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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Western North Carolina**

Violence

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,638 416 25.5 22.2-29.0 1,222 74.5 71.0-77.8
-Western NC 363 94 26.8 19.4-35.6 269 73.2 64.4-80.6
GENDER
Male 112 49 40.5 24.3-59.0 63 59.5 41.0-75.7
Female 251 45 16.3 11.1-23.4 206 83.7 76.6-88.9
RACE
White 332 84 26.7 19.0-36.0 248 73.3 64.0-81.0
African American 10 2 17.6 2.6-63.1 8 82.4 36.9-97.4
Other Minorities 20 8 44.4 22.3-69.0 12 55.6 31.0-77.7
AGE
18-24 20 8 50.7 26.9-74.1 12 49.3 25.9-73.1
25-34 61 15 19.3 8.2-39.0 46 80.7 61.0-91.8
35-44 73 14 17.4 9.1-30.5 59 82.6 69.5-90.9
45-54 98 30 36.1 19.4-57.1 68 63.9 42.9-80.6
55-64 58 18 32.2 18.7-49.4 40 67.8 50.6-81.3
65-74 34 8 17.3 6.6-38.2 26 82.7 61.8-93.4
75+ 15 0 0.0 . - . 15 100 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 52 8 19.0 5.9-46.7 44 81.0 53.3-94.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 114 30 31.4 18.3-48.3 84 68.6 51.7-81.7
Some Post-H.S. 113 35 28.6 18.4-41.5 78 71.4 58.5-81.6
College Graduate 83 21 23.1 13.7-36.2 62 76.9 63.8-86.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 73 13 20.1 10.4-35.3 60 79.9 64.7-89.6
$15,000- 24,999 88 18 36.4 18.5-59.1 70 63.6 40.9-81.5
$25,000- 34,999 37 7 13.5 5.1-31.1 30 86.5 68.9-94.9
$35,000- 49,999 39 15 32.4 18.0-51.1 24 67.6 48.9-82.0
$50,000-74,999 35 11 22.1 10.0-42.0 24 77.9 58.0-90.0
$75,000+ 25 7 25.0 10.0-50.0 18 75.0 50.0-90.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 85 30 41.2 29.1-54.5 55 58.8 45.5-70.9
Guilford 75 21 19.8 12.1-30.7 54 80.2 69.3-87.9
Mecklenburg 81 20 21.8 13.1-33.9 61 78.2 66.1-86.9
Orange 70 19 44.6 24.9-66.1 51 55.4 33.9-75.1
Wake 82 22 27.7 16.6-42.4 60 72.3 57.6-83.4
Chatham/Lee 56 16 25.9 15.5-40.1 40 74.1 59.9-84.5
Nash/Wilson 71 13 25.9 12.2-46.8 58 74.1 53.2-87.8
Craven/Pamlico 86 26 31.3 19.6-46.1 60 68.7 53.9-80.4
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 77 20 25.6 16.4-37.7 57 74.4 62.3-83.6
Appalachian/Wilkes 75 20 31.6 19.4-47.0 55 68.4 53.0-80.6
Franklin/Gran./Vance 83 22 38.0 22.6-56.4 61 62.0 43.6-77.4
Graham/Swain/Jackson 69 18 28.5 17.8-42.5 51 71.5 57.5-82.2
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 82 17 22.3 13.6-34.2 65 77.7 65.8-86.4
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 64 21 38.8 25.5-54.1 43 61.2 45.9-74.5
Northeast NC I 69 14 22.9 13.6-35.9 55 77.1 64.1-86.4
Northeast NC II 80 17 27.1 16.8-40.5 63 72.9 59.5-83.2
Northeastern Partnership 149 31 25.6 17.9-35.2 118 74.4 64.8-82.1
Mountain AHEC 231 64 24.6 17.1-34.1 167 75.4 65.9-82.9
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 580 138 26.1 20.5-32.6 442 73.9 67.4-79.5
Piedmont 695 184 24.8 20.5-29.7 511 75.2 70.3-79.5

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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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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