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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina

Reaction to Race

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%)
North Carolina 6,513 191 3.3 2.7- 4.1 6,322 96.7 95.9-97.3
Western NC 636 18 3.2 1.9- 5.4 618 96.8 94.6-98.1
GENDER
Male 271 8 3.6 1.7- 7.4 263 96.4 92.6-98.3
Female 365 10 2.8 1.4- 5.5 355 97.2 94.5-98.6
RACE
White 590 14 2.7 1.5- 5.0 576 97.3 95.0-98.5
Other 44 3 6.8 2.0-20.4 41 93.2 79.6-98.0
AGE
18-44 235 13 6.2 3.5-11.0 222 93.8 89.0-96.5
45+ 396 5 0.7 0.3- 1.9 391 99.3 98.1-99.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 364 9 3.1 1.5- 6.2 355 96.9 93.8-98.5
Some College + 271 9 3.3 1.5- 7.3 262 96.7 92.7-98.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 387 16 4.5 2.5- 7.9 371 95.5 92.1-97.5
$50,000+ 105 0 0.0 . - . 105 100 . - .
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 400 5 1.1 0.4- 2.6 395 98.9 97.4-99.6
Forsyth 459 19 3.5 2.1- 5.9 440 96.5 94.1-97.9
Guilford 407 16 5.7 3.1-10.1 391 94.3 89.9-96.9
Henderson/Transylvania 460 9 2.1 1.1- 4.2 451 97.9 95.8-98.9
Mecklenburg 435 16 3.4 1.9- 5.9 419 96.6 94.1-98.1
Orange 430 11 2.6 1.3- 5.0 419 97.4 95.0-98.7
Pitt 403 14 4.2 2.3- 7.6 389 95.8 92.4-97.7
Randolph 415 9 1.7 0.8- 3.8 406 98.3 96.2-99.2
Robeson 419 14 4.5 2.3- 8.5 405 95.5 91.5-97.7
Wake 420 17 5.2 2.7- 9.8 403 94.8 90.2-97.3
Piedmont NC 856 19 2.4 1.4- 4.0 837 97.6 96.0-98.6
Eastern NC 773 24 3.6 2.3- 5.7 749 96.4 94.3-97.7

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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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