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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina

Reaction to Race

How often do you think about your race? Would you say never, once a year, once a month, once a week, once a day, once an hour, or constantly?

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  Total
Respond.#
Never Once a year Once a month Weekly/Daily Hourly/Constantly
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,214 3,886 60.9 58.9-62.8 617 9.7 8.6-11.0 557 8.8 7.7-10.0 782 12.3 11.0-13.8 372 8.2 7.0- 9.6
Western NC 613 442 69.9 65.2-74.2 56 9.5 7.0-12.9 46 7.7 5.6-10.5 49 8.3 6.0-11.2 20 4.7 2.7- 8.0
GENDER
Male 261 178 64.6 57.3-71.2 23 10.1 6.3-15.9 25 9.6 6.3-14.4 24 9.4 6.1-14.2 11 6.2 3.0-12.3
Female 352 264 76.1 70.9-80.7 33 8.8 6.1-12.5 21 5.3 3.3- 8.4 25 6.9 4.5-10.4 9 2.8 1.3- 5.9
RACE
White 569 426 73.7 69.1-77.9 53 10.0 7.3-13.7 40 6.6 4.7- 9.1 41 7.5 5.3-10.5 9 2.2 0.8- 5.6
Other 42 15 25.7 14.4-41.5 3 4.2 1.2-13.2 5 15.7 5.9-35.5 8 18.7 8.9-35.1 11 35.7 19.9-55.3
AGE
18-44 223 146 62.6 54.5-70.2 24 11.8 7.3-18.5 22 8.5 5.2-13.6 20 9.4 5.8-14.9 11 7.6 3.7-15.1
45+ 385 292 75.8 70.7-80.2 31 7.5 5.1-10.8 24 7.0 4.6-10.7 29 7.4 5.0-10.8 9 2.3 1.2- 4.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 347 267 75.8 70.0-80.7 28 7.9 5.2-11.8 20 5.5 3.4- 8.8 20 6.7 4.1-10.6 12 4.2 2.1- 8.1
Some College + 265 175 62.1 54.6-69.1 28 11.7 7.4-18.1 26 10.6 6.9-15.9 29 10.4 6.9-15.3 7 5.1 2.0-12.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 375 281 73.2 67.3-78.4 31 7.9 5.3-11.5 23 5.9 3.7- 9.3 26 7.5 4.8-11.4 14 5.6 2.8-10.7
$50,000+ 99 60 63.2 52.4-72.9 11 10.8 5.7-19.7 15 14.3 8.4-23.3 12 10.8 5.8-19.2 1 0.9 0.1- 6.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 376 245 64.9 58.9-70.5 42 11.4 7.9-16.1 30 8.6 5.6-13.1 50 11.7 8.6-15.8 9 3.4 1.7- 6.5
Forsyth 440 261 55.8 50.3-61.2 47 10.7 7.8-14.6 49 12.5 9.2-16.8 61 14.7 11.1-19.0 22 6.3 3.9- 9.9
Guilford 389 228 53.8 47.5-59.9 33 8.2 5.4-12.2 37 10.0 6.9-14.1 57 17.5 12.8-23.4 34 10.6 7.2-15.3
Henderson/Transylvania 438 314 68.9 63.2-74.2 49 10.2 7.4-13.8 30 7.6 5.1-11.3 26 6.0 3.8- 9.2 19 7.3 4.4-11.9
Mecklenburg 413 215 45.2 39.1-51.5 40 11.7 7.5-17.9 39 10.8 6.7-16.8 66 17.4 13.3-22.5 53 14.9 11.0-19.9
Orange 411 183 43.6 36.0-51.6 51 10.6 7.7-14.4 76 17.5 13.5-22.3 86 24.0 18.9-30.0 15 4.3 2.3- 8.0
Pitt 391 245 62.6 56.2-68.6 35 8.3 5.7-12.0 32 7.4 5.1-10.6 57 15.5 11.3-20.8 22 6.2 3.8-10.0
Randolph 399 267 64.9 57.3-71.8 38 9.1 6.2-13.2 24 5.5 3.6- 8.5 43 9.5 6.6-13.3 27 11.0 5.8-20.1
Robeson 398 215 46.5 40.3-52.8 34 10.2 7.0-14.8 31 7.6 4.8-11.8 78 20.5 15.9-26.0 40 15.2 10.0-22.4
Wake 396 214 49.9 43.9-55.9 52 12.7 9.6-16.7 40 10.2 7.2-14.3 61 17.7 13.0-23.5 29 9.5 6.4-13.9
Piedmont NC 812 554 64.3 59.7-68.6 70 8.5 6.3-11.3 72 8.4 6.3-11.1 79 12.1 8.9-16.2 37 6.8 4.7- 9.7
Eastern NC 738 503 64.7 60.1-69.0 70 9.5 7.2-12.4 51 8.0 5.8-10.9 69 9.0 6.8-11.9 45 8.8 6.0-12.8

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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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