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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Mecklenburg County

Sexual Assault/Physical Violence

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
Mecklenburg County 428 40 7.4 5.1-10.5 388 92.6 89.5-94.9
GENDER
Male 158 3 1.1 0.3- 3.5 155 98.9 96.5-99.7
Female 270 37 14.0 9.8-19.7 233 86.0 80.3-90.2
RACE
White 261 23 7.7 4.8-12.2 238 92.3 87.8-95.2
Other 164 17 7.0 4.0-12.0 147 93.0 88.0-96.0
AGE
18-44 229 29 8.9 5.8-13.5 200 91.1 86.5-94.2
45+ 196 11 4.5 2.4- 8.3 185 95.5 91.7-97.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 133 11 6.4 3.2-12.4 122 93.6 87.6-96.8
Some College + 295 29 7.9 5.2-11.9 266 92.1 88.1-94.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 186 20 8.4 4.9-14.0 166 91.6 86.0-95.1
$50,000+ 146 12 5.9 3.3-10.5 134 94.1 89.5-96.7
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
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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