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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 41 4.7 3.1- 7.1 1,084 95.3 92.9-96.9
RACE
White 803 26 3.3 2.0- 5.4 777 96.7 94.6-98.0
African American 249 14 10.9 5.8-19.7 235 89.1 80.3-94.2
Asian 3 0 0.0 . - . 3 100 . - .
Native American 33 1 0.4 0.1- 3.2 32 99.6 96.8-99.9
Other Minorities 33 0 0.0 . - . 33 100 . - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic 28 0 0.0 . - . 28 100 . - .
-English Speaking 12 0 0.0 . - . 12 100 . - .
-Spanish Speaking 16 0 0.0 . - . 16 100 . - .
Non-Hispanic 1,094 41 5.0 3.3- 7.5 1,053 95.0 92.5-96.7
AGE
18-24 60 2 5.6 1.3-21.7 58 94.4 78.3-98.7
25-34 197 9 7.8 3.6-16.0 188 92.2 84.0-96.4
35-44 266 9 3.6 1.5- 8.5 257 96.4 91.5-98.5
45-54 302 10 4.3 1.9- 9.5 292 95.7 90.5-98.1
55-64 166 7 4.5 1.6-12.0 159 95.5 88.0-98.4
65-74 83 2 0.5 0.1- 2.1 81 99.5 97.9-99.9
75+ 43 1 0.7 0.1- 5.1 42 99.3 94.9-99.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 185 4 0.6 0.2- 1.8 181 99.4 98.2-99.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 343 11 6.0 2.9-11.9 332 94.0 88.1-97.1
Some Post-H.S. 325 15 6.7 3.5-12.4 310 93.3 87.6-96.5
College Graduate 271 11 3.3 1.4- 8.0 260 96.7 92.0-98.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 182 5 1.7 0.5- 5.4 177 98.3 94.6-99.5
$15,000- 24,999 269 6 3.3 1.2- 9.0 263 96.7 91.0-98.8
$25,000- 34,999 139 7 6.5 2.6-15.2 132 93.5 84.8-97.4
$35,000- 49,999 127 6 8.8 3.2-21.9 121 91.2 78.1-96.8
$50,000-74,999 91 9 12.7 5.2-27.8 82 87.3 72.2-94.8
$75,000+ 89 4 4.0 1.4-11.4 85 96.0 88.6-98.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 56 1 0.9 0.1- 6.4 55 99.1 93.6-99.9
Guilford 53 3 4.7 1.5-14.1 50 95.3 85.9-98.5
Mecklenburg 53 2 6.5 1.5-23.3 51 93.5 76.7-98.5
Orange 48 0 0.0 . - . 48 100 . - .
Wake 52 3 6.8 1.9-21.4 49 93.2 78.6-98.1
Chatham/Lee 34 0 0.0 . - . 34 100 . - .
Nash/Wilson 52 2 3.6 0.8-14.1 50 96.4 85.9-99.2
Craven/Pamlico 56 1 1.1 0.1- 7.2 55 98.9 92.8-99.9
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 48 3 4.0 1.2-12.3 45 96.0 87.7-98.8
Appalachian/Wilkes 55 1 7.0 1.0-35.7 54 93.0 64.3-99.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance 59 3 3.0 0.9- 9.0 56 97.0 91.0-99.1
Graham/Swain/Jackson 45 2 2.7 0.7-10.8 43 97.3 89.2-99.3
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 57 3 4.4 1.3-13.4 54 95.6 86.6-98.7
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 42 2 3.4 0.8-14.0 40 96.6 86.0-99.2
Northeast NC I 52 0 0.0 . - . 52 100 . - .
Northeast NC II 56 1 1.8 0.2-11.5 55 98.2 88.5-99.8
Northeastern Partnership 108 1 1.1 0.2- 7.4 107 98.9 92.6-99.8
Mountain AHEC 156 4 4.2 0.7-20.3 152 95.8 79.7-99.3
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 403 14 4.6 2.1- 9.6 389 95.4 90.4-97.9
Piedmont 471 20 5.0 2.9- 8.5 451 95.0 91.5-97.1
Western NC 251 7 3.8 1.1-12.5 244 96.2 87.5-98.9

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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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