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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Sexual Assault/Physical Violence--AFRICAN AMERICAN Respondents Only

Ever Physically Assaulted*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 985 202 18.6 15.2-22.5 783 81.4 77.5-84.8
GENDER
Male 359 69 18.9 13.6-25.6 290 81.1 74.4-86.4
Female 626 133 18.3 14.3-23.2 493 81.7 76.8-85.7
AGE
18-24 83 14 18.0 8.4-34.6 69 82.0 65.4-91.6
25-34 182 45 21.4 14.1-31.1 137 78.6 68.9-85.9
35-44 225 49 20.1 13.4-29.2 176 79.9 70.8-86.6
45-54 207 55 20.0 14.0-27.7 152 80.0 72.3-86.0
55-64 122 25 20.8 12.4-32.8 97 79.2 67.2-87.6
65-74 91 9 10.0 4.6-20.4 82 90.0 79.6-95.4
75+ 61 4 8.0 2.3-24.4 57 92.0 75.6-97.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 185 37 21.3 13.6-31.9 148 78.7 68.1-86.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 331 75 20.5 14.5-28.1 256 79.5 71.9-85.5
Some Post-H.S. 268 57 18.7 12.8-26.4 211 81.3 73.6-87.2
College Graduate 195 32 11.2 7.2-17.0 163 88.8 83.0-92.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 142 40 26.2 16.3-39.4 102 73.8 60.6-83.7
$15,000- 24,999 224 48 21.5 14.0-31.5 176 78.5 68.5-86.0
$25,000- 34,999 150 32 19.6 11.7-30.9 118 80.4 69.1-88.3
$35,000- 49,999 122 23 14.2 7.0-26.5 99 85.8 73.5-93.0
$50,000-74,999 61 11 12.4 5.8-24.6 50 87.6 75.4-94.2
$75,000+ 56 8 11.5 5.1-24.1 48 88.5 75.9-94.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 24 7 29.9 13.8-53.2 17 70.1 46.8-86.2
Forsyth 91 27 29.0 19.3-41.1 64 71.0 58.9-80.7
Guilford 110 19 17.1 10.1-27.5 91 82.9 72.5-89.9
Henderson/Transylvania 13 3 12.4 2.6-43.5 10 87.6 56.5-97.4
Mecklenburg 126 26 15.7 10.3-23.3 100 84.3 76.7-89.7
Orange 38 3 4.7 1.3-15.9 35 95.3 84.1-98.7
Pitt 105 15 14.4 8.5-23.5 90 85.6 76.5-91.5
Randolph 17 3 12.5 3.5-36.2 14 87.5 63.8-96.5
Robeson 85 22 20.4 12.2-32.1 63 79.6 67.9-87.8
Wake 69 19 17.2 10.0-28.0 50 82.8 72.0-90.0
Western NC 23 6 34.3 15.7-59.4 17 65.7 40.6-84.3
Piedmont NC 106 15 12.6 7.1-21.6 91 87.4 78.4-92.9
Eastern NC 178 37 22.3 15.3-31.3 141 77.7 68.7-84.7

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*Data in this table were derived from the three physical violence 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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