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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Western North Carolina**

Violence

Who were all the persons you told about this most recent violence?
Someone working in a rape crisis center/sexual assault program

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,638 25 1.6 0.9- 2.9 1,613 98.4 97.1-99.1
-Western NC 363 4 1.8 0.6- 5.6 359 98.2 94.4-99.4
GENDER
Male 112 0 0.0 . - . 112 100 . - .
Female 251 4 3.2 1.0- 9.5 247 96.8 90.5-99.0
RACE
White 332 3 1.7 0.5- 5.9 329 98.3 94.1-99.5
African American 10 0 0.0 . - . 10 100 . - .
Other Minorities 20 1 10.4 1.5-46.9 19 89.6 53.1-98.5
AGE
18-24 20 0 0.0 . - . 20 100 . - .
25-34 61 2 1.6 0.4- 6.6 59 98.4 93.4-99.6
35-44 73 1 2.6 0.4-16.3 72 97.4 83.7-99.6
45-54 98 1 3.7 0.5-22.2 97 96.3 77.8-99.5
55-64 58 0 0.0 . - . 58 100 . - .
65-74 34 0 0.0 . - . 34 100 . - .
75+ 15 0 0.0 . - . 15 100 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 52 0 0.0 . - . 52 100 . - .
H.S. or G.E.D. 114 1 1.4 0.2- 9.2 113 98.6 90.8-99.8
Some Post-H.S. 113 3 4.9 1.2-17.5 110 95.1 82.5-98.8
College Graduate 83 0 0.0 . - . 83 100 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 73 1 1.5 0.2-10.1 72 98.5 89.9-99.8
$15,000- 24,999 88 0 0.0 . - . 88 100 . - .
$25,000- 34,999 37 0 0.0 . - . 37 100 . - .
$35,000- 49,999 39 0 0.0 . - . 39 100 . - .
$50,000-74,999 35 0 0.0 . - . 35 100 . - .
$75,000+ 25 3 29.5 9.6-62.2 22 70.5 37.8-90.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 85 2 3.8 0.9-15.4 83 96.2 84.6-99.1
Guilford 75 0 0.0 . - . 75 100 . - .
Mecklenburg 81 1 1.8 0.2-11.5 80 98.2 88.5-99.8
Orange 70 0 0.0 . - . 70 100 . - .
Wake 82 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1 81 99.7 97.9- 100
Chatham/Lee 56 4 7.1 2.4-19.1 52 92.9 80.9-97.6
Nash/Wilson 71 0 0.0 . - . 71 100 . - .
Craven/Pamlico 86 1 0.8 0.1- 5.6 85 99.2 94.4-99.9
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 77 0 0.0 . - . 77 100 . - .
Appalachian/Wilkes 75 1 7.2 1.1-36.1 74 92.8 63.9-98.9
Franklin/Gran./Vance 83 0 0.0 . - . 83 100 . - .
Graham/Swain/Jackson 69 0 0.0 . - . 69 100 . - .
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 82 1 0.5 0.1- 3.8 81 99.5 96.2-99.9
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 64 4 4.7 1.5-13.6 60 95.3 86.4-98.5
Northeast NC I 69 2 2.4 0.5-10.7 67 97.6 89.3-99.5
Northeast NC II 80 0 0.0 . - . 80 100 . - .
Northeastern Partnership 149 2 0.8 0.2- 4.0 147 99.2 96.0-99.8
Mountain AHEC 231 2 1.1 0.2- 4.9 229 98.9 95.1-99.8
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 580 10 1.1 0.4- 2.8 570 98.9 97.2-99.6
Piedmont 695 11 1.8 0.8- 4.1 684 98.2 95.9-99.2

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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