0 95.6-98.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,160 38 3.7 2.2- 6.1 1,122 96.3 93.9-97.8
College Graduate 1,709 36 2.0 1.2- 3.1 1,673 98.0 96.9-98.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 424 24 7.0 4.0-11.9 400 93.0 88.1-96.0
$15,000- 24,999 680 31 4.8 2.6- 8.6 649 95.2 91.4-97.4
$25,000- 34,999 574 20 2.8 1.5- 5.2 554 97.2 94.8-98.5
$35,000- 49,999 715 16 2.0 1.0- 4.0 699 98.0 96.0-99.0
$50,000-74,999 644 17 3.8 2.1- 6.8 627 96.2 93.2-97.9
$75,000+ 761 13 2.0 1.0- 4.0 748 98.0 96.0-99.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 358 7 2.5 1.1- 5.4 351 97.5 94.6-98.9
Forsyth 342 13 3.7 2.0- 6.9 329 96.3 93.1-98.0
Guilford 272 8 3.7 1.7- 7.9 264 96.3 92.1-98.3
Henderson/Transylvania 420 8 1.7 0.8- 3.6 412 98.3 96.4-99.2
Mecklenburg 263 4 2.4 0.8- 6.5 259 97.6 93.5-99.2
Orange 350 12 2.7 1.4- 5.0 338 97.3 95.0-98.6
Pitt 283 8 3.0 1.4- 6.2 275 97.0 93.8-98.6
Randolph 377 15 3.5 1.9- 6.3 362 96.5 93.7-98.1
Robeson 170 5 3.0 1.2- 7.1 165 97.0 92.9-98.8
Wake 305 7 3.2 1.3- 7.9 298 96.8 92.1-98.7
Western NC 590 24 4.2 2.7- 6.6 566 95.8 93.4-97.3
Piedmont NC 700 25 3.7 2.4- 5.7 675 96.3 94.3-97.6
Eastern NC 534 11 2.4 1.2- 4.8 523 97.6 95.2-98.8

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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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