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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Gaston 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
Gaston County 437 2 0.8 0.2- 3.0 29 6.8 4.7- 9.9 406 92.4 89.2-94.7
GENDER
Male 166 2 1.6 0.4- 6.2 17 8.7 5.3-13.9 147 89.8 84.1-93.6
Female 271 0 0.0 . - . 12 5.2 2.9- 9.1 259 94.8 90.9-97.1
RACE
White 366 2 1.0 0.2- 3.8 26 7.9 5.4-11.6 338 91.1 87.2-93.9
Other 69 0 0.0 . - . 3 2.8 0.8- 9.5 66 97.2 90.5-99.2
AGE
18-44 206 2 1.5 0.4- 5.9 17 7.6 4.6-12.2 187 90.9 85.8-94.3
45+ 227 0 0.0 . - . 12 6.1 3.4-10.7 215 93.9 89.3-96.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 230 2 1.5 0.4- 5.9 12 5.0 2.8- 8.9 216 93.5 88.9-96.2
Some College + 207 0 0.0 . - . 17 8.7 5.3-13.8 190 91.3 86.2-94.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 250 2 1.4 0.3- 5.4 16 6.8 4.1-11.0 232 91.8 87.1-94.9
$50,000+ 99 0 0.0 . - . 13 12.8 7.3-21.5 86 87.2 78.5-92.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 399 3 0.5 0.1- 1.5 39 11.0 7.6-15.6 357 88.5 83.9-91.9
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
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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