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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 66 5.2 3.6- 7.5 1,572 94.8 92.5-96.4
GENDER
Male 513 25 5.8 3.1-10.6 488 94.2 89.4-96.9
Female 1,125 41 4.7 3.1- 7.1 1,084 95.3 92.9-96.9
RACE
White 1,190 47 5.1 3.2- 8.0 1,143 94.9 92.0-96.8
African American 337 18 7.7 4.2-13.5 319 92.3 86.5-95.8
Asian 3 0 0.0 . - . 3 100 . - .
Native American 48 1 0.2 0.0- 1.8 47 99.8 98.2- 100
Other Minorities 55 0 0.0 . - . 55 100 . - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic 52 0 0.0 . - . 52 100 . - .
-English Speaking 21 0 0.0 . - . 21 100 . - .
-Spanish Speaking 31 0 0.0 . - . 31 100 . - .
Non-Hispanic 1,583 66 5.5 3.8- 7.9 1,517 94.5 92.1-96.2
AGE
18-24 100 3 3.9 1.1-12.7 97 96.1 87.3-98.9
25-34 309 16 7.4 4.1-13.0 293 92.6 87.0-95.9
35-44 385 11 2.6 1.1- 5.7 374 97.4 94.3-98.9
45-54 434 22 8.1 3.8-16.4 412 91.9 83.6-96.2
55-64 232 8 3.2 1.3- 8.0 224 96.8 92.0-98.7
65-74 110 2 0.3 0.1- 1.4 108 99.7 98.6-99.9
75+ 58 3 3.8 0.8-15.8 55 96.2 84.2-99.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 266 6 1.8 0.4- 7.8 260 98.2 92.2-99.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 510 18 4.6 2.6- 8.1 492 95.4 91.9-97.4
Some Post-H.S. 473 23 6.6 3.8-11.2 450 93.4 88.8-96.2
College Graduate 388 19 7.3 3.0-16.5 369 92.7 83.5-97.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 242 6 1.5 0.5- 4.0 236 98.5 96.0-99.5
$15,000- 24,999 365 9 2.4 1.0- 5.6 356 97.6 94.4-99.0
$25,000- 34,999 205 12 6.5 3.3-12.6 193 93.5 87.4-96.7
$35,000- 49,999 216 10 6.8 3.1-14.4 206 93.2 85.6-96.9
$50,000-74,999 153 14 8.8 4.2-17.5 139 91.2 82.5-95.8
$75,000+ 152 9 12.0 4.4-28.9 143 88.0 71.1-95.6
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***
Eastern NC 580 26 7.5 3.8-14.1 554 92.5 85.9-96.2
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

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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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