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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Violence-WHITES

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,190 672 59.0 54.3-63.5 518 41.0 36.5-45.7
GENDER
Male 387 162 50.7 42.6-58.9 225 49.3 41.1-57.4
Female 803 510 65.9 61.1-70.5 293 34.1 29.5-38.9
AGE
18-24 71 46 74.5 59.2-85.4 25 25.5 14.6-40.8
25-34 207 132 62.1 50.1-72.7 75 37.9 27.3-49.9
35-44 289 171 60.6 52.4-68.3 118 39.4 31.7-47.6
45-54 317 171 55.6 46.5-64.3 146 44.4 35.7-53.5
55-64 172 86 54.8 43.8-65.3 86 45.2 34.7-56.2
65-74 80 42 46.6 31.0-62.9 38 53.4 37.1-69.0
75+ 47 21 27.4 14.7-45.3 26 72.6 54.7-85.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 152 98 52.0 36.9-66.7 54 48.0 33.3-63.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 363 216 63.7 55.9-70.8 147 36.3 29.2-44.1
Some Post-H.S. 358 192 60.8 52.8-68.3 166 39.2 31.7-47.2
College Graduate 316 165 53.7 45.2-62.0 151 46.3 38.0-54.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 151 89 58.2 46.5-69.1 62 41.8 30.9-53.5
$15,000- 24,999 248 154 62.9 52.5-72.2 94 37.1 27.8-47.5
$25,000- 34,999 146 84 63.8 51.2-74.7 62 36.2 25.3-48.8
$35,000- 49,999 168 84 52.1 41.5-62.6 84 47.9 37.4-58.5
$50,000-74,999 128 74 58.7 47.0-69.6 54 41.3 30.4-53.0
$75,000+ 130 77 64.0 50.5-75.6 53 36.0 24.4-49.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 74 40 48.8 35.7-62.0 34 51.2 38.0-64.3
Guilford 51 27 64.5 48.4-77.9 24 35.5 22.1-51.6
Mecklenburg 49 34 72.8 55.1-85.4 15 27.2 14.6-44.9
Orange 57 29 35.7 19.7-55.5 28 64.3 44.5-80.3
Wake 54 33 62.7 47.1-76.0 21 37.3 24.0-52.9
Chatham/Lee 40 17 45.5 29.1-63.0 23 54.5 37.0-70.9
Nash/Wilson 41 26 55.6 33.6-75.7 15 44.4 24.3-66.4
Craven/Pamlico 65 37 47.5 32.3-63.1 28 52.5 36.9-67.7
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 73 38 54.7 41.4-67.3 35 45.3 32.7-58.6
Appalachian/Wilkes 74 38 51.7 37.1-65.9 36 48.3 34.1-62.9
Franklin/Gran./Vance 50 25 38.9 22.9-57.8 25 61.1 42.2-77.1
Graham/Swain/Jackson 57 32 57.2 42.4-70.7 25 42.8 29.3-57.6
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 35 24 67.8 48.5-82.5 11 32.2 17.5-51.5
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 43 22 49.0 32.4-65.9 21 51.0 34.1-67.6
Northeast NC I 38 19 40.6 24.8-58.7 19 59.4 41.3-75.2
Northeast NC II 55 30 50.5 35.8-65.2 25 49.5 34.8-64.2
Northeastern Partnership 93 49 47.4 35.9-59.1 44 52.6 40.9-64.1
Mountain AHEC 203 116 52.4 38.0-66.5 87 47.6 33.5-62.0
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 370 220 59.9 51.6-67.7 150 40.1 32.3-48.4
Piedmont 488 265 61.1 54.8-67.1 223 38.9 32.9-45.2
Western NC 332 187 51.7 41.2-62.0 145 48.3 38.0-58.8

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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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