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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Violence-FEMALES

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,125 699 63.2 58.9-67.2 426 36.8 32.8-41.1
RACE
White 803 510 65.9 61.1-70.5 293 34.1 29.5-38.9
African American 249 149 58.0 49.0-66.4 100 42.0 33.6-51.0
Asian 3 1 25.2 2.8-80.0 2 74.8 20.0-97.2
Native American 33 22 76.1 53.2-89.9 11 23.9 10.1-46.8
Other Minorities 33 14 42.1 20.1-67.7 19 57.9 32.3-79.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 28 12 49.1 24.7-73.9 16 50.9 26.1-75.3
-English Speaking 12 5 45.3 14.6-80.0 7 54.7 20.0-85.4
-Spanish Speaking 16 7 50.9 20.4-80.8 9 49.1 19.2-79.6
Non-Hispanic 1,094 686 64.2 59.9-68.2 408 35.8 31.8-40.1
AGE
18-24 60 39 76.0 60.2-86.9 21 24.0 13.1-39.8
25-34 197 134 64.8 54.5-74.0 63 35.2 26.0-45.5
35-44 266 171 65.6 56.8-73.5 95 34.4 26.5-43.2
45-54 302 187 63.0 54.9-70.3 115 37.0 29.7-45.1
55-64 166 99 64.0 53.1-73.6 67 36.0 26.4-46.9
65-74 83 46 53.1 37.5-68.2 37 46.9 31.8-62.5
75+ 43 20 31.1 16.7-50.3 23 68.9 49.7-83.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 185 109 54.6 43.3-65.5 76 45.4 34.5-56.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 343 228 65.5 57.9-72.4 115 34.5 27.6-42.1
Some Post-H.S. 325 199 67.6 60.1-74.3 126 32.4 25.7-39.9
College Graduate 271 162 60.6 51.7-68.9 109 39.4 31.1-48.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 182 112 59.7 49.2-69.4 70 40.3 30.6-50.8
$15,000- 24,999 269 170 63.3 54.5-71.3 99 36.7 28.7-45.5
$25,000- 34,999 139 88 68.3 55.7-78.7 51 31.7 21.3-44.3
$35,000- 49,999 127 79 63.4 51.0-74.3 48 36.6 25.7-49.0
$50,000-74,999 91 65 74.6 61.3-84.5 26 25.4 15.5-38.7
$75,000+ 89 61 68.6 54.0-80.3 28 31.4 19.7-46.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 56 32 62.7 48.0-75.3 24 37.3 24.7-52.0
Guilford 53 31 65.9 50.6-78.5 22 34.1 21.5-49.4
Mecklenburg 53 35 65.1 50.1-77.6 18 34.9 22.4-49.9
Orange 48 28 41.3 20.2-66.1 20 58.7 33.9-79.8
Wake 52 34 65.9 50.9-78.2 18 34.1 21.8-49.1
Chatham/Lee 34 17 59.2 41.2-75.0 17 40.8 25.0-58.8
Nash/Wilson 52 38 77.6 63.2-87.5 14 22.4 12.5-36.8
Craven/Pamlico 56 38 67.9 53.2-79.7 18 32.1 20.3-46.8
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 48 32 69.1 53.6-81.2 16 30.9 18.8-46.4
Appalachian/Wilkes 55 33 66.8 50.6-79.8 22 33.2 20.2-49.4
Franklin/Gran./Vance 59 32 47.4 33.6-61.6 27 52.6 38.4-66.4
Graham/Swain/Jackson 45 27 57.4 40.6-72.7 18 42.6 27.3-59.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 57 41 65.4 49.3-78.6 16 34.6 21.4-50.7
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 42 23 51.3 33.7-68.6 19 48.7 31.4-66.3
Northeast NC I 52 37 67.2 51.7-79.7 15 32.8 20.3-48.3
Northeast NC II 56 33 53.2 38.0-67.8 23 46.8 32.2-62.0
Northeastern Partnership 108 70 58.4 46.9-69.1 38 41.6 30.9-53.1
Mountain AHEC 156 95 67.2 57.3-75.7 61 32.8 24.3-42.7
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 403 270 66.9 59.5-73.5 133 33.1 26.5-40.5
Piedmont 471 272 59.8 53.5-65.7 199 40.2 34.3-46.5
Western NC 251 157 67.9 59.8-75.1 94 32.1 24.9-40.2

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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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