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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Eastern North Carolina**

Violence

I'd like you to think about the most recent time this violence occurred. Who was the person who did this to you most recently?

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Respond.^
Current husband,/wife or partner Ex-husband,/wife or ex-partner Relative /or acquaintance Stranger
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,572 263 14.5 12.2-17.0 800 45.3 41.3-49.4 311 23.8 20.2-27.8 198 16.4 13.5-19.8
-Eastern NC 558 86 14.1 10.4-18.9 293 45.4 38.7-52.3 111 21.3 16.4-27.3 68 19.1 13.3-26.8
GENDER
Male 167 11 3.6 1.8- 7.0 35 21.2 12.7-33.3 62 32.6 23.0-43.9 59 42.6 30.5-55.6
Female 391 75 21.7 15.8-29.0 258 62.7 54.7-70.1 49 13.3 8.5-20.2 9 2.3 0.8- 6.2
RACE
White 351 43 10.9 7.1-16.4 190 47.5 39.0-56.2 72 20.7 14.7-28.2 46 20.9 13.4-31.1
African American 160 35 23.5 14.8-35.2 81 40.4 29.4-52.5 28 19.4 11.2-31.5 16 16.7 8.1-31.4
Other Minorities 46 8 14.0 4.2-37.6 21 41.8 19.6-67.8 11 32.5 15.0-56.9 6 11.6 3.2-34.3
AGE
18-24 36 8 8.7 3.6-19.6 17 47.8 24.9-71.7 8 17.4 5.7-42.4 3 26.0 8.8-56.1
25-34 104 13 7.5 3.3-16.3 54 39.8 26.7-54.6 20 28.1 16.4-43.8 17 24.5 13.1-41.2
35-44 136 17 20.8 11.5-34.7 80 56.1 43.5-67.9 29 15.7 9.7-24.3 10 7.5 3.3-16.1
45-54 143 25 14.2 7.8-24.6 67 40.2 27.1-54.9 32 21.6 12.7-34.2 19 24.1 10.7-45.7
55-64 83 17 23.7 12.4-40.6 46 46.1 30.2-62.7 11 12.0 4.6-27.9 9 18.2 7.4-38.1
65-74 36 4 12.2 3.4-35.6 20 34.9 18.5-55.9 7 39.4 18.7-64.8 5 13.4 3.3-41.0
75+ 18 1 2.9 0.4-19.6 9 53.2 21.9-82.2 3 26.3 5.6-68.4 5 17.6 5.6-43.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 103 18 16.7 8.7-29.7 52 51.1 35.3-66.7 25 22.5 12.0-38.3 8 9.6 3.3-25.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 179 29 17.5 10.4-27.7 94 40.9 30.5-52.2 35 25.3 16.1-37.4 21 16.4 8.0-30.6
Some Post-H.S. 169 30 14.9 8.6-24.4 92 49.1 37.0-61.3 27 17.0 10.1-27.1 20 19.0 10.2-32.5
College Graduate 107 9 5.5 2.1-13.4 55 41.9 27.2-58.3 24 20.4 11.2-34.2 19 32.1 16.5-53.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 87 14 13.4 7.1-23.7 49 57.2 41.2-71.9 14 17.3 8.4-32.2 10 12.1 4.1-30.4
$15,000- 24,999 135 23 12.6 7.0-21.7 77 46.7 33.2-60.7 19 14.7 7.8-25.9 16 26.0 13.4-44.2
$25,000- 34,999 77 10 15.4 6.2-33.2 42 49.2 31.3-67.3 18 26.9 12.8-48.1 7 8.5 2.9-22.8
$35,000- 49,999 71 13 23.1 11.4-41.4 33 29.6 17.0-46.3 17 39.2 22.7-58.6 8 8.1 3.4-18.2
$50,000-74,999 55 7 12.8 4.5-31.4 25 48.7 30.3-67.5 13 19.1 8.4-37.7 10 19.4 8.7-37.9
$75,000+ 36 3 2.3 0.6- 8.5 13 27.3 10.3-55.2 9 13.7 5.1-31.9 11 56.7 28.6-81.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 82 14 21.3 12.1-34.9 41 45.3 33.2-58.0 15 13.1 7.4-22.2 12 20.3 11.0-34.4
Guilford 72 12 11.8 6.3-21.2 33 45.5 31.4-60.4 20 29.9 17.5-46.0 7 12.8 5.3-27.9
Mecklenburg 78 13 14.8 8.0-25.7 41 47.2 32.3-62.6 15 24.4 12.2-43.1 9 13.6 6.7-25.7
Orange 69 15 14.9 7.7-27.0 37 58.6 39.6-75.4 9 17.1 7.3-35.0 8 9.3 4.2-19.5
Wake 79 14 16.2 9.3-26.6 40 38.2 26.3-51.6 15 27.6 14.5-46.0 10 18.1 9.1-32.7
Chatham/Lee 53 10 20.8 10.8-36.4 23 32.3 20.8-46.5 11 24.9 13.2-41.9 9 21.9 10.9-39.3
Nash/Wilson 68 13 18.1 9.6-31.4 34 41.2 27.5-56.3 13 16.1 8.8-27.7 8 24.7 10.5-47.7
Craven/Pamlico 85 7 5.6 2.4-12.5 46 39.0 27.5-51.9 18 37.5 24.2-53.0 14 17.9 9.2-32.0
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 71 18 24.5 14.9-37.6 29 34.9 23.9-47.8 15 27.0 15.3-43.1 9 13.6 6.9-25.1
Appalachian/Wilkes 74 12 12.1 6.1-22.6 37 46.6 32.4-61.4 16 29.6 17.5-45.5 9 11.6 5.7-22.2
Franklin/Gran./Vance 78 10 14.9 5.0-36.7 42 37.6 24.5-52.8 14 21.3 10.9-37.5 12 26.1 13.0-45.6
Graham/Swain/Jackson 64 10 14.9 7.4-27.8 30 39.4 27.2-53.1 17 33.6 21.3-48.6 7 12.1 5.5-24.6
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 80 10 13.9 7.2-25.0 46 48.1 35.6-60.8 14 22.3 12.2-37.2 10 15.7 8.1-28.3
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 59 11 19.3 9.8-34.5 28 41.3 27.7-56.5 15 31.2 18.7-47.2 5 8.1 3.2-19.3
Northeast NC I 66 14 19.7 11.1-32.6 32 42.0 29.6-55.6 16 29.4 18.4-43.4 4 8.9 2.4-27.5
Northeast NC II 77 10 14.9 7.7-26.7 46 56.6 43.7-68.7 11 15.0 7.6-27.3 10 13.5 7.1-24.2
Northeastern Partnership 143 24 16.6 10.6-24.9 78 51.5 41.9-60.9 27 20.1 13.4-28.9 14 11.9 6.7-20.2
Mountain AHEC 220 39 17.3 11.1-26.1 108 49.1 35.6-62.7 40 12.3 7.5-19.4 33 21.3 13.4-32.1
NC REGIONS***
Piedmont 664 115 14.1 11.1-17.8 334 45.0 39.5-50.7 133 26.3 21.0-32.4 82 14.6 11.0-19.1
Western NC 350 62 16.5 11.5-23.2 173 46.6 36.5-56.9 67 19.2 12.6-28.0 48 17.7 12.0-25.4

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available for Eastern North Carolina**. Please refer to the North Carolina table for statewide breakdowns.

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Asked only of those who have ever been assaulted by someone else

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** 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, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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