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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 66 5.2 3.6- 7.5 1,572 94.8 92.5-96.4
-Piedmont NC 695 30 4.2 2.7- 6.7 665 95.8 93.3-97.3
GENDER
Male 224 10 3.4 1.4- 7.7 214 96.6 92.3-98.6
Female 471 20 5.0 2.9- 8.5 451 95.0 91.5-97.1
RACE
White 488 19 3.8 2.1- 6.7 469 96.2 93.3-97.9
African American 164 11 7.4 3.4-15.3 153 92.6 84.7-96.6
Other Minorities 37 0 0.0 . - . 37 100 . - .
AGE
18-24 42 2 5.6 1.3-20.7 40 94.4 79.3-98.7
25-34 142 7 4.7 1.9-11.4 135 95.3 88.6-98.1
35-44 168 4 2.1 0.8- 5.8 164 97.9 94.2-99.2
45-54 187 13 6.6 3.2-13.0 174 93.4 87.0-96.8
55-64 88 3 2.0 0.5- 8.0 85 98.0 92.0-99.5
65-74 40 0 0.0 . - . 40 100 . - .
75+ 25 1 4.5 0.6-26.4 24 95.5 73.6-99.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 109 2 2.6 0.4-14.3 107 97.4 85.7-99.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 207 8 3.5 1.4- 8.6 199 96.5 91.4-98.6
Some Post-H.S. 184 11 5.2 2.5-10.3 173 94.8 89.7-97.5
College Graduate 195 9 5.7 2.5-12.5 186 94.3 87.5-97.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 82 1 1.2 0.2- 7.9 81 98.8 92.1-99.8
$15,000- 24,999 138 4 1.9 0.5- 6.7 134 98.1 93.3-99.5
$25,000- 34,999 86 7 5.8 2.3-13.9 79 94.2 86.1-97.7
$35,000- 49,999 104 7 6.9 2.5-17.3 97 93.1 82.7-97.5
$50,000-74,999 62 5 7.5 2.3-21.5 57 92.5 78.5-97.7
$75,000+ 89 4 4.0 1.3-11.0 85 96.0 89.0-98.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 85 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6 84 99.5 96.4-99.9
Guilford 75 4 3.9 1.4-10.4 71 96.1 89.6-98.6
Mecklenburg 81 4 5.3 1.8-14.4 77 94.7 85.6-98.2
Orange 70 1 0.7 0.1- 4.7 69 99.3 95.3-99.9
Wake 82 4 5.9 1.9-17.1 78 94.1 82.9-98.1
Chatham/Lee 56 0 0.0 . - . 56 100 . - .
Nash/Wilson 71 4 5.9 2.1-15.5 67 94.1 84.5-97.9
Craven/Pamlico 86 3 2.5 0.7- 8.5 83 97.5 91.5-99.3
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 77 4 3.8 1.3-10.7 73 96.2 89.3-98.7
Appalachian/Wilkes 75 2 5.6 1.2-22.8 73 94.4 77.2-98.8
Franklin/Gran./Vance 83 5 3.2 1.2- 8.3 78 96.8 91.7-98.8
Graham/Swain/Jackson 69 2 1.5 0.4- 6.2 67 98.5 93.8-99.6
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 82 4 5.4 1.7-15.8 78 94.6 84.2-98.3
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 64 2 1.9 0.4- 8.0 62 98.1 92.0-99.6
Northeast NC I 69 4 11.5 3.9-29.4 65 88.5 70.6-96.1
Northeast NC II 80 1 1.1 0.2- 7.4 79 98.9 92.6-99.8
Northeastern Partnership 149 5 4.8 1.8-12.3 144 95.2 87.7-98.2
Mountain AHEC 231 6 5.1 1.7-14.3 225 94.9 85.7-98.3
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 580 26 7.5 3.8-14.1 554 92.5 85.9-96.2
Piedmont 695 30 4.2 2.7- 6.7 665 95.8 93.3-97.3
Western NC 363 10 4.1 1.6- 9.8 353 95.9 90.2-98.4

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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