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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Buncombe County

Sexual Assault/Physical Violence

Has a partner or ex-partner ever pushed, hit, slapped, kicked, or physically hurt you in another way? By partner, I mean your current or ex-(husband/wife) or (boyfriend/girlfriend).*

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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 6,448 106 1.3 1.0- 1.8 713 9.5 8.5-10.6 5,629 89.2 88.0-90.2
Buncombe County 397 11 2.8 1.4- 5.3 42 11.3 7.9-16.0 344 85.9 81.0-89.7
GENDER
Male 151 4 2.6 0.9- 7.7 9 7.0 3.5-13.5 138 90.4 83.4-94.6
Female 246 7 2.9 1.3- 6.3 33 15.4 10.1-22.6 206 81.7 74.4-87.3
RACE
White 354 10 3.0 1.5- 5.8 36 11.0 7.4-16.0 308 86.1 80.8-90.1
Other 38 1 1.4 0.2- 9.5 6 15.2 6.4-32.0 31 83.4 66.8-92.6
AGE
18-44 146 8 5.1 2.4-10.7 17 9.8 5.7-16.2 121 85.1 77.8-90.3
45+ 246 3 1.0 0.3- 3.5 24 12.0 7.3-19.2 219 87.0 79.8-91.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 151 6 3.6 1.5- 7.9 12 8.0 4.2-14.8 133 88.4 81.3-93.1
Some College + 244 5 2.3 0.8- 6.3 30 13.6 8.8-20.3 209 84.2 77.2-89.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 210 9 4.4 2.1- 9.0 27 11.8 7.7-17.8 174 83.8 77.2-88.7
$50,000+ 86 2 2.4 0.6- 9.5 8 13.9 6.0-29.2 76 83.7 69.0-92.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Forsyth 451 12 2.7 1.4- 5.2 49 7.7 5.6-10.4 390 89.6 86.3-92.2
Guilford 406 4 0.7 0.2- 1.8 37 6.7 4.7- 9.5 365 92.6 89.8-94.8
Henderson/Transylvania 457 1 0.1 0.0- 1.1 53 10.1 7.5-13.6 403 89.7 86.3-92.4
Mecklenburg 429 9 2.4 1.0- 6.0 51 9.2 6.8-12.4 369 88.3 84.4-91.4
Orange 418 9 2.5 1.2- 5.1 45 7.7 5.4-10.7 364 89.8 86.2-92.6
Pitt 406 6 1.5 0.6- 3.6 47 8.6 6.2-11.7 353 89.9 86.5-92.5
Randolph 412 10 1.7 0.9- 3.3 44 9.3 6.4-13.3 358 89.0 84.9-92.1
Robeson 416 13 2.4 1.2- 4.5 46 8.8 6.3-12.1 357 88.8 85.2-91.7
Wake 412 10 2.6 1.3- 5.0 40 7.0 4.9- 9.9 362 90.4 87.0-93.1
Western NC 633 7 1.4 0.6- 3.1 72 9.2 7.2-11.7 554 89.4 86.6-91.7
Piedmont NC 853 8 1.1 0.5- 2.3 84 8.2 6.4-10.5 761 90.7 88.3-92.7
Eastern NC 758 6 0.6 0.2- 1.5 103 12.5 10.0-15.6 649 86.9 83.8-89.5

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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, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Person, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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