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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Sexual Assault/Physical Violence--AFRICAN AMERICAN Respondents Only

Ever Sexually Assaulted*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 980 73 4.8 3.5- 6.6 907 95.2 93.4-96.5
GENDER
Male 356 8 0.9 0.4- 2.0 348 99.1 98.0-99.6
Female 624 65 7.9 5.7-10.9 559 92.1 89.1-94.3
AGE
18-24 83 7 4.9 1.8-12.7 76 95.1 87.3-98.2
25-34 182 18 6.0 3.3-10.6 164 94.0 89.4-96.7
35-44 224 19 5.1 2.7- 9.7 205 94.9 90.3-97.3
45-54 207 11 2.2 1.0- 4.9 196 97.8 95.1-99.0
55-64 121 10 6.8 3.3-13.4 111 93.2 86.6-96.7
65-74 90 3 3.4 0.9-12.3 87 96.6 87.7-99.1
75+ 60 4 9.0 2.8-25.1 56 91.0 74.9-97.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 184 11 3.7 1.6- 8.2 173 96.3 91.8-98.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 329 25 5.1 3.0- 8.5 304 94.9 91.5-97.0
Some Post-H.S. 266 22 5.7 3.2-10.1 244 94.3 89.9-96.8
College Graduate 196 15 4.3 2.3- 7.8 181 95.7 92.2-97.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 141 17 6.8 3.4-13.2 124 93.2 86.8-96.6
$15,000- 24,999 223 20 6.6 3.5-11.9 203 93.4 88.1-96.5
$25,000- 34,999 150 12 6.6 3.3-13.1 138 93.4 86.9-96.7
$35,000- 49,999 122 9 4.0 1.8- 8.5 113 96.0 91.5-98.2
$50,000-74,999 61 3 2.4 0.6- 8.2 58 97.6 91.8-99.4
$75,000+ 55 1 1.3 0.2- 9.0 54 98.7 91.0-99.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 24 1 2.3 0.3-15.4 23 97.7 84.6-99.7
Forsyth 90 9 12.1 5.9-23.2 81 87.9 76.8-94.1
Guilford 109 10 8.3 4.1-15.9 99 91.7 84.1-95.9
Henderson/Transylvania 12 0 0.0 . - . 12 100 . - .
Mecklenburg 126 13 6.6 3.7-11.6 113 93.4 88.4-96.3
Orange 37 3 6.4 1.6-22.8 34 93.6 77.2-98.4
Pitt 105 9 8.6 3.2-21.2 96 91.4 78.8-96.8
Randolph 17 1 3.9 0.5-24.2 16 96.1 75.8-99.5
Robeson 84 8 5.9 2.4-13.8 76 94.1 86.2-97.6
Wake 69 4 2.7 0.9- 8.0 65 97.3 92.0-99.1
Western NC 22 0 0.0 . - . 22 100 . - .
Piedmont NC 104 3 1.2 0.4- 3.9 101 98.8 96.1-99.6
Eastern NC 181 12 5.3 2.8- 9.7 169 94.7 90.3-97.2

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*Data in this table were derived from the three sexual assault 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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