2012 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Adverse Childhood Experience

How often did a parent or adult in your home ever swear at you, insult you, or put you down?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Never Once More than once
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 10,792 7,937 71.1 70.0-72.3 479 5.2 4.6- 5.8 2,376 23.7 22.6-24.8
-Western NC 1,473 1,082 71.4 68.2-74.4 62 4.5 3.3- 6.0 329 24.1 21.3-27.2
GENDER
Male 557 432 75.3 70.3-79.8 25 5.0 3.2- 7.8 100 19.7 15.6-24.5
Female 916 650 67.8 63.7-71.7 37 3.9 2.7- 5.8 229 28.2 24.4-32.3
RACE
White 1,209 881 71.0 67.4-74.3 49 4.2 3.0- 5.8 279 24.8 21.7-28.3
Other minorities 256 197 74.6 66.7-81.2 *** *** *** 47 19.8 14.0-27.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 62 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 1,408 1,037 71.6 68.4-74.7 57 4.2 3.0- 5.7 314 24.2 21.3-27.4
AGE
18-34 206 135 64.9 56.8-72.2 *** *** *** 60 30.4 23.4-38.5
35-54 385 255 67.0 61.1-72.4 24 6.3 4.0- 9.8 106 26.7 21.7-32.3
55-64 332 231 71.3 65.0-76.8 *** *** *** 87 24.1 19.0-30.0
65-74 329 257 81.0 75.8-85.3 *** *** *** 62 16.9 12.9-22.0
75+ 215 198 91.0 84.4-94.9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 194 152 74.9 66.0-82.2 *** *** *** 37 22.4 15.6-31.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 456 352 74.7 68.5-80.1 19 4.6 2.7- 8.0 85 20.6 15.6-26.7
Some Post-H.S. 379 262 66.9 60.8-72.5 16 4.3 2.4- 7.5 101 28.8 23.5-34.8
College Graduate 442 316 70.3 64.9-75.3 22 5.9 3.7- 9.2 104 23.8 19.2-29.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 209 138 62.8 53.6-71.1 *** *** *** 61 32.5 24.6-41.6
$15,000- 24,999 285 212 72.9 65.7-79.2 *** *** *** 64 23.1 17.4-30.0
$25,000- 34,999 163 130 78.8 69.7-85.7 *** *** *** 30 19.1 12.6-27.9
$35,000- 49,999 162 116 70.1 60.5-78.1 *** *** *** 35 23.3 15.9-32.8
$50,000+ 403 292 71.7 65.9-76.8 19 5.1 3.0- 8.5 92 23.2 18.5-28.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 433 291 65.3 59.1-71.0 18 4.5 2.6- 7.9 124 30.2 24.7-36.2
No 1,031 784 73.6 69.8-77.1 44 4.5 3.1- 6.3 203 21.9 18.7-25.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 173 140 77.5 68.9-84.2 *** *** *** 25 17.4 11.5-25.4
Non-Veteran 1,300 942 70.7 67.3-74.0 54 4.4 3.2- 6.0 304 24.9 21.8-28.2

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These questions have not been asked in previous years.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2012 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2012 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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.

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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