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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Forsyth County

Sexual Assault/Physical Violence

Has a stranger ever forced you to have sex or to do sexual things?*

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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 6,430 12 0.2 0.1- 0.4 139 1.8 1.4- 2.3 6,279 98.0 97.5-98.4
Forsyth County 448 0 0.0 . - . 11 2.7 1.4- 5.1 437 97.3 94.9-98.6
GENDER
Male 173 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.4 0.3- 5.6 171 98.6 94.4-99.7
Female 275 0 0.0 . - . 9 3.9 1.8- 7.9 266 96.1 92.1-98.2
RACE
White 336 0 0.0 . - . 9 3.0 1.4- 6.2 327 97.0 93.8-98.6
Other 108 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.8 0.4- 7.3 106 98.2 92.7-99.6
AGE
18-44 193 0 0.0 . - . 4 1.3 0.5- 3.5 189 98.7 96.5-99.5
45+ 252 0 0.0 . - . 7 4.1 1.8- 9.0 245 95.9 91.0-98.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 185 0 0.0 . - . 6 3.0 1.2- 7.1 179 97.0 92.9-98.8
Some College + 262 0 0.0 . - . 5 2.4 0.9- 6.3 257 97.6 93.7-99.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 212 0 0.0 . - . 6 2.4 1.0- 5.6 206 97.6 94.4-99.0
$50,000+ 138 0 0.0 . - . 4 3.6 1.2-10.3 134 96.4 89.7-98.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 394 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7 8 1.5 0.6- 3.5 385 98.4 96.4-99.3
Guilford 404 0 0.0 . - . 9 2.2 1.1- 4.4 395 97.8 95.6-98.9
Henderson/Transylvania 455 0 0.0 . - . 14 2.6 1.4- 4.6 441 97.4 95.4-98.6
Mecklenburg 428 1 0.5 0.1- 3.1 10 1.6 0.8- 3.1 417 97.9 96.0-98.9
Orange 423 1 0.4 0.1- 2.9 5 0.7 0.3- 2.0 417 98.8 97.0-99.5
Pitt 405 2 0.2 0.1- 1.0 5 1.2 0.5- 3.0 398 98.6 96.8-99.4
Randolph 414 2 0.5 0.1- 2.0 10 1.8 0.9- 3.4 402 97.8 95.9-98.8
Robeson 414 1 0.1 0.0- 0.5 9 1.3 0.7- 2.7 404 98.6 97.2-99.3
Wake 412 1 0.5 0.1- 3.5 11 1.3 0.7- 2.4 400 98.2 96.4-99.1
Western NC 631 0 0.0 . - . 13 1.8 1.0- 3.3 618 98.2 96.7-99.0
Piedmont NC 841 2 0.2 0.0- 1.1 16 1.7 1.0- 2.9 823 98.2 96.9-98.9
Eastern NC 761 1 0.0 0.0- 0.2 18 2.2 1.3- 3.8 742 97.8 96.1-98.7

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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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