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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Buncombe County

Sexual Assault/Physical Violence

Has a partner or ex-partner ever pushed, hit, slapped, kicked, or physically hurt you in another way? By partner, I mean your current or ex-(husband/wife) or (boyfriend/girlfriend).*

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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 5,811 88 1.2 0.9- 1.6 746 10.4 9.3-11.6 4,977 88.4 87.2-89.5
Buncombe County 400 7 1.2 0.5- 2.5 51 11.2 8.2-15.1 342 87.6 83.7-90.7
GENDER
Male 154 3 1.0 0.3- 3.2 9 6.2 3.0-12.5 142 92.7 86.6-96.2
Female 246 4 1.3 0.4- 3.7 42 16.1 11.6-21.9 200 82.6 76.7-87.2
RACE
White 357 7 1.4 0.6- 2.9 42 9.3 6.7-12.8 308 89.3 85.7-92.1
Other 40 0 0.0 . - . 8 22.8 10.9-41.5 32 77.2 58.5-89.1
AGE
18-44 173 5 1.7 0.7- 4.3 32 15.0 10.0-21.7 136 83.3 76.5-88.5
45+ 226 2 0.7 0.2- 2.8 19 7.7 4.7-12.5 205 91.6 86.7-94.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 166 3 0.9 0.3- 2.9 21 9.7 5.9-15.7 142 89.4 83.4-93.4
Some College + 234 4 1.4 0.5- 3.7 30 12.3 8.3-17.9 200 86.3 80.6-90.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 240 5 1.5 0.6- 3.7 36 12.7 8.8-18.0 199 85.8 80.5-89.9
$50,000+ 91 1 0.8 0.1- 5.4 7 10.8 4.7-22.6 83 88.5 76.8-94.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Cumberland 411 13 3.2 1.6- 6.2 45 10.3 6.7-15.5 353 86.5 81.2-90.6
Durham 373 8 2.2 1.0- 4.8 56 11.9 8.7-16.0 309 85.9 81.4-89.4
Forsyth 433 7 1.3 0.6- 2.9 53 10.5 7.8-14.1 373 88.2 84.5-91.1
Gaston 437 6 0.7 0.3- 1.7 69 13.4 10.3-17.1 362 85.9 82.2-89.0
Guilford 380 4 1.1 0.4- 3.3 44 10.2 7.4-14.1 332 88.6 84.6-91.7
Mecklenburg 407 3 0.7 0.2- 2.1 51 10.4 7.6-13.9 353 89.0 85.3-91.8
New Hanover 377 2 0.4 0.1- 1.7 52 11.6 8.5-15.6 323 88.0 83.9-91.1
Onslow 412 10 2.7 1.4- 5.3 61 14.9 9.5-22.8 341 82.4 74.7-88.1
Wake 402 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0 52 10.9 8.1-14.5 349 89.0 85.4-91.8
Western NC 575 7 1.2 0.5- 2.7 74 12.8 10.0-16.2 494 86.0 82.5-88.9
Piedmont NC 630 8 0.7 0.3- 1.5 76 9.7 7.3-12.7 546 89.6 86.6-92.1
Eastern NC 574 12 1.9 1.0- 3.6 62 9.0 6.7-12.1 500 89.1 85.9-91.7

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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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