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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina

Reaction to Race

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%)
North Carolina 6,441 4,932 72.7 70.9-74.5 965 17.1 15.6-18.7 226 5.9 4.8- 7.2 154 1.5 1.1- 2.0 164 2.8 2.2- 3.5
Western NC 635 591 92.0 88.8-94.3 22 2.8 1.8- 4.5 11 2.9 1.4- 5.7 4 0.7 0.2- 1.8 7 1.7 0.7- 3.7
GENDER
Male 272 248 89.9 84.5-93.5 12 3.4 1.8- 6.2 7 4.6 2.1- 9.7 3 1.0 0.3- 3.2 2 1.1 0.2- 5.0
Female 363 343 94.4 90.9-96.6 10 2.2 1.1- 4.3 4 0.8 0.3- 2.5 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 5 2.3 0.9- 5.7
RACE
White 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
Other 44 7 15.2 6.8-30.5 21 35.1 21.6-51.6 9 31.7 16.5-52.1 3 7.2 2.2-20.9 4 10.8 3.9-26.8
AGE
18-44 233 207 87.0 80.5-91.5 9 3.1 1.5- 6.3 11 6.5 3.3-12.4 2 0.8 0.2- 3.4 4 2.7 1.0- 7.3
45+ 397 379 95.9 93.4-97.5 13 2.7 1.5- 4.8 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.5 0.1- 2.2 3 0.9 0.3- 2.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 361 332 91.9 87.7-94.7 16 3.6 2.0- 6.1 8 3.0 1.2- 6.9 3 0.8 0.3- 2.7 2 0.7 0.2- 3.1
Some College + 273 259 92.3 86.6-95.6 5 1.6 0.6- 4.1 3 2.7 0.9- 8.3 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7 5 2.9 1.1- 7.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 389 361 91.8 87.5-94.7 14 3.0 1.6- 5.3 9 3.3 1.5- 7.2 2 0.5 0.1- 1.9 3 1.5 0.4- 4.8
$50,000+ 106 105 99.2 94.3-99.9 1 0.8 0.1- 5.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 392 355 89.2 84.9-92.4 20 6.0 3.7- 9.6 6 1.5 0.7- 3.4 4 1.6 0.5- 4.7 7 1.8 0.8- 3.8
Forsyth 455 336 72.3 67.2-76.9 89 19.3 15.4-23.8 14 4.4 2.5- 7.7 4 1.3 0.5- 3.5 12 2.7 1.4- 5.0
Guilford 401 273 62.0 55.7-68.0 107 29.3 23.8-35.4 12 5.3 2.7- 9.9 3 0.9 0.2- 3.8 6 2.5 1.0- 6.3
Henderson/Transylvania 454 419 86.3 78.9-91.4 12 5.4 1.9-14.1 13 5.3 2.9- 9.6 1 0.5 0.1- 3.5 9 2.5 1.1- 5.6
Mecklenburg 428 257 53.2 46.9-59.3 122 26.6 22.0-31.9 26 13.3 8.5-20.2 4 1.1 0.4- 3.3 19 5.8 3.2-10.0
Orange 426 348 79.3 73.7-84.0 39 9.8 6.7-14.2 17 5.4 3.1- 9.2 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0 21 5.3 3.3- 8.3
Pitt 406 280 65.2 59.3-70.6 107 29.2 24.1-34.9 8 1.7 0.7- 3.7 3 0.6 0.2- 2.0 8 3.3 1.5- 7.2
Randolph 406 363 88.9 84.7-92.1 17 3.3 1.8- 5.8 20 6.5 4.0-10.3 2 0.4 0.1- 1.7 4 0.9 0.3- 2.5
Robeson 419 184 39.1 33.4-45.1 83 19.0 14.2-24.9 25 10.5 6.8-16.1 109 27.0 22.0-32.7 18 4.4 2.5- 7.5
Wake 412 304 70.3 64.4-75.6 68 16.4 12.2-21.7 12 4.9 2.7- 8.6 4 1.8 0.7- 5.0 24 6.6 4.2-10.1
Piedmont NC 846 684 76.3 72.0-80.2 103 14.2 11.0-18.1 36 6.3 4.3- 9.1 7 1.5 0.7- 3.2 16 1.7 0.9- 3.2
Eastern NC 761 538 69.1 64.7-73.1 176 22.6 19.2-26.4 26 5.5 3.2- 9.2 8 0.6 0.3- 1.3 13 2.2 1.2- 4.2

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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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