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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 else

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,638 66 5.2 3.6- 7.5 1,572 94.8 92.5-96.4
-Eastern NC 580 26 7.5 3.8-14.1 554 92.5 85.9-96.2
GENDER
Male 177 12 11.6 4.5-26.5 165 88.4 73.5-95.5
Female 403 14 4.6 2.1- 9.6 389 95.4 90.4-97.9
RACE
White 370 20 8.7 4.0-18.1 350 91.3 81.9-96.0
African American 163 6 6.5 2.2-17.8 157 93.5 82.2-97.8
Other Minorities 46 0 0.0 . - . 46 100 . - .
AGE
18-24 38 0 0.0 . - . 38 100 . - .
25-34 106 7 14.4 6.1-30.4 99 85.6 69.6-93.9
35-44 144 7 4.3 1.2-13.9 137 95.7 86.1-98.8
45-54 149 6 12.0 2.6-40.4 143 88.0 59.6-97.4
55-64 86 5 6.4 2.0-19.1 81 93.6 80.9-98.0
65-74 36 0 0.0 . - . 36 100 . - .
75+ 18 1 1.7 0.2-12.0 17 98.3 88.0-99.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 105 2 0.6 0.1- 2.4 103 99.4 97.6-99.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 189 7 6.0 2.5-13.6 182 94.0 86.4-97.5
Some Post-H.S. 176 8 9.2 3.6-21.7 168 90.8 78.3-96.4
College Graduate 110 9 13.7 3.2-43.2 101 86.3 56.8-96.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 87 2 1.8 0.4- 7.8 85 98.2 92.2-99.6
$15,000- 24,999 139 5 4.2 1.3-12.8 134 95.8 87.2-98.7
$25,000- 34,999 82 3 4.2 1.0-16.6 79 95.8 83.4-99.0
$35,000- 49,999 73 3 9.2 2.4-29.4 70 90.8 70.6-97.6
$50,000-74,999 56 6 9.1 2.9-25.0 50 90.9 75.0-97.1
$75,000+ 38 5 39.3 13.6-72.8 33 60.7 27.2-86.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 85 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6 84 99.5 96.4-99.9
Guilford 75 4 3.9 1.4-10.4 71 96.1 89.6-98.6
Mecklenburg 81 4 5.3 1.8-14.4 77 94.7 85.6-98.2
Orange 70 1 0.7 0.1- 4.7 69 99.3 95.3-99.9
Wake 82 4 5.9 1.9-17.1 78 94.1 82.9-98.1
Chatham/Lee 56 0 0.0 . - . 56 100 . - .
Nash/Wilson 71 4 5.9 2.1-15.5 67 94.1 84.5-97.9
Craven/Pamlico 86 3 2.5 0.7- 8.5 83 97.5 91.5-99.3
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 77 4 3.8 1.3-10.7 73 96.2 89.3-98.7
Appalachian/Wilkes 75 2 5.6 1.2-22.8 73 94.4 77.2-98.8
Franklin/Gran./Vance 83 5 3.2 1.2- 8.3 78 96.8 91.7-98.8
Graham/Swain/Jackson 69 2 1.5 0.4- 6.2 67 98.5 93.8-99.6
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 82 4 5.4 1.7-15.8 78 94.6 84.2-98.3
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 64 2 1.9 0.4- 8.0 62 98.1 92.0-99.6
Northeast NC I 69 4 11.5 3.9-29.4 65 88.5 70.6-96.1
Northeast NC II 80 1 1.1 0.2- 7.4 79 98.9 92.6-99.8
Northeastern Partnership 149 5 4.8 1.8-12.3 144 95.2 87.7-98.2
Mountain AHEC 231 6 5.1 1.7-14.3 225 94.9 85.7-98.3
NC REGIONS***
Piedmont 695 30 4.2 2.7- 6.7 665 95.8 93.3-97.3
Western NC 363 10 4.1 1.6- 9.8 353 95.9 90.2-98.4

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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