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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Violence

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,638 64 2.8 1.9- 4.1 1,574 97.2 95.9-98.1
GENDER
Male 513 3 0.3 0.1- 1.0 510 99.7 99.0-99.9
Female 1,125 61 4.7 3.1- 7.1 1,064 95.3 92.9-96.9
RACE
White 1,190 44 2.1 1.3- 3.3 1,146 97.9 96.7-98.7
African American 337 13 3.6 1.5- 8.4 324 96.4 91.6-98.5
Asian 3 1 25.2 2.8-80.0 2 74.8 20.0-97.2
Native American 48 4 19.3 5.5-49.4 44 80.7 50.6-94.5
Other Minorities 55 2 0.8 0.2- 3.2 53 99.2 96.8-99.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 52 2 0.8 0.2- 3.4 50 99.2 96.6-99.8
-English Speaking 21 1 1.3 0.2- 9.0 20 98.7 91.0-99.8
-Spanish Speaking 31 1 0.6 0.1- 4.6 30 99.4 95.4-99.9
Non-Hispanic 1,583 62 2.9 1.9- 4.3 1,521 97.1 95.7-98.1
AGE
18-24 100 5 1.4 0.5- 4.3 95 98.6 95.7-99.5
25-34 309 14 4.4 2.0- 9.3 295 95.6 90.7-98.0
35-44 385 21 3.3 1.8- 6.2 364 96.7 93.8-98.2
45-54 434 17 2.5 1.1- 5.6 417 97.5 94.4-98.9
55-64 232 3 0.9 0.2- 3.8 229 99.1 96.2-99.8
65-74 110 4 2.2 0.6- 7.1 106 97.8 92.9-99.4
75+ 58 0 0.0 . - . 58 100 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 266 10 3.5 1.4- 8.6 256 96.5 91.4-98.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 510 21 2.2 1.2- 3.9 489 97.8 96.1-98.8
Some Post-H.S. 473 23 4.2 2.1- 8.2 450 95.8 91.8-97.9
College Graduate 388 10 1.2 0.5- 2.5 378 98.8 97.5-99.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 242 13 2.6 1.3- 5.4 229 97.4 94.6-98.7
$15,000- 24,999 365 21 4.0 2.0- 8.0 344 96.0 92.0-98.0
$25,000- 34,999 205 7 2.6 1.0- 6.8 198 97.4 93.2-99.0
$35,000- 49,999 216 6 4.3 1.4-12.2 210 95.7 87.8-98.6
$50,000-74,999 153 7 4.5 1.3-14.1 146 95.5 85.9-98.7
$75,000+ 152 5 1.4 0.5- 4.0 147 98.6 96.0-99.5
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***
Eastern NC 580 23 3.4 1.7- 6.7 557 96.6 93.3-98.3
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

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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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