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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Violence-FEMALES

Since you've been 18 years old, has anyone (including a relative, current or ex-husband/wife,current or ex- boyfriend/ girlfriend, acquaintance, stranger, etc) ever pushed, hit, slapped, kicked, or physically hurt you in any other way?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 5,837 1,125 19.8 18.2-21.4 4,712 80.2 78.6-81.8
RACE
White 4,266 803 18.8 17.1-20.6 3,463 81.2 79.4-82.9
African American 1,229 249 22.0 18.7-25.7 980 78.0 74.3-81.3
Asian 23 3 2.9 0.8-10.6 20 97.1 89.4-99.2
Native American 143 33 33.6 20.8-49.4 110 66.4 50.6-79.2
Other Minorities 159 33 22.4 13.8-34.2 126 77.6 65.8-86.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 164 28 21.1 12.7-33.0 136 78.9 67.0-87.3
-English Speaking 81 12 22.4 10.7-40.9 69 77.6 59.1-89.3
-Spanish Speaking 83 16 20.6 10.5-36.4 67 79.4 63.6-89.5
Non-Hispanic 5,666 1,094 19.6 18.1-21.2 4,572 80.4 78.8-81.9
AGE
18-24 354 60 13.5 9.3-19.2 294 86.5 80.8-90.7
25-34 867 197 25.2 21.2-29.8 670 74.8 70.2-78.8
35-44 1,076 266 25.3 21.6-29.3 810 74.7 70.7-78.4
45-54 1,139 302 25.8 22.3-29.7 837 74.2 70.3-77.7
55-64 929 166 16.0 13.0-19.7 763 84.0 80.3-87.0
65-74 788 83 11.8 8.8-15.8 705 88.2 84.2-91.2
75+ 641 43 7.9 5.2-11.7 598 92.1 88.3-94.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 962 185 20.1 16.3-24.5 777 79.9 75.5-83.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,747 343 22.1 19.2-25.2 1,404 77.9 74.8-80.8
Some Post-H.S. 1,513 325 21.0 18.1-24.3 1,188 79.0 75.7-81.9
College Graduate 1,601 271 16.1 13.7-18.9 1,330 83.9 81.1-86.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 783 182 22.1 18.2-26.5 601 77.9 73.5-81.8
$15,000- 24,999 1,098 269 24.7 21.0-28.8 829 75.3 71.2-79.0
$25,000- 34,999 653 139 26.0 20.7-32.1 514 74.0 67.9-79.3
$35,000- 49,999 711 127 18.8 15.0-23.4 584 81.2 76.6-85.0
$50,000-74,999 568 91 16.2 12.3-21.0 477 83.8 79.0-87.7
$75,000+ 648 89 14.4 11.0-18.6 559 85.6 81.4-89.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 270 56 20.4 15.5-26.4 214 79.6 73.6-84.5
Guilford 279 53 19.8 14.7-26.2 226 80.2 73.8-85.3
Mecklenburg 277 53 19.9 15.1-25.7 224 80.1 74.3-84.9
Orange 280 48 17.0 10.0-27.5 232 83.0 72.5-90.0
Wake 274 52 16.6 12.5-21.8 222 83.4 78.2-87.5
Chatham/Lee 242 34 13.1 9.1-18.5 208 86.9 81.5-90.9
Nash/Wilson 233 52 23.9 18.2-30.8 181 76.1 69.2-81.8
Craven/Pamlico 277 56 19.1 14.5-24.8 221 80.9 75.2-85.5
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 264 48 18.4 13.7-24.3 216 81.6 75.7-86.3
Appalachian/Wilkes 283 55 17.6 12.4-24.4 228 82.4 75.6-87.6
Franklin/Gran./Vance 295 59 15.2 11.4-20.1 236 84.8 79.9-88.6
Graham/Swain/Jackson 258 45 16.6 12.1-22.2 213 83.4 77.8-87.9
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 292 57 17.9 13.5-23.2 235 82.1 76.8-86.5
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 284 42 15.4 10.9-21.3 242 84.6 78.7-89.1
Northeast NC I 310 52 17.3 13.1-22.6 258 82.7 77.4-86.9
Northeast NC II 320 56 17.9 13.5-23.3 264 82.1 76.7-86.5
Northeastern Partnership 630 108 17.7 14.4-21.5 522 82.3 78.5-85.6
Mountain AHEC 796 156 20.9 17.2-25.1 640 79.1 74.9-82.8
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,095 403 20.5 17.8-23.4 1,692 79.5 76.6-82.2
Piedmont 2,468 471 19.1 17.1-21.4 1,997 80.9 78.6-82.9
Western NC 1,274 251 20.7 17.7-24.2 1,023 79.3 75.8-82.3

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^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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