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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina

Reaction to Race

. 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%)
North Carolina 6,514 363 6.9 5.9- 8.1 6,151 93.1 91.9-94.1
Western NC 636 30 5.1 3.5- 7.5 606 94.9 92.5-96.5
GENDER
Male 272 15 5.6 3.3- 9.5 257 94.4 90.5-96.7
Female 364 15 4.5 2.6- 7.9 349 95.5 92.1-97.4
RACE
White 590 24 4.2 2.7- 6.6 566 95.8 93.4-97.3
Other 44 5 13.6 5.5-30.2 39 86.4 69.8-94.5
AGE
18-44 234 12 5.8 3.1-10.3 222 94.2 89.7-96.9
45+ 397 18 4.6 2.8- 7.7 379 95.4 92.3-97.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 363 20 6.7 4.2-10.5 343 93.3 89.5-95.8
Some College + 272 10 3.0 1.5- 6.0 262 97.0 94.0-98.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 387 22 5.9 3.7- 9.3 365 94.1 90.7-96.3
$50,000+ 105 2 2.0 0.5- 7.7 103 98.0 92.3-99.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 400 17 5.0 3.0- 8.1 383 95.0 91.9-97.0
Forsyth 460 33 6.8 4.6- 9.9 427 93.2 90.1-95.4
Guilford 405 26 8.1 5.3-12.3 379 91.9 87.7-94.7
Henderson/Transylvania 459 14 3.2 1.8- 5.5 445 96.8 94.5-98.2
Mecklenburg 436 30 8.7 5.6-13.4 406 91.3 86.6-94.4
Orange 430 22 4.9 3.0- 8.1 408 95.1 91.9-97.0
Pitt 402 21 5.1 3.2- 8.1 381 94.9 91.9-96.8
Randolph 417 19 3.9 2.3- 6.6 398 96.1 93.4-97.7
Robeson 422 23 5.8 3.4- 9.7 399 94.2 90.3-96.6
Wake 418 36 11.7 7.9-17.1 382 88.3 82.9-92.1
Piedmont NC 856 46 6.3 4.4- 9.0 810 93.7 91.0-95.6
Eastern NC 773 46 6.8 4.9- 9.5 727 93.2 90.5-95.1

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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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