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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Western North Carolina

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
Western NC 575 120 21.4 17.8-25.5 455 78.6 74.5-82.2
GENDER
Male 217 44 20.5 15.1-27.3 173 79.5 72.7-84.9
Female 358 76 22.2 17.7-27.4 282 77.8 72.6-82.3
RACE
White 540 113 20.8 17.2-24.9 427 79.2 75.1-82.8
Other 32 6 24.1 10.7-45.7 26 75.9 54.3-89.3
AGE
18-44 205 66 31.7 25.0-39.3 139 68.3 60.7-75.0
45+ 367 54 14.6 11.0-19.3 313 85.4 80.7-89.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 310 65 21.4 16.6-27.2 245 78.6 72.8-83.4
Some College + 262 54 21.2 16.1-27.4 208 78.8 72.6-83.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 383 81 20.4 16.2-25.4 302 79.6 74.6-83.8
$50,000+ 104 22 22.0 14.5-31.9 82 78.0 68.1-85.5
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
Gaston 437 110 24.1 19.9-29.0 327 75.9 71.0-80.1
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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