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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Sexual Assault/Physical Violence--AFRICAN AMERICAN Respondents Only

Has a stranger 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 989 14 1.6 0.7- 3.5 42 4.2 2.6- 6.5 933 94.3 91.5-96.1
GENDER
Male 359 10 2.9 1.1- 7.5 22 6.9 3.8-12.2 327 90.2 84.3-94.1
Female 630 4 0.5 0.2- 1.7 20 2.1 1.2- 3.6 606 97.4 95.7-98.4
AGE
18-24 83 2 0.7 0.1- 4.4 2 4.1 0.7-21.8 79 95.2 79.5-99.0
25-34 183 5 4.3 1.2-14.7 14 7.1 3.3-14.5 164 88.6 79.0-94.1
35-44 225 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3 12 3.4 1.8- 6.4 212 96.4 93.5-98.1
45-54 210 4 2.2 0.7- 6.7 6 1.1 0.4- 2.8 200 96.7 92.6-98.6
55-64 122 1 1.2 0.2- 8.2 5 9.8 3.8-23.3 116 89.0 75.8-95.4
65-74 91 0 0.0 . - . 3 2.6 0.7- 8.6 88 97.4 91.4-99.3
75+ 61 1 0.2 0.0- 1.8 0 0.0 . - . 60 99.8 98.2- 100
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 186 2 0.6 0.1- 3.5 11 9.6 4.1-20.7 173 89.8 78.9-95.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 332 8 2.7 0.8- 8.6 15 3.5 1.7- 7.0 309 93.8 88.4-96.8
Some Post-H.S. 269 3 1.4 0.4- 4.6 9 2.3 0.9- 5.4 257 96.4 92.7-98.2
College Graduate 196 0 0.0 . - . 7 2.7 1.2- 6.3 189 97.3 93.7-98.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 142 3 1.4 0.3- 6.2 10 5.8 2.5-12.9 129 92.8 85.5-96.6
$15,000- 24,999 224 6 3.3 0.8-13.4 10 7.1 2.8-16.9 208 89.6 78.9-95.2
$25,000- 34,999 151 3 2.0 0.6- 6.4 4 1.6 0.6- 4.3 144 96.4 92.1-98.4
$35,000- 49,999 122 0 0.0 . - . 4 1.9 0.6- 6.3 118 98.1 93.7-99.4
$50,000-74,999 61 0 0.0 . - . 2 2.4 0.6- 9.6 59 97.6 90.4-99.4
$75,000+ 56 1 3.2 0.4-19.3 3 2.5 0.7- 8.2 52 94.3 82.4-98.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 24 1 3.8 0.5-22.7 1 3.4 0.5-21.0 22 92.8 74.9-98.2
Forsyth 91 1 1.1 0.2- 7.5 6 6.7 2.6-16.4 84 92.2 82.5-96.7
Guilford 110 1 1.1 0.2- 7.4 6 3.7 1.5- 9.0 103 95.2 89.3-97.9
Henderson/Transylvania 13 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 13 100 . - .
Mecklenburg 126 1 1.5 0.2- 9.7 5 3.3 1.3- 8.0 120 95.2 89.0-98.0
Orange 39 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 39 100 . - .
Pitt 105 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6 3 2.7 0.8- 8.7 101 96.7 91.0-98.9
Randolph 17 1 3.5 0.5-22.0 0 0.0 . - . 16 96.5 78.0-99.5
Robeson 85 2 1.7 0.3- 8.1 4 4.3 1.4-12.3 79 94.0 85.7-97.6
Wake 69 2 2.7 0.7-10.5 4 3.3 1.2- 9.2 63 94.0 86.2-97.5
Western NC 23 0 0.0 . - . 4 25.6 9.5-53.0 19 74.4 47.0-90.5
Piedmont NC 106 1 0.5 0.1- 3.8 4 5.1 1.7-14.1 101 94.4 85.6-97.9
Eastern NC 181 3 2.2 0.5- 8.8 5 3.2 1.0- 9.6 173 94.5 87.4-97.7

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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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