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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Western North Carolina

Sexual Assault/Physical Violence

Has someone you knew, not including a partner or ex-partner, ever forced you to have sex or to do sexual things?*

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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 5,804 15 0.2 0.1- 0.5 162 2.4 1.9- 3.1 5,627 97.3 96.7-97.9
Western NC 577 1 0.4 0.1- 2.5 10 1.5 0.8- 2.8 566 98.2 96.5-99.1
GENDER
Male 218 1 0.7 0.1- 5.1 0 0.0 . - . 217 99.3 94.9-99.9
Female 359 0 0.0 . - . 10 2.8 1.5- 5.4 349 97.2 94.6-98.5
RACE
White 542 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7 9 1.4 0.7- 2.7 532 98.3 96.5-99.1
Other 32 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.3 0.5-20.0 31 96.7 80.0-99.5
AGE
18-44 205 0 0.0 . - . 8 3.1 1.5- 6.4 197 96.9 93.6-98.5
45+ 369 1 0.6 0.1- 4.1 2 0.4 0.1- 1.7 366 99.0 96.4-99.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 312 1 0.6 0.1- 4.4 5 1.5 0.6- 3.6 306 97.8 95.0-99.1
Some College + 262 0 0.0 . - . 4 1.1 0.3- 3.4 258 98.9 96.6-99.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 384 0 0.0 . - . 8 1.9 0.9- 3.9 376 98.1 96.1-99.1
$50,000+ 104 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1 103 99.6 96.9-99.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 401 2 2.0 0.5- 7.4 15 3.1 1.7- 5.5 384 95.0 90.7-97.4
Cumberland 409 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7 12 2.5 1.3- 4.5 396 97.4 95.4-98.6
Durham 374 1 0.2 0.0- 1.5 9 1.6 0.7- 3.4 364 98.2 96.4-99.1
Forsyth 432 2 0.5 0.1- 2.2 10 1.9 1.0- 3.6 420 97.6 95.6-98.7
Gaston 435 2 0.4 0.1- 1.9 14 3.5 2.0- 6.0 419 96.1 93.5-97.7
Guilford 380 0 0.0 . - . 11 1.9 1.0- 3.5 369 98.1 96.5-99.0
Mecklenburg 404 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2 6 1.3 0.5- 3.0 397 98.4 96.5-99.3
New Hanover 377 2 0.3 0.1- 1.5 9 1.7 0.8- 3.6 366 97.9 96.0-98.9
Onslow 412 1 0.1 0.0- 0.9 16 3.2 1.8- 5.6 395 96.6 94.2-98.1
Wake 401 0 0.0 . - . 13 3.1 1.7- 5.7 388 96.9 94.3-98.3
Western NC 577 1 0.4 0.1- 2.5 10 1.5 0.8- 2.8 566 98.2 96.5-99.1
Piedmont NC 629 0 0.0 . - . 19 2.6 1.6- 4.3 610 97.4 95.7-98.4
Eastern NC 573 2 0.3 0.1- 1.6 18 3.0 1.7- 5.2 553 96.6 94.4-98.0

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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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