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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Forsyth 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
Forsyth County 433 7 1.3 0.6- 2.9 53 10.5 7.8-14.1 373 88.2 84.5-91.1
GENDER
Male 163 2 0.9 0.2- 4.1 10 6.7 3.4-12.7 151 92.4 86.4-95.9
Female 270 5 1.7 0.7- 4.1 43 14.1 10.2-19.2 222 84.2 79.0-88.3
RACE
White 304 3 0.9 0.3- 3.1 37 10.2 7.0-14.5 264 88.9 84.5-92.2
Other 123 4 2.2 0.8- 6.0 16 11.8 6.8-19.5 103 86.0 78.1-91.4
AGE
18-44 184 6 2.2 0.9- 5.1 29 12.8 8.4-18.9 149 85.1 78.7-89.8
45+ 244 1 0.5 0.1- 3.3 24 8.5 5.5-12.9 219 91.1 86.6-94.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 174 3 1.7 0.5- 5.4 22 10.8 6.5-17.2 149 87.6 80.9-92.1
Some College + 258 4 1.1 0.4- 3.0 31 10.4 7.1-15.0 223 88.5 83.8-92.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 241 4 1.5 0.5- 4.2 35 12.9 8.8-18.6 202 85.6 79.8-90.0
$50,000+ 115 1 0.7 0.1- 5.0 14 9.5 5.5-15.9 100 89.8 83.2-94.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 400 7 1.2 0.5- 2.5 51 11.2 8.2-15.1 342 87.6 83.7-90.7
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
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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