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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Piedmont North Carolina**

Violence

Who were all the persons you told about this most recent violence?
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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,638 918 58.2 54.3-62.0 720 41.8 38.0-45.7
-Piedmont NC 695 378 60.4 55.0-65.5 317 39.6 34.5-45.0
GENDER
Male 224 106 61.2 52.0-69.6 118 38.8 30.4-48.0
Female 471 272 59.8 53.5-65.7 199 40.2 34.3-46.5
RACE
White 488 265 61.1 54.8-67.1 223 38.9 32.9-45.2
African American 164 89 57.5 46.5-67.8 75 42.5 32.2-53.5
Other Minorities 37 19 60.4 38.3-78.9 18 39.6 21.1-61.7
AGE
18-24 42 31 86.6 72.0-94.2 11 13.4 5.8-28.0
25-34 142 84 61.7 50.7-71.5 58 38.3 28.5-49.3
35-44 168 98 59.1 48.1-69.1 70 40.9 30.9-51.9
45-54 187 94 53.1 42.4-63.6 93 46.9 36.4-57.6
55-64 88 46 59.5 45.1-72.4 42 40.5 27.6-54.9
65-74 40 18 47.8 27.5-68.9 22 52.2 31.1-72.5
75+ 25 7 25.7 11.0-49.2 18 74.3 50.8-89.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 109 58 55.8 41.7-69.0 51 44.2 31.0-58.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 207 110 60.3 50.6-69.3 97 39.7 30.7-49.4
Some Post-H.S. 184 107 69.3 59.6-77.5 77 30.7 22.5-40.4
College Graduate 195 103 53.5 43.7-62.9 92 46.5 37.1-56.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 82 35 56.5 39.4-72.1 47 43.5 27.9-60.6
$15,000- 24,999 138 79 63.3 50.5-74.4 59 36.7 25.6-49.5
$25,000- 34,999 86 46 54.4 39.7-68.4 40 45.6 31.6-60.3
$35,000- 49,999 104 55 59.7 47.0-71.3 49 40.3 28.7-53.0
$50,000-74,999 62 40 55.1 38.7-70.5 22 44.9 29.5-61.3
$75,000+ 89 51 67.1 53.1-78.7 38 32.9 21.3-46.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 85 43 47.7 35.6-60.2 42 52.3 39.8-64.4
Guilford 75 42 66.1 52.3-77.7 33 33.9 22.3-47.7
Mecklenburg 81 49 64.1 50.2-75.9 32 35.9 24.1-49.8
Orange 70 38 39.8 24.1-57.8 32 60.2 42.2-75.9
Wake 82 54 71.8 59.4-81.6 28 28.2 18.4-40.6
Chatham/Lee 56 25 48.2 33.5-63.2 31 51.8 36.8-66.5
Nash/Wilson 71 43 55.2 39.0-70.4 28 44.8 29.6-61.0
Craven/Pamlico 86 49 48.3 35.0-61.9 37 51.7 38.1-65.0
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 77 40 54.4 41.6-66.6 37 45.6 33.4-58.4
Appalachian/Wilkes 75 39 52.1 37.7-66.2 36 47.9 33.8-62.3
Franklin/Gran./Vance 83 41 39.8 26.3-55.2 42 60.2 44.8-73.7
Graham/Swain/Jackson 69 38 55.1 41.6-67.8 31 44.9 32.2-58.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 82 55 63.9 50.9-75.1 27 36.1 24.9-49.1
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 64 29 42.2 28.9-56.7 35 57.8 43.3-71.1
Northeast NC I 69 42 52.8 39.3-65.9 27 47.2 34.1-60.7
Northeast NC II 80 43 52.2 39.8-64.4 37 47.8 35.6-60.2
Northeastern Partnership 149 85 52.4 43.0-61.7 64 47.6 38.3-57.0
Mountain AHEC 231 127 52.4 38.8-65.7 104 47.6 34.3-61.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 580 340 57.1 50.4-63.6 240 42.9 36.4-49.6
Piedmont 695 378 60.4 55.0-65.5 317 39.6 34.5-45.0
Western NC 363 200 51.8 41.7-61.7 163 48.2 38.3-58.3

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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