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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 pushed, hit, slapped, kicked, or physically hurt you in any other way?*

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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 987 14 1.5 0.7- 3.5 61 5.2 3.5- 7.7 912 93.3 90.5-95.3
GENDER
Male 359 7 2.7 1.0- 7.4 31 8.1 4.7-13.6 321 89.2 83.1-93.3
Female 628 7 0.6 0.2- 1.7 30 3.0 1.9- 4.6 591 96.4 94.7-97.6
AGE
18-24 83 1 0.0 0.0- 0.3 5 7.4 2.2-22.4 77 92.6 77.7-97.8
25-34 183 6 4.4 1.2-14.6 13 7.5 3.6-15.2 164 88.0 78.3-93.7
35-44 225 0 0.0 . - . 14 5.7 2.8-11.0 211 94.3 89.0-97.2
45-54 208 6 2.9 1.0- 7.6 19 4.2 2.3- 7.7 183 92.9 88.0-95.9
55-64 122 1 0.6 0.1- 4.2 7 4.3 1.8- 9.9 114 95.1 89.4-97.8
65-74 91 0 0.0 . - . 3 1.1 0.3- 3.8 88 98.9 96.2-99.7
75+ 61 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 61 100 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 186 3 1.0 0.2- 4.4 13 6.2 2.7-13.7 170 92.7 85.3-96.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 332 7 2.8 0.9- 8.7 23 5.6 3.1-10.1 302 91.6 85.8-95.2
Some Post-H.S. 268 3 0.8 0.1- 4.5 19 5.9 2.6-12.8 246 93.3 86.5-96.8
College Graduate 195 1 0.7 0.1- 4.5 6 2.2 0.9- 5.0 188 97.2 93.8-98.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 142 5 1.6 0.4- 6.0 11 3.6 1.7- 7.7 126 94.7 89.8-97.4
$15,000- 24,999 224 3 3.2 0.7-13.8 16 4.9 2.1-10.9 205 91.9 83.2-96.3
$25,000- 34,999 150 1 0.9 0.1- 6.0 8 4.0 1.4-11.1 141 95.1 88.0-98.1
$35,000- 49,999 122 2 0.9 0.1- 5.4 6 7.8 2.3-23.0 114 91.4 76.8-97.1
$50,000-74,999 61 0 0.0 . - . 4 3.2 1.0- 9.7 57 96.8 90.3-99.0
$75,000+ 56 1 3.2 0.4-19.3 3 3.8 1.2-11.4 52 93.1 81.0-97.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 24 0 0.0 . - . 5 21.3 8.2-45.0 19 78.7 55.0-91.8
Forsyth 91 1 1.1 0.2- 7.5 6 5.0 2.1-11.3 84 93.9 87.1-97.2
Guilford 110 1 1.1 0.2- 7.4 11 8.9 4.1-18.2 98 90.0 80.6-95.1
Henderson/Transylvania 13 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 13 100 . - .
Mecklenburg 126 2 1.9 0.4- 8.7 7 3.5 1.6- 7.5 117 94.6 88.9-97.5
Orange 38 1 0.8 0.1- 5.3 1 2.7 0.4-17.0 36 96.5 84.5-99.3
Pitt 105 0 0.0 . - . 5 5.1 1.9-12.9 100 94.9 87.1-98.1
Randolph 17 1 6.5 0.9-35.1 0 0.0 . - . 16 93.5 64.9-99.1
Robeson 85 2 1.7 0.3- 8.1 5 6.6 2.5-16.4 78 91.7 81.8-96.5
Wake 69 2 2.8 0.7-10.7 4 3.8 1.4-10.2 63 93.4 85.3-97.2
Western NC 23 0 0.0 . - . 2 5.7 1.4-20.8 21 94.3 79.2-98.6
Piedmont NC 106 1 0.6 0.1- 4.4 6 5.2 1.9-13.1 99 94.2 86.4-97.6
Eastern NC 180 3 2.0 0.4- 9.1 9 5.1 2.1-11.7 168 92.9 85.6-96.7

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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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