BRFSS 2003 - Piedmont North Carolina**: (I'd like you to think about the most recent time this violence occurred. Who was the person who did this to you most recently?)

BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Piedmont North Carolina**

Violence

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	Total Respond.^	Current husband,/wife or partner	Ex-husband,/wife or ex-partner	Relative /or acquaintance	Stranger
North Carolina	1,572	263	14.5	12.2-17.0	800	45.3	41.3-49.4	311	23.8	20.2-27.8	198	16.4	13.5-19.8
-Piedmont NC	664	115	14.1	11.1-17.8	334	45.0	39.5-50.7	133	26.3	21.0-32.4	82	14.6	11.0-19.1
GENDER
Male	210	19	6.3	3.4-11.3	45	23.9	16.2-33.8	77	41.8	32.1-52.1	69	28.0	20.6-37.0
Female	454	96	20.8	16.3-26.1	289	62.9	56.6-68.8	56	13.2	9.2-18.6	13	3.2	1.7- 5.9
RACE
White	467	79	13.6	10.1-18.0	228	44.4	37.8-51.2	94	25.2	19.2-32.3	66	16.9	12.4-22.6
African American	156	30	17.7	11.3-26.5	88	52.7	41.5-63.7	28	20.6	12.4-32.3	10	9.0	3.9-19.2
Other Minorities	35	5	6.3	2.0-18.3	15	32.0	15.9-53.9	10	51.0	28.4-73.2	5	10.7	2.9-32.5
AGE
18-24	42	3	1.1	0.3- 3.7	21	40.9	22.5-62.3	13	43.0	23.6-64.8	5	15.0	6.0-32.6
25-34	138	25	15.6	9.6-24.4	64	46.0	35.3-57.1	28	22.1	13.9-33.2	21	16.3	9.4-26.7
35-44	159	28	15.0	9.1-23.7	83	46.6	36.1-57.4	30	26.7	17.3-38.9	18	11.7	6.2-21.0
45-54	182	35	16.6	10.8-24.6	90	44.5	34.2-55.2	37	27.7	17.8-40.5	20	11.2	5.9-20.2
55-64	82	13	16.6	8.8-29.1	45	47.9	33.3-62.9	12	10.9	5.1-21.9	12	24.6	12.7-42.2
65-74	35	5	12.9	3.5-37.6	20	48.7	27.7-70.2	8	30.5	12.5-57.6	2	7.8	1.2-36.9
75+	25	6	31.0	13.3-57.0	11	37.3	17.9-61.9	4	8.8	2.4-26.8	4	22.9	7.0-54.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	103	20	12.5	6.4-22.8	42	31.7	20.8-45.1	24	38.6	24.6-54.7	17	17.2	9.0-30.6
H.S. or G.E.D.	194	35	14.7	9.5-22.0	95	47.9	37.6-58.3	41	27.1	17.7-39.1	23	10.4	5.9-17.6
Some Post-H.S.	176	29	12.4	7.8-19.2	98	50.2	39.2-61.2	29	18.9	11.4-29.9	20	18.4	11.2-28.9
College Graduate	191	31	16.9	11.0-25.1	99	45.4	36.3-54.8	39	24.1	16.3-34.2	22	13.6	7.7-22.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	80	11	13.2	6.4-25.4	41	48.4	31.2-66.0	19	24.8	10.8-47.3	9	13.6	5.6-29.5
$15,000- 24,999	129	22	12.1	6.8-20.8	65	43.7	31.1-57.2	26	33.8	21.6-48.8	16	10.3	4.7-21.1
$25,000- 34,999	82	16	19.5	10.3-33.9	41	45.5	31.1-60.6	18	19.5	10.0-34.7	7	15.5	6.6-32.1
$35,000- 49,999	101	20	13.1	7.5-21.8	47	49.1	36.6-61.8	21	23.9	14.2-37.3	13	13.9	6.7-26.6
$50,000-74,999	60	10	15.2	6.9-30.4	31	52.2	35.8-68.1	10	12.5	5.1-27.4	9	20.1	9.2-38.5
$75,000+	86	14	17.7	9.9-29.7	45	45.7	30.6-61.6	13	19.1	8.7-36.9	14	17.6	9.1-31.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	82	14	21.3	12.1-34.9	41	45.3	33.2-58.0	15	13.1	7.4-22.2	12	20.3	11.0-34.4
Guilford	72	12	11.8	6.3-21.2	33	45.5	31.4-60.4	20	29.9	17.5-46.0	7	12.8	5.3-27.9
Mecklenburg	78	13	14.8	8.0-25.7	41	47.2	32.3-62.6	15	24.4	12.2-43.1	9	13.6	6.7-25.7
Orange	69	15	14.9	7.7-27.0	37	58.6	39.6-75.4	9	17.1	7.3-35.0	8	9.3	4.2-19.5
Wake	79	14	16.2	9.3-26.6	40	38.2	26.3-51.6	15	27.6	14.5-46.0	10	18.1	9.1-32.7
Chatham/Lee	53	10	20.8	10.8-36.4	23	32.3	20.8-46.5	11	24.9	13.2-41.9	9	21.9	10.9-39.3
Nash/Wilson	68	13	18.1	9.6-31.4	34	41.2	27.5-56.3	13	16.1	8.8-27.7	8	24.7	10.5-47.7
Craven/Pamlico	85	7	5.6	2.4-12.5	46	39.0	27.5-51.9	18	37.5	24.2-53.0	14	17.9	9.2-32.0
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	71	18	24.5	14.9-37.6	29	34.9	23.9-47.8	15	27.0	15.3-43.1	9	13.6	6.9-25.1
Appalachian/Wilkes	74	12	12.1	6.1-22.6	37	46.6	32.4-61.4	16	29.6	17.5-45.5	9	11.6	5.7-22.2
Franklin/Gran./Vance	78	10	14.9	5.0-36.7	42	37.6	24.5-52.8	14	21.3	10.9-37.5	12	26.1	13.0-45.6
Graham/Swain/Jackson	64	10	14.9	7.4-27.8	30	39.4	27.2-53.1	17	33.6	21.3-48.6	7	12.1	5.5-24.6
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	80	10	13.9	7.2-25.0	46	48.1	35.6-60.8	14	22.3	12.2-37.2	10	15.7	8.1-28.3
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	59	11	19.3	9.8-34.5	28	41.3	27.7-56.5	15	31.2	18.7-47.2	5	8.1	3.2-19.3
Northeast NC I	66	14	19.7	11.1-32.6	32	42.0	29.6-55.6	16	29.4	18.4-43.4	4	8.9	2.4-27.5
Northeast NC II	77	10	14.9	7.7-26.7	46	56.6	43.7-68.7	11	15.0	7.6-27.3	10	13.5	7.1-24.2
Northeastern Partnership	143	24	16.6	10.6-24.9	78	51.5	41.9-60.9	27	20.1	13.4-28.9	14	11.9	6.7-20.2
Mountain AHEC	220	39	17.3	11.1-26.1	108	49.1	35.6-62.7	40	12.3	7.5-19.4	33	21.3	13.4-32.1
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	558	86	14.1	10.4-18.9	293	45.4	38.7-52.3	111	21.3	16.4-27.3	68	19.1	13.3-26.8
Piedmont	664	115	14.1	11.1-17.8	334	45.0	39.5-50.7	133	26.3	21.0-32.4	82	14.6	11.0-19.1
Western NC	350	62	16.5	11.5-23.2	173	46.6	36.5-56.9	67	19.2	12.6-28.0	48	17.7	12.0-25.4

