BRFSS 2003 - Western North Carolina**: (I'd like you to think about the most recent time this violence occurred. Who was the person who did this to you most recently?)

BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Western North Carolina**

Violence

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	Total Respond.^	Current husband,/wife or partner	Ex-husband,/wife or ex-partner	Relative /or acquaintance	Stranger
North Carolina	1,572	263	14.5	12.2-17.0	800	45.3	41.3-49.4	311	23.8	20.2-27.8	198	16.4	13.5-19.8
-Western NC	350	62	16.5	11.5-23.2	173	46.6	36.5-56.9	67	19.2	12.6-28.0	48	17.7	12.0-25.4
GENDER
Male	107	10	8.5	3.9-17.5	18	24.1	7.3-56.0	37	31.2	17.1-49.9	42	36.2	21.6-53.9
Female	243	52	22.7	15.7-31.5	155	63.7	54.5-72.1	30	10.0	6.0-16.1	6	3.6	1.0-12.3
RACE
White	319	56	16.5	11.3-23.5	158	46.8	36.3-57.6	61	19.4	12.6-28.7	44	17.2	11.5-25.0
African American	10	2	18.4	2.8-63.9	6	37.6	10.1-76.4	1	5.1	0.6-32.3	1	39.0	7.1-84.3
Other Minorities	20	4	15.5	5.1-38.4	8	43.9	21.4-69.1	5	26.4	10.1-53.4	3	14.2	4.0-39.6
AGE
18-24	19	8	40.1	18.9-65.8	4	19.0	5.7-47.5	6	30.7	12.3-58.3	1	10.2	1.5-46.5
25-34	60	13	16.7	6.6-36.0	25	48.6	23.2-74.7	11	11.7	4.5-27.0	11	23.0	9.6-45.6
35-44	71	11	15.9	7.4-30.9	39	59.4	44.0-73.2	13	8.7	4.5-16.2	8	16.0	7.4-31.3
45-54	92	12	10.4	4.8-21.1	47	39.8	25.5-56.0	22	35.0	17.9-57.1	11	14.8	6.2-31.6
55-64	55	9	12.4	5.3-26.5	29	48.6	31.5-66.1	8	17.6	6.2-40.6	9	21.4	10.0-39.9
65-74	34	4	12.6	3.9-34.0	20	55.6	34.6-74.7	5	13.9	4.5-35.5	5	18.0	7.2-38.2
75+	15	5	29.4	9.7-62.0	7	58.1	27.3-83.6	1	5.5	0.7-32.0	2	7.0	1.5-26.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	52	11	12.4	4.1-32.2	30	69.4	39.4-88.7	3	2.0	0.5- 7.9	8	16.2	4.7-43.4
H.S. or G.E.D.	111	20	15.0	8.2-25.8	57	41.0	28.7-54.7	20	27.1	14.2-45.6	14	16.8	8.7-30.1
Some Post-H.S.	105	22	22.4	12.3-37.2	46	37.0	25.0-50.8	26	22.1	13.5-34.0	11	18.5	8.9-34.6
College Graduate	81	9	15.7	7.5-30.0	40	47.0	33.1-61.4	17	17.2	8.3-32.4	15	20.1	10.9-34.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	72	14	14.4	7.5-25.9	41	57.4	41.8-71.7	9	13.2	4.6-32.5	8	15.0	6.8-30.0
$15,000- 24,999	85	14	11.5	5.2-23.6	47	50.6	32.0-69.0	18	30.6	13.3-55.8	6	7.4	2.3-20.8
$25,000- 34,999	37	9	31.8	13.0-59.3	14	25.9	11.9-47.7	5	10.2	3.7-25.1	9	32.0	13.9-58.0
$35,000- 49,999	36	9	30.7	14.6-53.5	13	30.2	16.0-49.6	9	23.0	10.2-43.9	5	16.1	6.0-36.6
$50,000-74,999	34	3	10.7	2.8-33.2	11	24.5	11.6-44.6	10	31.1	14.4-54.8	10	33.7	15.6-58.3
$75,000+	24	1	3.5	0.5-21.8	12	52.7	27.8-76.3	7	19.6	8.0-40.7	4	24.2	7.7-55.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	82	14	21.3	12.1-34.9	41	45.3	33.2-58.0	15	13.1	7.4-22.2	12	20.3	11.0-34.4
Guilford	72	12	11.8	6.3-21.2	33	45.5	31.4-60.4	20	29.9	17.5-46.0	7	12.8	5.3-27.9
Mecklenburg	78	13	14.8	8.0-25.7	41	47.2	32.3-62.6	15	24.4	12.2-43.1	9	13.6	6.7-25.7
Orange	69	15	14.9	7.7-27.0	37	58.6	39.6-75.4	9	17.1	7.3-35.0	8	9.3	4.2-19.5
Wake	79	14	16.2	9.3-26.6	40	38.2	26.3-51.6	15	27.6	14.5-46.0	10	18.1	9.1-32.7
Chatham/Lee	53	10	20.8	10.8-36.4	23	32.3	20.8-46.5	11	24.9	13.2-41.9	9	21.9	10.9-39.3
Nash/Wilson	68	13	18.1	9.6-31.4	34	41.2	27.5-56.3	13	16.1	8.8-27.7	8	24.7	10.5-47.7
Craven/Pamlico	85	7	5.6	2.4-12.5	46	39.0	27.5-51.9	18	37.5	24.2-53.0	14	17.9	9.2-32.0
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	71	18	24.5	14.9-37.6	29	34.9	23.9-47.8	15	27.0	15.3-43.1	9	13.6	6.9-25.1
Appalachian/Wilkes	74	12	12.1	6.1-22.6	37	46.6	32.4-61.4	16	29.6	17.5-45.5	9	11.6	5.7-22.2
Franklin/Gran./Vance	78	10	14.9	5.0-36.7	42	37.6	24.5-52.8	14	21.3	10.9-37.5	12	26.1	13.0-45.6
Graham/Swain/Jackson	64	10	14.9	7.4-27.8	30	39.4	27.2-53.1	17	33.6	21.3-48.6	7	12.1	5.5-24.6
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	80	10	13.9	7.2-25.0	46	48.1	35.6-60.8	14	22.3	12.2-37.2	10	15.7	8.1-28.3
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	59	11	19.3	9.8-34.5	28	41.3	27.7-56.5	15	31.2	18.7-47.2	5	8.1	3.2-19.3
Northeast NC I	66	14	19.7	11.1-32.6	32	42.0	29.6-55.6	16	29.4	18.4-43.4	4	8.9	2.4-27.5
Northeast NC II	77	10	14.9	7.7-26.7	46	56.6	43.7-68.7	11	15.0	7.6-27.3	10	13.5	7.1-24.2
Northeastern Partnership	143	24	16.6	10.6-24.9	78	51.5	41.9-60.9	27	20.1	13.4-28.9	14	11.9	6.7-20.2
Mountain AHEC	220	39	17.3	11.1-26.1	108	49.1	35.6-62.7	40	12.3	7.5-19.4	33	21.3	13.4-32.1
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	558	86	14.1	10.4-18.9	293	45.4	38.7-52.3	111	21.3	16.4-27.3	68	19.1	13.3-26.8
Piedmont	664	115	14.1	11.1-17.8	334	45.0	39.5-50.7	133	26.3	21.0-32.4	82	14.6	11.0-19.1

