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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 domestic violence program

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,638 64 2.8 1.9- 4.1 1,574 97.2 95.9-98.1
-Eastern NC 580 23 3.4 1.7- 6.7 557 96.6 93.3-98.3
GENDER
Male 177 2 0.5 0.1- 2.2 175 99.5 97.8-99.9
Female 403 21 5.6 2.7-11.0 382 94.4 89.0-97.3
RACE
White 370 12 2.0 0.9- 4.5 358 98.0 95.5-99.1
African American 163 7 5.2 1.3-18.0 156 94.8 82.0-98.7
Other Minorities 46 4 10.7 2.3-37.4 42 89.3 62.6-97.7
AGE
18-24 38 1 0.5 0.1- 3.7 37 99.5 96.3-99.9
25-34 106 7 7.7 2.6-21.2 99 92.3 78.8-97.4
35-44 144 8 2.4 1.1- 5.3 136 97.6 94.7-98.9
45-54 149 5 4.1 1.0-16.0 144 95.9 84.0-99.0
55-64 86 2 2.1 0.4-10.7 84 97.9 89.3-99.6
65-74 36 0 0.0 . - . 36 100 . - .
75+ 18 0 0.0 . - . 18 100 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 105 2 1.4 0.3- 7.3 103 98.6 92.7-99.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 189 7 3.0 1.1- 8.2 182 97.0 91.8-98.9
Some Post-H.S. 176 10 6.4 2.2-17.2 166 93.6 82.8-97.8
College Graduate 110 4 1.4 0.5- 4.1 106 98.6 95.9-99.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 87 4 3.1 0.8-10.8 83 96.9 89.2-99.2
$15,000- 24,999 139 6 1.7 0.7- 4.2 133 98.3 95.8-99.3
$25,000- 34,999 82 2 3.7 0.6-20.0 80 96.3 80.0-99.4
$35,000- 49,999 73 3 6.0 1.1-26.2 70 94.0 73.8-98.9
$50,000-74,999 56 3 9.9 2.0-37.1 53 90.1 62.9-98.0
$75,000+ 38 3 2.7 0.7- 9.4 35 97.3 90.6-99.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 85 3 5.6 1.6-17.7 82 94.4 82.3-98.4
Guilford 75 1 1.0 0.1- 6.5 74 99.0 93.5-99.9
Mecklenburg 81 1 0.9 0.1- 6.1 80 99.1 93.9-99.9
Orange 70 3 3.2 1.0-10.0 67 96.8 90.0-99.0
Wake 82 2 0.6 0.2- 2.5 80 99.4 97.5-99.8
Chatham/Lee 56 4 5.5 1.8-16.0 52 94.5 84.0-98.2
Nash/Wilson 71 3 3.7 1.1-11.8 68 96.3 88.2-98.9
Craven/Pamlico 86 5 6.1 2.3-14.8 81 93.9 85.2-97.7
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 77 3 1.8 0.5- 5.8 74 98.2 94.2-99.5
Appalachian/Wilkes 75 3 6.6 1.7-22.8 72 93.4 77.2-98.3
Franklin/Gran./Vance 83 3 2.5 0.7- 8.5 80 97.5 91.5-99.3
Graham/Swain/Jackson 69 6 7.5 3.2-16.4 63 92.5 83.6-96.8
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 82 3 3.2 0.9-10.5 79 96.8 89.5-99.1
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 64 2 2.8 0.6-12.6 62 97.2 87.4-99.4
Northeast NC I 69 3 2.5 0.8- 8.0 66 97.5 92.0-99.2
Northeast NC II 80 3 1.9 0.6- 5.8 77 98.1 94.2-99.4
Northeastern Partnership 149 6 2.1 0.9- 4.8 143 97.9 95.2-99.1
Mountain AHEC 231 14 5.1 2.4-10.2 217 94.9 89.8-97.6
NC REGIONS***
Piedmont 695 22 2.0 1.0- 4.0 673 98.0 96.0-99.0
Western NC 363 19 4.2 2.3- 7.7 344 95.8 92.3-97.7

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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