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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Gaston County

Sexual Assault/Physical Violence

Ever Physically Assaulted*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,809 1,334 20.2 18.8-21.8 4,475 79.8 78.2-81.2
Gaston County 437 110 24.1 19.9-29.0 327 75.9 71.0-80.1
GENDER
Male 166 42 24.7 18.3-32.6 124 75.3 67.4-81.7
Female 271 68 23.5 18.3-29.7 203 76.5 70.3-81.7
RACE
White 366 96 25.8 21.0-31.2 270 74.2 68.8-79.0
Other 69 14 18.2 10.1-30.5 55 81.8 69.5-89.9
AGE
18-44 206 63 29.0 22.4-36.7 143 71.0 63.3-77.6
45+ 227 46 19.1 14.2-25.2 181 80.9 74.8-85.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 230 58 23.9 18.1-30.8 172 76.1 69.2-81.9
Some College + 207 52 24.4 18.4-31.5 155 75.6 68.5-81.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 250 71 28.4 22.3-35.4 179 71.6 64.6-77.7
$50,000+ 99 28 26.7 18.6-36.7 71 73.3 63.3-81.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 400 104 25.4 20.8-30.7 296 74.6 69.3-79.2
Cumberland 411 93 21.1 16.1-27.2 318 78.9 72.8-83.9
Durham 373 96 22.1 17.5-27.4 277 77.9 72.6-82.5
Forsyth 432 94 20.0 16.2-24.5 338 80.0 75.5-83.8
Guilford 380 84 21.4 17.0-26.5 296 78.6 73.5-83.0
Mecklenburg 407 78 17.9 14.2-22.4 329 82.1 77.6-85.8
New Hanover 377 99 25.6 20.6-31.3 278 74.4 68.7-79.4
Onslow 411 112 27.9 21.6-35.3 299 72.1 64.7-78.4
Wake 402 83 19.7 15.7-24.4 319 80.3 75.6-84.3
Western NC 575 120 21.4 17.8-25.5 455 78.6 74.5-82.2
Piedmont NC 630 147 19.4 16.1-23.2 483 80.6 76.8-83.9
Eastern NC 574 114 19.1 15.5-23.2 460 80.9 76.8-84.5

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*Data in this table were derived from the three physical violence questions

#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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