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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 1,638 145 6.8 5.4- 8.5 1,493 93.2 91.5-94.6
-Piedmont NC 695 49 5.0 3.5- 7.1 646 95.0 92.9-96.5
GENDER
Male 224 11 3.8 1.9- 7.6 213 96.2 92.4-98.1
Female 471 38 6.0 4.0- 8.9 433 94.0 91.1-96.0
RACE
White 488 32 4.8 3.0- 7.5 456 95.2 92.5-97.0
African American 164 15 7.6 4.1-13.7 149 92.4 86.3-95.9
Other Minorities 37 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0 36 99.9 99.0- 100
AGE
18-24 42 2 0.7 0.1- 3.3 40 99.3 96.7-99.9
25-34 142 6 2.0 0.7- 5.9 136 98.0 94.1-99.3
35-44 168 12 5.0 2.3-10.2 156 95.0 89.8-97.7
45-54 187 23 11.5 6.9-18.7 164 88.5 81.3-93.1
55-64 88 5 8.4 2.9-21.8 83 91.6 78.2-97.1
65-74 40 1 1.5 0.2-10.0 39 98.5 90.0-99.8
75+ 25 0 0.0 . - . 25 100 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 109 2 0.2 0.0- 0.8 107 99.8 99.2- 100
H.S. or G.E.D. 207 8 1.6 0.7- 3.4 199 98.4 96.6-99.3
Some Post-H.S. 184 21 9.8 5.8-16.1 163 90.2 83.9-94.2
College Graduate 195 18 8.3 4.5-14.9 177 91.7 85.1-95.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 82 5 3.7 1.0-12.7 77 96.3 87.3-99.0
$15,000- 24,999 138 9 2.2 1.0- 4.7 129 97.8 95.3-99.0
$25,000- 34,999 86 5 4.3 1.6-11.0 81 95.7 89.0-98.4
$35,000- 49,999 104 7 4.8 2.0-10.6 97 95.2 89.4-98.0
$50,000-74,999 62 8 12.8 5.6-26.6 54 87.2 73.4-94.4
$75,000+ 89 11 8.2 3.8-16.7 78 91.8 83.3-96.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 85 14 19.3 11.1-31.4 71 80.7 68.6-88.9
Guilford 75 6 6.9 2.7-16.6 69 93.1 83.4-97.3
Mecklenburg 81 10 6.8 3.3-13.4 71 93.2 86.6-96.7
Orange 70 5 7.7 2.7-20.1 65 92.3 79.9-97.3
Wake 82 5 2.7 1.0- 6.7 77 97.3 93.3-99.0
Chatham/Lee 56 5 6.8 2.7-16.1 51 93.2 83.9-97.3
Nash/Wilson 71 5 4.5 1.7-11.9 66 95.5 88.1-98.3
Craven/Pamlico 86 8 7.0 2.9-15.9 78 93.0 84.1-97.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 77 5 5.4 2.1-13.4 72 94.6 86.6-97.9
Appalachian/Wilkes 75 7 10.1 3.9-23.9 68 89.9 76.1-96.1
Franklin/Gran./Vance 83 3 2.3 0.6- 7.9 80 97.7 92.1-99.4
Graham/Swain/Jackson 69 5 5.1 2.0-12.6 64 94.9 87.4-98.0
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 82 6 6.1 2.5-14.0 76 93.9 86.0-97.5
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 64 4 4.9 1.6-14.1 60 95.1 85.9-98.4
Northeast NC I 69 10 11.4 5.8-21.1 59 88.6 78.9-94.2
Northeast NC II 80 11 11.7 6.2-20.9 69 88.3 79.1-93.8
Northeastern Partnership 149 21 11.6 7.2-18.0 128 88.4 82.0-92.8
Mountain AHEC 231 24 9.5 5.4-16.1 207 90.5 83.9-94.6
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 580 60 9.2 6.3-13.3 520 90.8 86.7-93.7
Piedmont 695 49 5.0 3.5- 7.1 646 95.0 92.9-96.5
Western NC 363 36 8.7 5.5-13.4 327 91.3 86.6-94.5

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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