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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Buncombe County

Risk Factors

Ever Sexually Assaulted*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,413 425 5.1 4.4- 5.9 5,988 94.9 94.1-95.6
Buncombe County 394 27 4.7 3.0- 7.2 367 95.3 92.8-97.0
GENDER
Male 150 1 1.1 0.2- 7.7 149 98.9 92.3-99.8
Female 244 26 8.0 5.2-12.0 218 92.0 88.0-94.8
RACE
White 351 23 4.6 2.9- 7.4 328 95.4 92.6-97.1
Other 38 3 4.3 1.3-12.9 35 95.7 87.1-98.7
AGE
18-44 146 10 5.0 2.4- 9.9 136 95.0 90.1-97.6
45+ 243 17 4.6 2.7- 7.8 226 95.4 92.2-97.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 148 9 4.4 1.9- 9.6 139 95.6 90.4-98.1
Some College + 244 18 4.9 2.9- 8.0 226 95.1 92.0-97.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 209 18 5.6 3.2- 9.7 191 94.4 90.3-96.8
$50,000+ 86 7 7.0 3.2-14.5 79 93.0 85.5-96.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Forsyth 448 32 6.7 4.5- 9.9 416 93.3 90.1-95.5
Guilford 402 24 5.2 3.4- 8.0 378 94.8 92.0-96.6
Henderson/Transylvania 455 32 5.9 4.0- 8.6 423 94.1 91.4-96.0
Mecklenburg 428 40 7.4 5.1-10.5 388 92.6 89.5-94.9
Orange 418 28 5.4 3.4- 8.4 390 94.6 91.6-96.6
Pitt 404 29 6.0 3.6- 9.7 375 94.0 90.3-96.4
Randolph 413 33 6.1 4.1- 8.9 380 93.9 91.1-95.9
Robeson 413 24 4.1 2.6- 6.4 389 95.9 93.6-97.4
Wake 411 25 4.4 2.7- 7.2 386 95.6 92.8-97.3
Western NC 628 40 5.0 3.5- 7.1 588 95.0 92.9-96.5
Piedmont NC 839 41 4.0 2.8- 5.8 798 96.0 94.2-97.2
Eastern NC 760 50 5.4 3.9- 7.6 710 94.6 92.4-96.1

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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, 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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