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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Piedmont North Carolina**

Violence

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,638 416 25.5 22.2-29.0 1,222 74.5 71.0-77.8
-Piedmont NC 695 184 24.8 20.5-29.7 511 75.2 70.3-79.5
GENDER
Male 224 81 28.8 21.4-37.6 143 71.2 62.4-78.6
Female 471 103 21.4 16.8-26.9 368 78.6 73.1-83.2
RACE
White 488 137 25.7 20.8-31.4 351 74.3 68.6-79.2
African American 164 34 17.7 11.0-27.4 130 82.3 72.6-89.0
Other Minorities 37 12 36.5 18.0-60.0 25 63.5 40.0-82.0
AGE
18-24 42 8 15.5 5.5-36.3 34 84.5 63.7-94.5
25-34 142 30 22.7 15.0-32.9 112 77.3 67.1-85.0
35-44 168 38 21.9 14.6-31.6 130 78.1 68.4-85.4
45-54 187 58 30.2 21.4-40.8 129 69.8 59.2-78.6
55-64 88 22 22.8 12.9-36.9 66 77.2 63.1-87.1
65-74 40 15 38.8 20.7-60.7 25 61.2 39.3-79.3
75+ 25 12 53.6 30.0-75.7 13 46.4 24.3-70.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 109 34 31.7 20.4-45.6 75 68.3 54.4-79.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 207 53 25.3 17.6-35.0 154 74.7 65.0-82.4
Some Post-H.S. 184 44 17.6 11.6-25.7 140 82.4 74.3-88.4
College Graduate 195 53 27.1 19.7-36.0 142 72.9 64.0-80.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 82 24 20.5 11.5-33.8 58 79.5 66.2-88.5
$15,000- 24,999 138 31 25.1 15.6-37.8 107 74.9 62.2-84.4
$25,000- 34,999 86 24 28.5 17.1-43.4 62 71.5 56.6-82.9
$35,000- 49,999 104 26 26.0 16.3-38.7 78 74.0 61.3-83.7
$50,000-74,999 62 16 34.8 20.9-51.9 46 65.2 48.1-79.1
$75,000+ 89 29 30.3 17.9-46.4 60 69.7 53.6-82.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 85 30 41.2 29.1-54.5 55 58.8 45.5-70.9
Guilford 75 21 19.8 12.1-30.7 54 80.2 69.3-87.9
Mecklenburg 81 20 21.8 13.1-33.9 61 78.2 66.1-86.9
Orange 70 19 44.6 24.9-66.1 51 55.4 33.9-75.1
Wake 82 22 27.7 16.6-42.4 60 72.3 57.6-83.4
Chatham/Lee 56 16 25.9 15.5-40.1 40 74.1 59.9-84.5
Nash/Wilson 71 13 25.9 12.2-46.8 58 74.1 53.2-87.8
Craven/Pamlico 86 26 31.3 19.6-46.1 60 68.7 53.9-80.4
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 77 20 25.6 16.4-37.7 57 74.4 62.3-83.6
Appalachian/Wilkes 75 20 31.6 19.4-47.0 55 68.4 53.0-80.6
Franklin/Gran./Vance 83 22 38.0 22.6-56.4 61 62.0 43.6-77.4
Graham/Swain/Jackson 69 18 28.5 17.8-42.5 51 71.5 57.5-82.2
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 82 17 22.3 13.6-34.2 65 77.7 65.8-86.4
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 64 21 38.8 25.5-54.1 43 61.2 45.9-74.5
Northeast NC I 69 14 22.9 13.6-35.9 55 77.1 64.1-86.4
Northeast NC II 80 17 27.1 16.8-40.5 63 72.9 59.5-83.2
Northeastern Partnership 149 31 25.6 17.9-35.2 118 74.4 64.8-82.1
Mountain AHEC 231 64 24.6 17.1-34.1 167 75.4 65.9-82.9
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 580 138 26.1 20.5-32.6 442 73.9 67.4-79.5
Piedmont 695 184 24.8 20.5-29.7 511 75.2 70.3-79.5
Western NC 363 94 26.8 19.4-35.6 269 73.2 64.4-80.6

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.

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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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