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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 61 4.7 3.1- 7.1 1,064 95.3 92.9-96.9
RACE
White 803 41 3.6 2.2- 5.7 762 96.4 94.3-97.8
African American 249 13 6.0 2.6-13.5 236 94.0 86.5-97.4
Asian 3 1 25.2 2.8-80.0 2 74.8 20.0-97.2
Native American 33 4 34.6 11.4-68.4 29 65.4 31.6-88.6
Other Minorities 33 2 1.4 0.3- 5.9 31 98.6 94.1-99.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 28 2 1.6 0.4- 6.7 26 98.4 93.3-99.6
-English Speaking 12 1 2.2 0.3-15.9 11 97.8 84.1-99.7
-Spanish Speaking 16 1 1.3 0.2- 9.4 15 98.7 90.6-99.8
Non-Hispanic 1,094 59 4.9 3.3- 7.4 1,035 95.1 92.6-96.7
AGE
18-24 60 4 2.8 0.7- 9.9 56 97.2 90.1-99.3
25-34 197 13 8.5 3.9-17.6 184 91.5 82.4-96.1
35-44 266 20 5.0 2.6- 9.4 246 95.0 90.6-97.4
45-54 302 17 4.4 2.0- 9.4 285 95.6 90.6-98.0
55-64 166 3 1.4 0.3- 6.0 163 98.6 94.0-99.7
65-74 83 4 3.2 0.9-10.3 79 96.8 89.7-99.1
75+ 43 0 0.0 . - . 43 100 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 185 10 6.8 2.7-16.0 175 93.2 84.0-97.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 343 19 3.5 1.9- 6.5 324 96.5 93.5-98.1
Some Post-H.S. 325 22 7.1 3.5-13.9 303 92.9 86.1-96.5
College Graduate 271 10 1.9 0.9- 4.2 261 98.1 95.8-99.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 182 12 3.2 1.5- 6.6 170 96.8 93.4-98.5
$15,000- 24,999 269 21 7.3 3.6-14.1 248 92.7 85.9-96.4
$25,000- 34,999 139 7 4.5 1.7-11.6 132 95.5 88.4-98.3
$35,000- 49,999 127 6 8.0 2.7-21.6 121 92.0 78.4-97.3
$50,000-74,999 91 7 8.1 2.4-24.0 84 91.9 76.0-97.6
$75,000+ 89 4 2.4 0.7- 8.0 85 97.6 92.0-99.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 56 2 5.8 1.1-25.5 54 94.2 74.5-98.9
Guilford 53 1 1.6 0.2-10.9 52 98.4 89.1-99.8
Mecklenburg 53 1 1.8 0.3-11.7 52 98.2 88.3-99.7
Orange 48 3 5.1 1.5-16.3 45 94.9 83.7-98.5
Wake 52 2 1.4 0.3- 5.5 50 98.6 94.5-99.7
Chatham/Lee 34 4 10.8 3.5-28.7 30 89.2 71.3-96.5
Nash/Wilson 52 2 3.2 0.7-13.5 50 96.8 86.5-99.3
Craven/Pamlico 56 4 8.3 3.1-20.6 52 91.7 79.4-96.9
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 48 3 3.4 1.0-10.7 45 96.6 89.3-99.0
Appalachian/Wilkes 55 3 10.8 2.8-33.7 52 89.2 66.3-97.2
Franklin/Gran./Vance 59 3 5.5 1.6-17.5 56 94.5 82.5-98.4
Graham/Swain/Jackson 45 6 13.3 5.8-27.6 39 86.7 72.4-94.2
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 57 3 5.3 1.6-16.6 54 94.7 83.4-98.4
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 42 2 5.1 1.0-21.4 40 94.9 78.6-99.0
Northeast NC I 52 3 3.8 1.2-11.6 49 96.2 88.4-98.8
Northeast NC II 56 3 3.1 1.0- 9.3 53 96.9 90.7-99.0
Northeastern Partnership 108 6 3.3 1.5- 7.4 102 96.7 92.6-98.5
Mountain AHEC 156 13 8.0 3.8-16.1 143 92.0 83.9-96.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 403 21 5.6 2.7-11.0 382 94.4 89.0-97.3
Piedmont 471 22 3.8 1.9- 7.3 449 96.2 92.7-98.1
Western NC 251 18 6.6 3.6-12.1 233 93.4 87.9-96.4

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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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