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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Wake County

Sexual Assault/Physical Violence

Has a stranger 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 5,815 68 1.1 0.7- 1.6 448 7.3 6.4- 8.3 5,299 91.6 90.5-92.6
Wake County 402 3 0.7 0.2- 2.7 26 6.9 4.5-10.3 373 92.5 88.9-94.9
GENDER
Male 168 2 1.2 0.3- 5.3 15 9.2 5.5-15.2 151 89.6 83.4-93.6
Female 234 1 0.1 0.0- 0.8 11 4.2 2.2- 8.0 222 95.6 91.9-97.7
RACE
White 306 2 0.9 0.2- 3.9 21 7.8 4.9-12.1 283 91.4 86.9-94.4
Other 92 1 0.2 0.0- 1.5 5 4.7 1.7-12.0 86 95.1 87.9-98.1
AGE
18-44 247 3 1.0 0.2- 4.0 18 7.8 4.8-12.6 226 91.2 86.2-94.4
45+ 152 0 0.0 . - . 8 5.0 2.4-10.2 144 95.0 89.8-97.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 103 2 0.8 0.2- 3.6 6 6.4 2.6-14.9 95 92.8 84.5-96.8
Some College + 297 1 0.6 0.1- 4.4 19 6.8 4.2-10.8 277 92.5 88.3-95.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 167 2 1.3 0.2- 7.3 11 8.2 4.4-14.8 154 90.5 83.5-94.7
$50,000+ 160 0 0.0 . - . 11 6.8 3.5-12.7 149 93.2 87.3-96.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 401 5 1.4 0.5- 3.8 48 12.0 8.7-16.3 348 86.6 82.2-90.1
Cumberland 411 9 2.2 1.1- 4.4 33 7.2 4.7-10.8 369 90.6 86.6-93.5
Durham 375 4 0.8 0.3- 2.3 23 5.8 3.6- 9.2 348 93.5 90.0-95.8
Forsyth 433 4 1.1 0.4- 3.1 37 8.6 6.1-12.0 392 90.3 86.7-93.0
Gaston 437 3 1.0 0.3- 3.1 29 8.6 5.8-12.7 405 90.4 86.2-93.4
Guilford 380 2 0.7 0.1- 3.1 28 7.6 5.0-11.3 350 91.7 87.9-94.4
Mecklenburg 408 3 1.0 0.2- 3.9 18 4.6 2.8- 7.4 387 94.4 91.2-96.5
New Hanover 377 6 1.4 0.6- 3.3 40 11.7 8.4-16.3 331 86.9 82.2-90.4
Onslow 412 10 3.0 1.5- 5.8 42 10.0 7.1-13.7 360 87.0 82.7-90.4
Western NC 576 7 1.5 0.6- 3.6 36 7.7 5.4-10.9 533 90.8 87.4-93.4
Piedmont NC 630 7 1.0 0.4- 2.7 55 7.8 5.8-10.4 568 91.2 88.4-93.3
Eastern NC 573 5 0.8 0.3- 2.3 33 6.2 4.2- 9.2 535 93.0 89.9-95.1

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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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