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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

Sexual Assault/Physical Violence

Has a partner or ex-partner ever forced you to have sex or to do sexual things? 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 6,419 28 0.4 0.2- 0.6 223 2.6 2.1- 3.2 6,168 97.1 96.5-97.6
Eastern NC 761 3 0.2 0.1- 0.7 31 3.1 2.0- 4.8 727 96.7 95.0-97.8
GENDER
Male 275 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.9 0.1- 6.2 274 99.1 93.8-99.9
Female 486 3 0.4 0.1- 1.3 30 5.0 3.4- 7.4 453 94.6 92.2-96.3
RACE
White 525 2 0.2 0.0- 0.8 21 2.8 1.7- 4.5 502 97.0 95.3-98.1
Other 232 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8 10 3.9 1.7- 8.6 221 95.9 91.2-98.1
AGE
18-44 339 2 0.2 0.0- 1.0 11 2.9 1.4- 5.8 326 96.9 94.0-98.4
45+ 417 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3 20 3.4 2.1- 5.6 396 96.4 94.2-97.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 408 0 0.0 . - . 14 2.1 1.2- 3.8 394 97.9 96.2-98.8
Some College + 351 3 0.5 0.1- 1.5 17 4.4 2.4- 7.9 331 95.2 91.7-97.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 432 2 0.3 0.1- 1.2 23 4.4 2.6- 7.2 407 95.3 92.5-97.1
$50,000+ 133 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.2 0.0- 1.1 132 99.8 98.9- 100
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 394 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4 11 1.5 0.8- 2.9 382 98.3 96.8-99.1
Forsyth 448 2 0.4 0.1- 1.5 17 3.2 1.8- 5.5 429 96.4 94.1-97.9
Guilford 403 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4 14 2.8 1.6- 4.9 388 96.9 94.6-98.2
Henderson/Transylvania 455 1 0.2 0.0- 1.6 20 3.4 2.1- 5.5 434 96.4 94.2-97.7
Mecklenburg 428 4 1.0 0.3- 3.4 23 3.8 2.4- 6.0 401 95.2 92.5-96.9
Orange 418 3 0.9 0.3- 3.0 12 1.6 0.9- 3.1 403 97.4 95.4-98.6
Pitt 404 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1 14 3.3 1.6- 6.9 389 96.2 92.5-98.1
Randolph 413 3 0.5 0.1- 1.4 17 2.8 1.6- 4.9 393 96.7 94.6-98.0
Robeson 413 2 0.1 0.0- 0.6 9 1.7 0.8- 3.6 402 98.1 96.3-99.1
Wake 412 1 0.5 0.1- 3.5 14 2.7 1.4- 5.1 397 96.8 94.1-98.3
Western NC 630 2 0.1 0.0- 0.5 23 2.4 1.5- 3.7 605 97.5 96.2-98.4
Piedmont NC 840 4 0.4 0.1- 1.1 18 1.7 1.0- 2.9 818 97.9 96.7-98.7

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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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