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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?
Someone working in a rape crisis center/sexual assault program

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,638 25 1.6 0.9- 2.9 1,613 98.4 97.1-99.1
-Eastern NC 580 10 1.1 0.4- 2.8 570 98.9 97.2-99.6
GENDER
Male 177 0 0.0 . - . 177 100 . - .
Female 403 10 1.9 0.8- 4.8 393 98.1 95.2-99.2
RACE
White 370 3 0.3 0.1- 1.0 367 99.7 99.0-99.9
African American 163 5 2.1 0.5- 7.5 158 97.9 92.5-99.5
Other Minorities 46 1 5.0 0.7-28.8 45 95.0 71.2-99.3
AGE
18-24 38 0 0.0 . - . 38 100 . - .
25-34 106 5 3.0 0.8-10.5 101 97.0 89.5-99.2
35-44 144 4 1.7 0.4- 7.6 140 98.3 92.4-99.6
45-54 149 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1 148 99.7 97.9- 100
55-64 86 0 0.0 . - . 86 100 . - .
65-74 36 0 0.0 . - . 36 100 . - .
75+ 18 0 0.0 . - . 18 100 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 105 0 0.0 . - . 105 100 . - .
H.S. or G.E.D. 189 2 0.3 0.1- 1.3 187 99.7 98.7-99.9
Some Post-H.S. 176 3 1.6 0.3- 8.2 173 98.4 91.8-99.7
College Graduate 110 5 2.8 0.8- 9.2 105 97.2 90.8-99.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 87 2 0.9 0.2- 3.9 85 99.1 96.1-99.8
$15,000- 24,999 139 1 1.6 0.2-10.6 138 98.4 89.4-99.8
$25,000- 34,999 82 3 2.7 0.5-13.0 79 97.3 87.0-99.5
$35,000- 49,999 73 0 0.0 . - . 73 100 . - .
$50,000-74,999 56 3 2.1 0.6- 7.3 53 97.9 92.7-99.4
$75,000+ 38 0 0.0 . - . 38 100 . - .
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 85 2 3.8 0.9-15.4 83 96.2 84.6-99.1
Guilford 75 0 0.0 . - . 75 100 . - .
Mecklenburg 81 1 1.8 0.2-11.5 80 98.2 88.5-99.8
Orange 70 0 0.0 . - . 70 100 . - .
Wake 82 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1 81 99.7 97.9- 100
Chatham/Lee 56 4 7.1 2.4-19.1 52 92.9 80.9-97.6
Nash/Wilson 71 0 0.0 . - . 71 100 . - .
Craven/Pamlico 86 1 0.8 0.1- 5.6 85 99.2 94.4-99.9
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 77 0 0.0 . - . 77 100 . - .
Appalachian/Wilkes 75 1 7.2 1.1-36.1 74 92.8 63.9-98.9
Franklin/Gran./Vance 83 0 0.0 . - . 83 100 . - .
Graham/Swain/Jackson 69 0 0.0 . - . 69 100 . - .
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 82 1 0.5 0.1- 3.8 81 99.5 96.2-99.9
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 64 4 4.7 1.5-13.6 60 95.3 86.4-98.5
Northeast NC I 69 2 2.4 0.5-10.7 67 97.6 89.3-99.5
Northeast NC II 80 0 0.0 . - . 80 100 . - .
Northeastern Partnership 149 2 0.8 0.2- 4.0 147 99.2 96.0-99.8
Mountain AHEC 231 2 1.1 0.2- 4.9 229 98.9 95.1-99.8
NC REGIONS***
Piedmont 695 11 1.8 0.8- 4.1 684 98.2 95.9-99.2
Western NC 363 4 1.8 0.6- 5.6 359 98.2 94.4-99.4

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 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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