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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Mecklenburg 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
Mecklenburg County 403 31 6.5 4.4- 9.4 372 93.5 90.6-95.6
GENDER
Male 162 8 4.1 1.9- 8.3 154 95.9 91.7-98.1
Female 241 23 8.8 5.6-13.6 218 91.2 86.4-94.4
RACE
White 287 18 4.9 2.9- 8.3 269 95.1 91.7-97.1
Other 109 13 10.4 5.8-17.9 96 89.6 82.1-94.2
AGE
18-44 226 20 8.1 5.0-12.8 206 91.9 87.2-95.0
45+ 175 11 4.1 2.2- 7.5 164 95.9 92.5-97.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 131 9 5.2 2.6-10.1 122 94.8 89.9-97.4
Some College + 272 22 7.1 4.4-11.1 250 92.9 88.9-95.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 183 12 5.5 2.9-10.1 171 94.5 89.9-97.1
$50,000+ 157 13 7.8 4.3-13.7 144 92.2 86.3-95.7
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
Gaston 435 38 7.6 5.4-10.6 397 92.4 89.4-94.6
Guilford 379 33 7.0 4.8-10.2 346 93.0 89.8-95.2
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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