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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Sexual Assault/Physical Violence--AFRICAN AMERICAN Respondents Only

Has someone you knew, not including a partner or ex-partner, 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%)
TOTAL 981 4 0.3 0.1- 1.3 20 1.2 0.6- 2.2 957 98.5 97.4-99.2
GENDER
Male 356 1 0.0 0.0- 0.2 0 0.0 . - . 355 100 99.8- 100
Female 625 3 0.5 0.1- 2.3 20 2.1 1.2- 3.8 602 97.4 95.4-98.5
AGE
18-24 83 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.7 0.2-10.5 81 98.3 89.5-99.8
25-34 182 2 1.2 0.2- 6.4 3 0.9 0.2- 3.3 177 97.9 93.6-99.3
35-44 225 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0 4 1.0 0.3- 3.2 220 98.9 96.8-99.6
45-54 207 0 0.0 . - . 6 1.4 0.5- 3.9 201 98.6 96.1-99.5
55-64 121 1 0.1 0.0- 0.8 4 2.7 0.9- 7.6 116 97.2 92.4-99.0
65-74 90 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 90 100 . - .
75+ 60 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.3 0.0- 1.9 59 99.7 98.1- 100
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 184 1 0.1 0.0- 0.4 1 0.1 0.0- 0.8 182 99.8 99.2- 100
H.S. or G.E.D. 329 2 0.7 0.1- 3.8 7 1.4 0.5- 4.3 320 97.9 94.7-99.2
Some Post-H.S. 267 1 0.1 0.0- 0.8 5 1.2 0.5- 3.1 261 98.7 96.8-99.4
College Graduate 196 0 0.0 . - . 7 1.9 0.7- 4.9 189 98.1 95.1-99.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 141 2 1.9 0.3- 9.9 5 1.1 0.4- 3.4 134 97.0 90.8-99.1
$15,000- 24,999 223 0 0.0 . - . 4 1.1 0.3- 3.7 219 98.9 96.3-99.7
$25,000- 34,999 150 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4 4 2.5 0.7- 9.3 145 97.3 90.8-99.2
$35,000- 49,999 122 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.1 0.3- 4.5 120 98.9 95.5-99.7
$50,000-74,999 61 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.1 0.2- 4.5 59 98.9 95.5-99.8
$75,000+ 55 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.3 0.2- 9.0 54 98.7 91.0-99.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 24 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.3 0.3-15.4 23 97.7 84.6-99.7
Forsyth 90 1 0.7 0.1- 5.1 3 5.5 1.6-17.2 86 93.8 82.6-97.9
Guilford 110 0 0.0 . - . 3 1.6 0.4- 5.8 107 98.4 94.2-99.6
Henderson/Transylvania 12 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 12 100 . - .
Mecklenburg 126 0 0.0 . - . 3 1.7 0.5- 5.1 123 98.3 94.9-99.5
Orange 37 1 4.3 0.6-25.1 1 0.8 0.1- 5.8 35 94.9 76.6-99.0
Pitt 105 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.9 0.2- 3.9 103 99.1 96.1-99.8
Randolph 17 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 17 100 . - .
Robeson 84 1 0.6 0.1- 4.0 2 1.4 0.3- 6.4 81 98.0 93.3-99.4
Wake 69 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.5 0.1- 3.3 68 99.5 96.7-99.9
Western NC 22 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 22 100 . - .
Piedmont NC 104 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 104 100 . - .
Eastern NC 181 1 0.6 0.1- 4.0 4 1.4 0.4- 4.4 176 98.0 94.7-99.3

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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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