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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Eastern North Carolina**

Violence

Who were all the persons you told about this most recent violence?
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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,638 145 6.8 5.4- 8.5 1,493 93.2 91.5-94.6
-Eastern NC 580 60 9.2 6.3-13.3 520 90.8 86.7-93.7
GENDER
Male 177 7 2.7 0.9- 7.7 170 97.3 92.3-99.1
Female 403 53 14.0 9.5-20.1 350 86.0 79.9-90.5
RACE
White 370 40 10.2 6.5-15.6 330 89.8 84.4-93.5
African American 163 15 5.9 2.8-11.9 148 94.1 88.1-97.2
Other Minorities 46 5 10.4 2.5-33.9 41 89.6 66.1-97.5
AGE
18-24 38 2 6.9 1.2-30.9 36 93.1 69.1-98.8
25-34 106 10 6.5 2.3-17.5 96 93.5 82.5-97.7
35-44 144 13 7.0 3.5-13.5 131 93.0 86.5-96.5
45-54 149 17 9.4 4.6-18.1 132 90.6 81.9-95.4
55-64 86 11 21.2 10.1-39.2 75 78.8 60.8-89.9
65-74 36 6 13.9 4.9-33.5 30 86.1 66.5-95.1
75+ 18 1 1.0 0.1- 7.3 17 99.0 92.7-99.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 105 11 8.1 3.5-17.5 94 91.9 82.5-96.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 189 19 10.6 5.8-18.4 170 89.4 81.6-94.2
Some Post-H.S. 176 15 8.7 4.1-17.4 161 91.3 82.6-95.9
College Graduate 110 15 8.8 3.3-21.2 95 91.2 78.8-96.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 87 15 23.6 12.0-41.3 72 76.4 58.7-88.0
$15,000- 24,999 139 15 9.6 4.7-18.8 124 90.4 81.2-95.3
$25,000- 34,999 82 7 5.7 1.8-16.2 75 94.3 83.8-98.2
$35,000- 49,999 73 3 8.5 2.0-30.0 70 91.5 70.0-98.0
$50,000-74,999 56 6 5.2 2.1-12.6 50 94.8 87.4-97.9
$75,000+ 38 9 12.4 3.8-33.7 29 87.6 66.3-96.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 85 14 19.3 11.1-31.4 71 80.7 68.6-88.9
Guilford 75 6 6.9 2.7-16.6 69 93.1 83.4-97.3
Mecklenburg 81 10 6.8 3.3-13.4 71 93.2 86.6-96.7
Orange 70 5 7.7 2.7-20.1 65 92.3 79.9-97.3
Wake 82 5 2.7 1.0- 6.7 77 97.3 93.3-99.0
Chatham/Lee 56 5 6.8 2.7-16.1 51 93.2 83.9-97.3
Nash/Wilson 71 5 4.5 1.7-11.9 66 95.5 88.1-98.3
Craven/Pamlico 86 8 7.0 2.9-15.9 78 93.0 84.1-97.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 77 5 5.4 2.1-13.4 72 94.6 86.6-97.9
Appalachian/Wilkes 75 7 10.1 3.9-23.9 68 89.9 76.1-96.1
Franklin/Gran./Vance 83 3 2.3 0.6- 7.9 80 97.7 92.1-99.4
Graham/Swain/Jackson 69 5 5.1 2.0-12.6 64 94.9 87.4-98.0
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 82 6 6.1 2.5-14.0 76 93.9 86.0-97.5
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 64 4 4.9 1.6-14.1 60 95.1 85.9-98.4
Northeast NC I 69 10 11.4 5.8-21.1 59 88.6 78.9-94.2
Northeast NC II 80 11 11.7 6.2-20.9 69 88.3 79.1-93.8
Northeastern Partnership 149 21 11.6 7.2-18.0 128 88.4 82.0-92.8
Mountain AHEC 231 24 9.5 5.4-16.1 207 90.5 83.9-94.6
NC REGIONS***
Piedmont 695 49 5.0 3.5- 7.1 646 95.0 92.9-96.5
Western NC 363 36 8.7 5.5-13.4 327 91.3 86.6-94.5

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 had violence done to them 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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