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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Sexual Assault/Physical Violence--AFRICAN AMERICAN Respondents Only

Has a partner or ex-partner ever pushed, hit, slapped, kicked, or physically hurt you in another way? 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%)
TOTAL 985 28 1.4 0.8- 2.5 113 10.5 8.0-13.7 844 88.1 84.9-90.7
GENDER
Male 359 7 1.2 0.4- 3.5 20 5.0 2.6- 9.6 332 93.8 89.2-96.5
Female 626 21 1.6 0.9- 2.9 93 14.7 11.0-19.5 512 83.6 78.8-87.5
AGE
18-24 83 4 1.7 0.4- 7.7 4 8.5 2.4-25.8 75 89.8 73.6-96.5
25-34 182 11 2.6 1.2- 5.7 17 6.1 3.4-10.9 154 91.3 86.1-94.6
35-44 225 7 1.4 0.5- 3.9 30 13.5 7.7-22.5 188 85.1 76.2-91.0
45-54 207 4 1.5 0.4- 5.8 35 14.0 9.0-21.1 168 84.5 77.2-89.8
55-64 122 2 0.3 0.1- 1.4 17 13.1 7.2-22.9 103 86.5 76.8-92.6
65-74 91 0 0.0 . - . 6 7.6 3.0-18.0 85 92.4 82.0-97.0
75+ 61 0 0.0 . - . 3 7.7 2.1-24.5 58 92.3 75.5-97.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 185 1 0.0 0.0- 0.2 22 12.8 6.8-22.6 162 87.2 77.4-93.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 331 9 0.7 0.3- 1.4 39 11.1 6.8-17.6 283 88.2 81.8-92.6
Some Post-H.S. 268 13 3.2 1.6- 6.4 32 10.9 6.8-17.0 223 85.9 79.6-90.5
College Graduate 195 5 1.7 0.4- 6.9 20 6.3 3.6-10.6 170 92.0 86.8-95.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 142 5 1.0 0.4- 2.6 25 22.1 12.6-35.7 112 77.0 63.5-86.5
$15,000- 24,999 224 7 2.5 0.9- 6.3 29 11.6 6.5-19.8 188 86.0 77.6-91.5
$25,000- 34,999 150 6 1.8 0.7- 4.5 19 12.8 6.4-24.1 125 85.4 74.4-92.1
$35,000- 49,999 122 3 0.3 0.1- 1.1 12 4.4 2.2- 8.5 107 95.3 91.2-97.5
$50,000-74,999 61 1 2.0 0.3-13.1 6 7.2 2.6-18.4 54 90.7 78.8-96.3
$75,000+ 56 1 3.2 0.4-19.3 4 5.4 1.8-15.3 51 91.4 78.6-96.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 24 0 0.0 . - . 4 18.0 6.3-41.7 20 82.0 58.3-93.7
Forsyth 91 7 8.3 3.4-18.7 13 13.3 7.1-23.4 71 78.4 66.8-86.8
Guilford 110 0 0.0 . - . 11 8.1 4.0-15.5 99 91.9 84.5-96.0
Henderson/Transylvania 13 0 0.0 . - . 3 12.4 2.6-43.5 10 87.6 56.5-97.4
Mecklenburg 126 4 3.2 1.0- 9.6 16 9.1 5.3-15.2 106 87.6 80.5-92.4
Orange 38 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.3 0.2- 8.9 37 98.7 91.1-99.8
Pitt 105 6 5.5 2.3-12.6 6 5.7 2.5-12.8 93 88.8 80.5-93.8
Randolph 17 1 6.5 0.9-35.1 1 2.5 0.3-16.6 15 91.0 66.2-98.1
Robeson 85 6 3.9 1.5- 9.6 10 9.8 4.6-19.7 69 86.3 76.0-92.6
Wake 69 3 4.5 1.3-14.3 12 8.9 4.6-16.6 54 86.7 76.6-92.8
Western NC 23 0 0.0 . - . 3 11.8 3.5-33.3 20 88.2 66.7-96.5
Piedmont NC 106 0 0.0 . - . 8 5.2 2.4-11.1 98 94.8 88.9-97.6
Eastern NC 178 1 0.1 0.0- 0.4 25 15.1 9.5-23.2 152 84.8 76.7-90.5

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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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