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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Buncombe County

Sexual Assault/Physical Violence

Has someone you knew, not including a partner or ex-partner, ever pushed, hit, slapped, kicked, or physically hurt you in any other way?*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes, past 12 months Yes, 12+ months ago No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,807 53 0.9 0.6- 1.3 417 7.2 6.2- 8.2 5,337 92.0 90.9-93.0
Buncombe County 399 3 0.5 0.1- 1.5 39 11.0 7.6-15.6 357 88.5 83.9-91.9
GENDER
Male 153 2 0.7 0.2- 3.0 17 12.8 7.9-20.3 134 86.4 79.0-91.5
Female 246 1 0.2 0.0- 1.5 22 9.2 5.2-15.5 223 90.6 84.3-94.6
RACE
White 356 3 0.6 0.2- 1.8 34 10.5 7.1-15.4 319 88.9 84.1-92.4
Other 40 0 0.0 . - . 4 13.4 4.7-32.6 36 86.6 67.4-95.3
AGE
18-44 173 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6 26 14.9 9.4-22.9 146 84.7 76.7-90.3
45+ 225 2 0.6 0.1- 2.4 13 7.4 4.1-12.9 210 92.0 86.5-95.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 165 0 0.0 . - . 18 12.2 6.9-20.7 147 87.8 79.3-93.1
Some College + 234 3 0.8 0.3- 2.7 21 10.1 6.3-15.8 210 89.1 83.3-93.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 239 1 0.3 0.0- 2.3 26 11.4 7.1-17.7 212 88.3 81.9-92.7
$50,000+ 91 2 1.3 0.3- 5.2 11 18.2 10.1-30.5 78 80.6 68.4-88.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Cumberland 409 2 0.9 0.2- 3.9 25 5.3 3.4- 8.1 382 93.8 90.6-96.0
Durham 374 5 1.4 0.5- 3.6 26 6.4 4.0-10.1 343 92.2 88.3-94.9
Forsyth 432 3 0.6 0.2- 2.2 28 5.8 3.9- 8.6 401 93.6 90.6-95.6
Gaston 437 2 0.8 0.2- 3.0 29 6.8 4.7- 9.9 406 92.4 89.2-94.7
Guilford 380 3 0.4 0.1- 1.4 28 8.3 5.4-12.7 349 91.3 86.9-94.3
Mecklenburg 407 2 0.6 0.1- 2.3 26 6.0 3.9- 9.2 379 93.5 90.2-95.7
New Hanover 377 8 1.9 0.9- 4.0 29 8.1 5.4-12.0 340 90.0 85.8-93.0
Onslow 411 7 2.2 1.0- 4.8 36 7.9 5.3-11.5 368 89.9 85.9-92.9
Wake 402 2 0.8 0.2- 3.2 24 7.2 4.7-10.8 376 92.0 88.2-94.7
Western NC 575 4 1.2 0.4- 3.3 41 8.3 5.9-11.5 530 90.5 87.1-93.1
Piedmont NC 630 6 0.6 0.2- 1.7 50 6.9 5.1- 9.4 574 92.4 89.9-94.4
Eastern NC 574 6 1.0 0.4- 2.6 36 7.1 4.8-10.3 532 91.9 88.6-94.3

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*If YES, the responded was asked 'Has this happened to you in the past 12 months?'

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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