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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Orange County

Reaction to Race

Within the past 12 months at work, do you feel you were treated worse than, the same as, or better than people of other races?*

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  Total
Respond.#
Worse than other races Same as other races Better than other races Worse than some, better than others Encountered people of same race
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,888 228 6.7 5.6- 8.0 3,415 86.8 85.0-88.4 142 3.8 2.9- 4.9 52 1.6 0.9- 2.7 51 1.1 0.7- 1.7
Orange County 275 10 3.8 1.8- 7.7 245 88.6 82.7-92.7 17 7.1 4.0-12.4 2 0.4 0.1- 1.4 1 0.1 0.0- 0.9
GENDER
Male 130 4 2.5 0.9- 6.8 117 88.1 79.3-93.5 8 8.9 4.2-18.0 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7 0 0.0 . - .
Female 145 6 5.2 1.8-13.7 128 89.2 80.2-94.4 9 5.0 2.3-10.8 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2 1 0.3 0.0- 2.0
RACE
White 227 4 1.1 0.4- 3.1 205 92.0 87.0-95.2 15 6.3 3.4-11.2 2 0.4 0.1- 1.8 1 0.2 0.0- 1.1
Other 48 6 15.7 6.5-33.3 40 73.1 53.4-86.6 2 11.1 2.9-34.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 154 5 3.4 1.2- 9.6 133 86.4 77.6-92.1 14 9.6 5.1-17.6 2 0.5 0.1- 2.2 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 120 5 4.6 1.8-11.0 111 92.7 85.6-96.4 3 2.4 0.7- 8.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 43 4 8.0 2.3-24.7 37 83.8 61.7-94.4 2 8.1 1.8-29.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 231 6 2.4 1.0- 5.9 207 90.1 84.7-93.7 15 6.9 3.9-11.9 2 0.5 0.1- 1.9 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 105 5 4.1 1.5-11.2 87 81.0 69.4-89.0 10 13.5 6.6-25.4 2 1.0 0.2- 4.0 1 0.4 0.0- 2.5
$50,000+ 128 4 3.2 1.2- 8.3 120 93.6 87.4-96.9 4 3.2 1.2- 8.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 234 4 1.7 0.6- 4.8 207 88.9 83.6-92.6 15 5.7 3.2-10.0 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8 7 3.5 1.6- 7.5
Forsyth 278 18 6.9 3.9-11.8 232 84.8 79.2-89.1 15 4.7 2.7- 8.2 5 1.1 0.4- 3.0 8 2.5 1.2- 5.1
Guilford 248 20 9.6 5.9-15.4 216 85.8 79.5-90.4 5 1.8 0.6- 4.7 6 2.3 0.8- 6.2 1 0.5 0.1- 3.7
Henderson/Transylvania 219 10 4.3 2.2- 8.3 194 90.1 84.9-93.6 10 4.2 2.1- 8.4 0 0.0 . - . 5 1.4 0.5- 3.7
Mecklenburg 295 36 11.3 7.7-16.1 241 81.1 74.8-86.1 9 4.6 2.1-10.1 6 2.3 0.9- 5.5 3 0.7 0.2- 2.4
Pitt 262 11 5.7 2.7-11.5 234 88.6 82.4-92.8 8 2.1 0.9- 4.6 6 2.4 1.0- 5.9 3 1.2 0.4- 4.1
Randolph 248 10 5.1 2.4-10.3 229 92.3 87.0-95.6 3 0.6 0.2- 2.0 4 1.0 0.3- 3.7 2 1.0 0.2- 4.2
Robeson 237 16 4.7 2.7- 8.1 211 92.4 88.5-95.0 5 1.7 0.7- 4.2 3 0.7 0.2- 2.2 2 0.5 0.1- 2.0
Wake 300 20 7.1 4.2-11.8 262 86.1 80.4-90.3 15 6.1 3.4-10.7 2 0.5 0.1- 2.2 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7
Western NC 343 15 6.9 3.7-12.5 307 87.1 81.5-91.3 9 2.8 1.4- 5.4 2 0.3 0.1- 1.5 10 2.8 1.3- 5.7
Piedmont NC 512 35 7.1 4.9-10.2 449 86.1 81.6-89.6 16 3.9 2.2- 6.9 8 2.2 0.8- 6.3 4 0.6 0.2- 1.9
Eastern NC 437 23 5.0 3.0- 8.0 388 89.1 85.0-92.2 15 3.1 1.7- 5.6 7 1.7 0.7- 4.4 4 1.1 0.3- 3.9

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*This queston was asked of respondents who reported being employed for wages, self-employed, or out of work for less than one year.

#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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