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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Orange County

Violence

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%)
North Carolina 9,201 1,638 18.4 17.1-19.7 7,563 81.6 80.3-82.9
-Orange County 447 70 15.3 10.4-21.9 377 84.7 78.1-89.6
GENDER
Male 167 22 13.1 7.8-21.2 145 86.9 78.8-92.2
Female 280 48 17.0 10.0-27.5 232 83.0 72.5-90.0
RACE
White 369 57 16.3 10.6-24.3 312 83.7 75.7-89.4
Other 72 12 11.3 5.6-21.7 60 88.7 78.3-94.4
AGE
18-44 214 39 17.6 10.6-27.8 175 82.4 72.2-89.4
45+ 228 31 11.6 7.9-16.9 197 88.4 83.1-92.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 91 14 19.1 7.6-40.4 77 80.9 59.6-92.4
Some College + 356 56 13.8 10.0-18.9 300 86.2 81.1-90.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 203 41 19.7 11.7-31.2 162 80.3 68.8-88.3
$50,000+ 139 17 10.6 6.5-17.0 122 89.4 83.0-93.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 446 85 18.2 14.4-22.8 361 81.8 77.2-85.6
Guilford 441 75 18.1 13.9-23.3 366 81.9 76.7-86.1
Mecklenburg 443 81 19.9 15.1-25.7 362 80.1 74.3-84.9
Orange 447 70 15.3 10.4-21.9 377 84.7 78.1-89.6
Wake 442 82 19.3 14.9-24.6 360 80.7 75.4-85.1
Chatham/Lee 389 56 12.9 9.6-17.2 333 87.1 82.8-90.4
Nash/Wilson 367 71 19.4 14.7-25.3 296 80.6 74.7-85.3
Craven/Pamlico 440 86 21.4 16.8-26.9 354 78.6 73.1-83.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 422 77 18.6 14.6-23.5 345 81.4 76.5-85.4
Appalachian/Wilkes 447 75 16.0 12.0-20.9 372 84.0 79.1-88.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance 467 83 16.8 12.2-22.8 384 83.2 77.2-87.8
Graham/Swain/Jackson 419 69 12.9 9.3-17.5 350 87.1 82.5-90.7
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 461 82 15.6 12.2-19.8 379 84.4 80.2-87.8
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 406 64 15.8 11.9-20.6 342 84.2 79.4-88.1
Northeast NC I 445 69 15.2 11.6-19.5 376 84.8 80.5-88.4
Northeast NC II 498 80 14.7 11.6-18.6 418 85.3 81.4-88.4
Northeastern Partnership 943 149 14.9 12.4-17.8 794 85.1 82.2-87.6
Mountain AHEC 1,277 231 19.4 15.4-24.1 1,046 80.6 75.9-84.6
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,216 580 18.5 16.3-20.8 2,636 81.5 79.2-83.7
Piedmont 3,950 695 18.2 16.5-20.1 3,255 81.8 79.9-83.5
Western NC 2,035 363 18.7 15.7-22.1 1,672 81.3 77.9-84.3

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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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