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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Gaston County

Sexual Assault/Physical Violence

Ever Sexually Assaulted*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,795 506 6.8 5.9- 7.7 5,289 93.2 92.3-94.1
Gaston County 435 38 7.6 5.4-10.6 397 92.4 89.4-94.6
GENDER
Male 165 9 5.0 2.5- 9.8 156 95.0 90.2-97.5
Female 270 29 10.1 6.9-14.5 241 89.9 85.5-93.1
RACE
White 364 34 8.8 6.2-12.5 330 91.2 87.5-93.8
Other 69 4 3.2 1.1- 9.3 65 96.8 90.7-98.9
AGE
18-44 205 21 8.2 5.1-12.8 184 91.8 87.2-94.9
45+ 226 17 7.2 4.4-11.7 209 92.8 88.3-95.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 229 18 6.2 3.8-10.0 211 93.8 90.0-96.2
Some College + 206 20 9.1 5.8-14.1 186 90.9 85.9-94.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 250 26 9.6 6.3-14.2 224 90.4 85.8-93.7
$50,000+ 99 6 5.7 2.5-12.4 93 94.3 87.6-97.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 401 42 10.2 7.0-14.6 359 89.8 85.4-93.0
Cumberland 409 35 6.7 4.5- 9.8 374 93.3 90.2-95.5
Durham 373 35 6.3 4.2- 9.4 338 93.7 90.6-95.8
Forsyth 432 36 6.5 4.6- 9.3 396 93.5 90.7-95.4
Guilford 379 33 7.0 4.8-10.2 346 93.0 89.8-95.2
Mecklenburg 403 31 6.5 4.4- 9.4 372 93.5 90.6-95.6
New Hanover 376 32 6.9 4.5-10.3 344 93.1 89.7-95.5
Onslow 411 40 7.3 5.1-10.4 371 92.7 89.6-94.9
Wake 400 35 6.5 4.5- 9.5 365 93.5 90.5-95.5
Western NC 575 43 6.0 4.3- 8.2 532 94.0 91.8-95.7
Piedmont NC 628 47 5.2 3.6- 7.3 581 94.8 92.7-96.4
Eastern NC 573 59 8.8 6.5-11.8 514 91.2 88.2-93.5

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*Data in this table were derived from the three sexual assault 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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