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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Mecklenburg County

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
Mecklenburg County 428 4 1.0 0.3- 3.4 23 3.8 2.4- 6.0 401 95.2 92.5-96.9
GENDER
Male 158 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.5 0.1- 2.1 156 99.5 97.9-99.9
Female 270 4 2.1 0.6- 6.9 21 7.3 4.6-11.6 245 90.6 85.5-94.0
RACE
White 261 0 0.0 . - . 15 4.9 2.7- 8.5 246 95.1 91.5-97.3
Other 164 4 2.3 0.7- 7.8 8 2.5 1.2- 5.2 152 95.2 90.4-97.6
AGE
18-44 229 4 1.5 0.4- 5.2 15 4.0 2.2- 7.1 210 94.5 90.6-96.8
45+ 196 0 0.0 . - . 8 3.6 1.7- 7.4 188 96.4 92.6-98.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 133 1 0.7 0.1- 4.9 5 2.0 0.7- 5.2 127 97.3 93.5-98.9
Some College + 295 3 1.2 0.2- 5.3 18 4.9 2.9- 8.1 274 94.0 90.1-96.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 186 3 2.1 0.6- 7.6 12 4.5 2.3- 8.6 171 93.4 88.0-96.5
$50,000+ 146 0 0.0 . - . 9 4.7 2.4- 9.1 137 95.3 90.9-97.6
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
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
Eastern NC 761 3 0.2 0.1- 0.7 31 3.1 2.0- 4.8 727 96.7 95.0-97.8

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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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