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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Reaction to Race--WHITE 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 4,965 70 1.3 0.9- 1.9 4,895 98.7 98.1-99.1
GENDER
Male 1,915 18 0.8 0.4- 1.5 1,897 99.2 98.5-99.6
Female 3,050 52 1.8 1.1- 2.7 2,998 98.2 97.3-98.9
AGE
18-24 315 8 2.6 1.1- 6.2 307 97.4 93.8-98.9
25-34 789 13 1.6 0.8- 3.3 776 98.4 96.7-99.2
35-44 927 19 2.0 1.0- 4.2 908 98.0 95.8-99.0
45-54 990 17 0.8 0.4- 1.5 973 99.2 98.5-99.6
55-64 760 5 0.5 0.2- 1.4 755 99.5 98.6-99.8
65-74 657 5 0.4 0.1- 1.3 652 99.6 98.7-99.9
75+ 492 1 0.0 0.0- 0.4 491 100 99.6- 100
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 641 12 2.5 1.1- 5.8 629 97.5 94.2-98.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,447 22 1.3 0.7- 2.4 1,425 98.7 97.6-99.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,158 15 0.9 0.4- 2.0 1,143 99.1 98.0-99.6
College Graduate 1,709 21 1.0 0.5- 1.9 1,688 99.0 98.1-99.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 425 13 3.0 1.4- 6.6 412 97.0 93.4-98.6
$15,000- 24,999 682 19 3.6 1.7- 7.3 663 96.4 92.7-98.3
$25,000- 34,999 573 8 1.3 0.5- 3.1 565 98.7 96.9-99.5
$35,000- 49,999 715 8 0.4 0.2- 0.9 707 99.6 99.1-99.8
$50,000-74,999 644 5 0.7 0.2- 1.9 639 99.3 98.1-99.8
$75,000+ 761 5 0.8 0.2- 2.8 756 99.2 97.2-99.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 358 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8 357 99.7 98.2- 100
Forsyth 342 7 1.5 0.7- 3.2 335 98.5 96.8-99.3
Guilford 273 4 1.5 0.4- 4.9 269 98.5 95.1-99.6
Henderson/Transylvania 421 4 0.9 0.3- 2.5 417 99.1 97.5-99.7
Mecklenburg 263 2 0.7 0.1- 3.1 261 99.3 96.9-99.9
Orange 350 7 1.6 0.7- 3.7 343 98.4 96.3-99.3
Pitt 284 6 2.2 0.9- 5.3 278 97.8 94.7-99.1
Randolph 376 7 1.7 0.7- 4.0 369 98.3 96.0-99.3
Robeson 169 3 2.5 0.8- 7.7 166 97.5 92.3-99.2
Wake 305 4 1.2 0.4- 3.2 301 98.8 96.8-99.6
Western NC 590 14 2.7 1.5- 5.0 576 97.3 95.0-98.5
Piedmont NC 701 7 1.2 0.5- 2.9 694 98.8 97.1-99.5
Eastern NC 533 4 0.8 0.2- 2.5 529 99.2 97.5-99.8

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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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