Total
Respond.^

Current husband,/wife or partner

Ex-husband,/wife or ex-partner

Relative /or acquaintance

Stranger

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

1,572

263

14.5

12.2-17.0

800

45.3

41.3-49.4

311

23.8

20.2-27.8

198

16.4

13.5-19.8

-Piedmont NC

664

115

14.1

11.1-17.8

334

45.0

39.5-50.7

133

26.3

21.0-32.4

14.6

11.0-19.1

GENDER

Male

210

6.3

3.4-11.3

23.9

16.2-33.8

41.8

32.1-52.1

28.0

20.6-37.0

Female

454

20.8

16.3-26.1

289

62.9

56.6-68.8

13.2

9.2-18.6

3.2

1.7- 5.9

RACE

White

467

13.6

10.1-18.0

228

44.4

37.8-51.2

25.2

19.2-32.3

16.9

12.4-22.6

African American

156

17.7

11.3-26.5

52.7

41.5-63.7

20.6

12.4-32.3

9.0

3.9-19.2

Other Minorities

6.3

2.0-18.3

32.0

15.9-53.9

51.0

28.4-73.2

10.7

2.9-32.5

AGE

18-24

1.1

0.3- 3.7

40.9

22.5-62.3

43.0

23.6-64.8

15.0

6.0-32.6

25-34

138

15.6

9.6-24.4

46.0

35.3-57.1

22.1

13.9-33.2

16.3

9.4-26.7

35-44

159

15.0

9.1-23.7

46.6

36.1-57.4

26.7

17.3-38.9

11.7

6.2-21.0

45-54

182

16.6

10.8-24.6

44.5

34.2-55.2

27.7

17.8-40.5

11.2

5.9-20.2

55-64

16.6

8.8-29.1

47.9

33.3-62.9

10.9

5.1-21.9

24.6

12.7-42.2

65-74

12.9

3.5-37.6

48.7

27.7-70.2

30.5

12.5-57.6

7.8

1.2-36.9

75+

31.0

13.3-57.0

37.3

17.9-61.9

8.8

2.4-26.8

22.9

7.0-54.0

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

103

12.5

6.4-22.8

31.7

20.8-45.1

38.6

24.6-54.7

17.2

9.0-30.6

H.S. or G.E.D.

