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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?
Health care provider/doctor/nurse/social worker/counselor

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,638 178 9.4 7.5-11.7 1,460 90.6 88.3-92.5
-Piedmont NC 695 63 8.0 5.6-11.3 632 92.0 88.7-94.4
GENDER
Male 224 19 7.5 4.2-13.3 205 92.5 86.7-95.8
Female 471 44 8.5 5.5-12.8 427 91.5 87.2-94.5
RACE
White 488 47 7.9 5.2-11.9 441 92.1 88.1-94.8
African American 164 15 9.7 5.1-17.6 149 90.3 82.4-94.9
Other Minorities 37 1 5.5 0.8-30.4 36 94.5 69.6-99.2
AGE
18-24 42 3 4.6 0.8-21.5 39 95.4 78.5-99.2
25-34 142 9 8.5 4.0-17.4 133 91.5 82.6-96.0
35-44 168 18 8.3 4.4-15.1 150 91.7 84.9-95.6
45-54 187 23 9.6 5.2-16.9 164 90.4 83.1-94.8
55-64 88 8 13.4 5.2-30.3 80 86.6 69.7-94.8
65-74 40 1 0.9 0.1- 6.1 39 99.1 93.9-99.9
75+ 25 1 3.1 0.4-19.4 24 96.9 80.6-99.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 109 8 9.9 4.1-21.8 101 90.1 78.2-95.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 207 13 4.7 2.1-10.2 194 95.3 89.8-97.9
Some Post-H.S. 184 21 9.2 4.9-16.5 163 90.8 83.5-95.1
College Graduate 195 21 9.9 5.5-17.3 174 90.1 82.7-94.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 82 9 9.3 4.0-20.3 73 90.7 79.7-96.0
$15,000- 24,999 138 14 9.8 4.5-20.4 124 90.2 79.6-95.5
$25,000- 34,999 86 7 5.5 1.8-15.8 79 94.5 84.2-98.2
$35,000- 49,999 104 8 4.3 1.9- 9.8 96 95.7 90.2-98.1
$50,000-74,999 62 8 5.9 2.0-16.2 54 94.1 83.8-98.0
$75,000+ 89 10 11.0 5.2-21.6 79 89.0 78.4-94.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 85 15 16.9 9.7-27.8 70 83.1 72.2-90.3
Guilford 75 4 5.7 1.9-15.8 71 94.3 84.2-98.1
Mecklenburg 81 8 8.1 3.3-18.2 73 91.9 81.8-96.7
Orange 70 9 8.8 3.7-19.8 61 91.2 80.2-96.3
Wake 82 7 9.0 3.4-21.7 75 91.0 78.3-96.6
Chatham/Lee 56 5 7.5 3.0-17.8 51 92.5 82.2-97.0
Nash/Wilson 71 10 13.6 6.9-25.0 61 86.4 75.0-93.1
Craven/Pamlico 86 10 9.1 4.5-17.7 76 90.9 82.3-95.5
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 77 7 9.6 4.4-19.8 70 90.4 80.2-95.6
Appalachian/Wilkes 75 8 13.1 4.4-32.9 67 86.9 67.1-95.6
Franklin/Gran./Vance 83 6 3.2 1.3- 7.6 77 96.8 92.4-98.7
Graham/Swain/Jackson 69 9 10.8 5.4-20.4 60 89.2 79.6-94.6
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 82 10 10.8 5.3-20.8 72 89.2 79.2-94.7
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 64 8 9.7 4.4-19.8 56 90.3 80.2-95.6
Northeast NC I 69 9 10.3 5.1-19.7 60 89.7 80.3-94.9
Northeast NC II 80 9 11.2 5.7-20.8 71 88.8 79.2-94.3
Northeastern Partnership 149 18 10.9 6.6-17.5 131 89.1 82.5-93.4
Mountain AHEC 231 29 7.6 4.7-12.2 202 92.4 87.8-95.3
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 580 73 12.6 9.0-17.4 507 87.4 82.6-91.0
Piedmont 695 63 8.0 5.6-11.3 632 92.0 88.7-94.4
Western NC 363 42 7.9 5.2-12.0 321 92.1 88.0-94.8

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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