Total
Respond.^

Current husband,/wife or partner

Ex-husband,/wife or ex-partner

Relative /or acquaintance

Stranger

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

1,572

263

14.5

12.2-17.0

800

45.3

41.3-49.4

311

23.8

20.2-27.8

198

16.4

13.5-19.8

-Western NC

350

16.5

11.5-23.2

173

46.6

36.5-56.9

19.2

12.6-28.0

17.7

12.0-25.4

GENDER

Male

107

8.5

3.9-17.5

24.1

7.3-56.0

31.2

17.1-49.9

36.2

21.6-53.9

Female

243

22.7

15.7-31.5

155

63.7

54.5-72.1

10.0

6.0-16.1

3.6

1.0-12.3

RACE

White

319

16.5

11.3-23.5

158

46.8

36.3-57.6

19.4

12.6-28.7

17.2

11.5-25.0

African American

18.4

2.8-63.9

37.6

10.1-76.4

5.1

0.6-32.3

39.0

7.1-84.3

Other Minorities

15.5

5.1-38.4

43.9

21.4-69.1

26.4

10.1-53.4

14.2

4.0-39.6

AGE

18-24

40.1

18.9-65.8

19.0

5.7-47.5

30.7

12.3-58.3

10.2

1.5-46.5

25-34

16.7

6.6-36.0

48.6

23.2-74.7

11.7

4.5-27.0

23.0

9.6-45.6

35-44

15.9

7.4-30.9

59.4

44.0-73.2

8.7

4.5-16.2

16.0

7.4-31.3

45-54

10.4

4.8-21.1

39.8

25.5-56.0

35.0

17.9-57.1

14.8

6.2-31.6

55-64

12.4

5.3-26.5

48.6

31.5-66.1

17.6

6.2-40.6

21.4

10.0-39.9

65-74

12.6

3.9-34.0

55.6

34.6-74.7

13.9

4.5-35.5

18.0

7.2-38.2

75+

29.4

9.7-62.0

58.1

27.3-83.6

5.5

0.7-32.0

7.0

1.5-26.4

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

12.4

4.1-32.2

69.4

39.4-88.7

2.0

0.5- 7.9

16.2

4.7-43.4

H.S. or G.E.D.

