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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

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
Eastern NC 760 50 5.4 3.9- 7.6 710 94.6 92.4-96.1
GENDER
Male 274 3 1.7 0.5- 5.7 271 98.3 94.3-99.5
Female 486 47 8.6 6.2-11.9 439 91.4 88.1-93.8
RACE
White 525 36 5.5 3.7- 8.1 489 94.5 91.9-96.3
Other 231 14 5.4 2.8-10.2 217 94.6 89.8-97.2
AGE
18-44 339 24 6.1 3.8- 9.7 315 93.9 90.3-96.2
45+ 416 26 4.7 3.0- 7.1 390 95.3 92.9-97.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 407 21 4.0 2.4- 6.8 386 96.0 93.2-97.6
Some College + 351 29 7.2 4.6-11.0 322 92.8 89.0-95.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 431 33 6.2 4.2- 9.2 398 93.8 90.8-95.8
$50,000+ 133 4 2.8 0.9- 8.0 129 97.2 92.0-99.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 394 27 4.7 3.0- 7.2 367 95.3 92.8-97.0
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

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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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