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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?
Police/law enforcement officer

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,638 482 27.4 24.1-31.1 1,156 72.6 68.9-75.9
-Piedmont NC 695 194 24.0 19.9-28.6 501 76.0 71.4-80.1
GENDER
Male 224 45 16.8 11.3-24.2 179 83.2 75.8-88.7
Female 471 149 30.1 24.8-35.9 322 69.9 64.1-75.2
RACE
White 488 115 19.7 15.4-25.0 373 80.3 75.0-84.6
African American 164 67 39.2 29.3-49.9 97 60.8 50.1-70.7
Other Minorities 37 10 16.6 6.8-35.0 27 83.4 65.0-93.2
AGE
18-24 42 9 10.4 4.1-24.1 33 89.6 75.9-95.9
25-34 142 39 23.2 15.7-32.9 103 76.8 67.1-84.3
35-44 168 48 28.2 19.8-38.5 120 71.8 61.5-80.2
45-54 187 60 28.5 20.3-38.5 127 71.5 61.5-79.7
55-64 88 27 34.8 21.9-50.2 61 65.2 49.8-78.1
65-74 40 6 13.5 5.3-30.3 34 86.5 69.7-94.7
75+ 25 5 17.1 5.2-43.6 20 82.9 56.4-94.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 109 22 15.6 8.4-27.0 87 84.4 73.0-91.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 207 56 20.6 14.3-28.6 151 79.4 71.4-85.7
Some Post-H.S. 184 69 32.4 23.8-42.5 115 67.6 57.5-76.2
College Graduate 195 47 25.9 18.3-35.3 148 74.1 64.7-81.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 82 26 21.7 12.3-35.6 56 78.3 64.4-87.7
$15,000- 24,999 138 40 23.4 15.0-34.7 98 76.6 65.3-85.0
$25,000- 34,999 86 23 20.7 11.8-33.6 63 79.3 66.4-88.2
$35,000- 49,999 104 30 22.4 14.0-34.0 74 77.6 66.0-86.0
$50,000-74,999 62 14 23.0 12.5-38.5 48 77.0 61.5-87.5
$75,000+ 89 24 24.1 14.7-36.9 65 75.9 63.1-85.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 85 21 27.2 17.5-39.5 64 72.8 60.5-82.5
Guilford 75 17 21.8 12.2-35.8 58 78.2 64.2-87.8
Mecklenburg 81 27 28.2 18.1-41.0 54 71.8 59.0-81.9
Orange 70 22 26.1 14.8-41.9 48 73.9 58.1-85.2
Wake 82 20 23.1 13.8-35.9 62 76.9 64.1-86.2
Chatham/Lee 56 15 23.2 13.4-37.1 41 76.8 62.9-86.6
Nash/Wilson 71 24 30.4 19.2-44.6 47 69.6 55.4-80.8
Craven/Pamlico 86 26 34.8 22.3-49.6 60 65.2 50.4-77.7
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 77 20 18.7 11.7-28.7 57 81.3 71.3-88.3
Appalachian/Wilkes 75 13 18.1 9.5-31.8 62 81.9 68.2-90.5
Franklin/Gran./Vance 83 21 24.1 14.5-37.2 62 75.9 62.8-85.5
Graham/Swain/Jackson 69 14 15.5 8.9-25.6 55 84.5 74.4-91.1
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 82 29 31.8 21.5-44.2 53 68.2 55.8-78.5
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 64 21 21.9 13.4-33.6 43 78.1 66.4-86.6
Northeast NC I 69 22 27.5 17.9-39.9 47 72.5 60.1-82.1
Northeast NC II 80 34 38.5 27.6-50.8 46 61.5 49.2-72.4
Northeastern Partnership 149 56 34.6 26.6-43.6 93 65.4 56.4-73.4
Mountain AHEC 231 59 38.5 24.7-54.4 172 61.5 45.6-75.3
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 580 199 31.1 25.3-37.6 381 68.9 62.4-74.7
Piedmont 695 194 24.0 19.9-28.6 501 76.0 71.4-80.1
Western NC 363 89 33.2 23.1-45.1 274 66.8 54.9-76.9

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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