194

14.7

9.5-22.0

47.9

37.6-58.3

27.1

17.7-39.1

10.4

5.9-17.6

Some Post-H.S.

176

12.4

7.8-19.2

50.2

39.2-61.2

18.9

11.4-29.9

18.4

11.2-28.9

College Graduate

191

16.9

11.0-25.1

45.4

36.3-54.8

24.1

16.3-34.2

13.6

7.7-22.8

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

13.2

6.4-25.4

48.4

31.2-66.0

24.8

10.8-47.3

13.6

5.6-29.5

$15,000- 24,999

129

12.1

6.8-20.8

43.7

31.1-57.2

33.8

21.6-48.8

10.3

4.7-21.1

$25,000- 34,999

19.5

10.3-33.9

45.5

31.1-60.6

19.5

10.0-34.7

15.5

6.6-32.1

$35,000- 49,999

101

13.1

7.5-21.8

49.1

36.6-61.8

23.9

14.2-37.3

13.9

6.7-26.6

$50,000-74,999

15.2

6.9-30.4

52.2

35.8-68.1

12.5

5.1-27.4

20.1

9.2-38.5

$75,000+

17.7

9.9-29.7

45.7

30.6-61.6

19.1

8.7-36.9

17.6

9.1-31.3

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

21.3

12.1-34.9

45.3

33.2-58.0

13.1

7.4-22.2

20.3

11.0-34.4

Guilford

11.8

6.3-21.2

45.5

31.4-60.4

29.9

17.5-46.0

12.8

5.3-27.9

Mecklenburg

14.8

8.0-25.7

47.2

32.3-62.6

24.4

12.2-43.1

13.6

6.7-25.7

Orange

14.9

7.7-27.0

58.6

39.6-75.4

17.1

7.3-35.0

9.3

4.2-19.5

Wake

16.2

9.3-26.6

38.2

26.3-51.6

27.6

14.5-46.0

18.1

9.1-32.7

Chatham/Lee

20.8

10.8-36.4

32.3

20.8-46.5

24.9

13.2-41.9

21.9

10.9-39.3

Nash/Wilson

18.1

9.6-31.4

41.2

27.5-56.3

16.1

8.8-27.7

24.7

10.5-47.7

Craven/Pamlico

5.6

2.4-12.5

39.0

27.5-51.9

37.5

24.2-53.0

17.9

9.2-32.0

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

24.5

14.9-37.6

34.9

23.9-47.8

27.0

15.3-43.1

13.6

6.9-25.1

Appalachian/Wilkes

12.1

6.1-22.6

46.6

32.4-61.4

29.6

17.5-45.5

11.6

5.7-22.2

Franklin/Gran./Vance

14.9

5.0-36.7

37.6

24.5-52.8

21.3

10.9-37.5

26.1

13.0-45.6

Graham/Swain/Jackson

14.9

7.4-27.8

39.4

27.2-53.1

33.6

21.3-48.6

12.1

5.5-24.6

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

13.9

7.2-25.0

48.1

35.6-60.8

22.3

12.2-37.2

15.7

8.1-28.3

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

19.3

9.8-34.5

41.3

27.7-56.5

31.2

18.7-47.2

8.1

3.2-19.3

Northeast NC I

19.7

11.1-32.6

42.0

29.6-55.6

29.4

18.4-43.4

8.9

2.4-27.5

Northeast NC II

14.9

7.7-26.7

56.6

43.7-68.7

15.0

7.6-27.3

13.5

7.1-24.2

Northeastern Partnership

143

16.6

10.6-24.9

51.5

41.9-60.9

20.1

13.4-28.9

11.9

6.7-20.2

Mountain AHEC

220

17.3

11.1-26.1

108

49.1

35.6-62.7

12.3

7.5-19.4

21.3

13.4-32.1

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

558

14.1

10.4-18.9

293

45.4

38.7-52.3

111

21.3

16.4-27.3

19.1

13.3-26.8

Piedmont

664

115

14.1

11.1-17.8

334

45.0

39.5-50.7

133

26.3

21.0-32.4

14.6

11.0-19.1

Western NC

350

16.5

11.5-23.2

173

46.6

36.5-56.9

19.2

12.6-28.0

17.7

12.0-25.4

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available for Piedmont North Carolina**. Please refer to the North Carolina table for statewide breakdowns.

Back to Violence.

Asked only of those who have ever been assaulted 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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