111

15.0

8.2-25.8

41.0

28.7-54.7

27.1

14.2-45.6

16.8

8.7-30.1

Some Post-H.S.

105

22.4

12.3-37.2

37.0

25.0-50.8

22.1

13.5-34.0

18.5

8.9-34.6

College Graduate

15.7

7.5-30.0

47.0

33.1-61.4

17.2

8.3-32.4

20.1

10.9-34.1

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

14.4

7.5-25.9

57.4

41.8-71.7

13.2

4.6-32.5

15.0

6.8-30.0

$15,000- 24,999

11.5

5.2-23.6

50.6

32.0-69.0

30.6

13.3-55.8

7.4

2.3-20.8

$25,000- 34,999

31.8

13.0-59.3

25.9

11.9-47.7

10.2

3.7-25.1

32.0

13.9-58.0

$35,000- 49,999

30.7

14.6-53.5

30.2

16.0-49.6

23.0

10.2-43.9

16.1

6.0-36.6

$50,000-74,999

10.7

2.8-33.2

24.5

11.6-44.6

31.1

14.4-54.8

33.7

15.6-58.3

$75,000+

3.5

0.5-21.8

52.7

27.8-76.3

19.6

8.0-40.7

24.2

7.7-55.0

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

21.3

12.1-34.9

45.3

33.2-58.0

13.1

7.4-22.2

20.3

11.0-34.4

Guilford

11.8

6.3-21.2

45.5

31.4-60.4

29.9

17.5-46.0

12.8

5.3-27.9

Mecklenburg

14.8

8.0-25.7

47.2

32.3-62.6

24.4

12.2-43.1

13.6

6.7-25.7

Orange

14.9

7.7-27.0

58.6

39.6-75.4

17.1

7.3-35.0

9.3

4.2-19.5

Wake

16.2

9.3-26.6

38.2

26.3-51.6

27.6

14.5-46.0

18.1

9.1-32.7

Chatham/Lee

20.8

10.8-36.4

32.3

20.8-46.5

24.9

13.2-41.9

21.9

10.9-39.3

Nash/Wilson

18.1

9.6-31.4

41.2

27.5-56.3

16.1

8.8-27.7

24.7

10.5-47.7

Craven/Pamlico

5.6

2.4-12.5

39.0

27.5-51.9

37.5

24.2-53.0

17.9

9.2-32.0

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

24.5

14.9-37.6

34.9

23.9-47.8

27.0

15.3-43.1

13.6

6.9-25.1

Appalachian/Wilkes

12.1

6.1-22.6

46.6

32.4-61.4

29.6

17.5-45.5

11.6

5.7-22.2

Franklin/Gran./Vance

14.9

5.0-36.7

37.6

24.5-52.8

21.3

10.9-37.5

26.1

13.0-45.6

Graham/Swain/Jackson

14.9

7.4-27.8

39.4

27.2-53.1

33.6

21.3-48.6

12.1

5.5-24.6

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

13.9

7.2-25.0

48.1

35.6-60.8

22.3

12.2-37.2

15.7

8.1-28.3

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

19.3

9.8-34.5

41.3

27.7-56.5

31.2

18.7-47.2

8.1

3.2-19.3

Northeast NC I

19.7

11.1-32.6

42.0

29.6-55.6

29.4

18.4-43.4

8.9

2.4-27.5

Northeast NC II

14.9

7.7-26.7

56.6

43.7-68.7

15.0

7.6-27.3

13.5

7.1-24.2

Northeastern Partnership

143

16.6

10.6-24.9

51.5

41.9-60.9

20.1

13.4-28.9

11.9

6.7-20.2

Mountain AHEC

220

17.3

11.1-26.1

108

49.1

35.6-62.7

12.3

7.5-19.4

21.3

13.4-32.1

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

558

14.1

10.4-18.9

293

45.4

38.7-52.3

111

21.3

16.4-27.3

19.1

13.3-26.8

Piedmont

664

115

14.1

11.1-17.8

334

45.0

39.5-50.7

133

26.3

21.0-32.4

14.6

11.0-19.1

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available for Western North Carolina**. Please refer to the North Carolina table for statewide breakdowns.

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^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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