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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Risk Factors

Ever Physically Assaulted*

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  Total
Respond.#		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 6,444 1,294 19.5 18.0-21.0 5,150 80.5 79.0-82.0
GENDER
Male 2,519 481 18.4 16.1-20.9 2,038 81.6 79.1-83.9
Female 3,925 813 20.5 18.6-22.5 3,112 79.5 77.5-81.4
RACE
White 4,919 990 19.6 18.0-21.4 3,929 80.4 78.6-82.0
African American 985 202 18.6 15.2-22.5 783 81.4 77.5-84.8
Asian 69 6 8.8 3.2-22.1 63 91.2 77.9-96.8
Native American 174 45 25.1 15.7-37.8 129 74.9 62.2-84.3
Other Minorities 257 44 21.8 14.3-31.8 213 78.2 68.2-85.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 283 37 17.0 10.4-26.5 246 83.0 73.5-89.6
-English Speaking 116 13 7.9 3.6-16.6 103 92.1 83.4-96.4
-Spanish Speaking 167 24 20.4 11.8-33.0 143 79.6 67.0-88.2
Non-Hispanic 6,150 1,257 19.7 18.2-21.3 4,893 80.3 78.7-81.8
AGE
18-24 459 92 20.6 15.2-27.2 367 79.4 72.8-84.8
25-34 1,093 267 23.1 19.6-26.9 826 76.9 73.1-80.4
35-44 1,276 298 22.1 18.9-25.7 978 77.9 74.3-81.1
45-54 1,276 343 23.7 20.6-27.3 933 76.3 72.7-79.4
55-64 936 168 16.4 13.2-20.1 768 83.6 79.9-86.8
65-74 773 92 10.9 8.2-14.3 681 89.1 85.7-91.8
75+ 580 31 5.7 3.6- 9.0 549 94.3 91.0-96.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,020 200 21.6 17.5-26.3 820 78.4 73.7-82.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,887 376 17.7 15.3-20.5 1,511 82.3 79.5-84.7
Some Post-H.S. 1,509 371 23.6 20.5-27.0 1,138 76.4 73.0-79.5
College Graduate 2,013 345 16.5 14.1-19.2 1,668 83.5 80.8-85.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 647 177 25.4 20.2-31.3 470 74.6 68.7-79.8
$15,000- 24,999 1,059 239 22.1 18.1-26.8 820 77.9 73.2-81.9
$25,000- 34,999 770 168 21.6 17.5-26.4 602 78.4 73.6-82.5
$35,000- 49,999 875 186 18.7 15.2-22.8 689 81.3 77.2-84.8
$50,000-74,999 730 141 17.9 14.2-22.4 589 82.1 77.6-85.8
$75,000+ 861 150 15.7 12.6-19.4 711 84.3 80.6-87.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 396 82 21.8 17.3-27.2 314 78.2 72.8-82.7
Forsyth 450 100 19.9 16.1-24.3 350 80.1 75.7-83.9
Guilford 406 69 15.8 12.0-20.5 337 84.2 79.5-88.0
Henderson/Transylvania 456 88 17.4 13.8-21.7 368 82.6 78.3-86.2
Mecklenburg 429 96 20.9 16.6-26.1 333 79.1 73.9-83.4
Orange 418 85 22.3 14.8-32.2 333 77.7 67.8-85.2
Pitt 406 84 18.7 14.8-23.3 322 81.3 76.7-85.2
Randolph 412 84 21.5 16.6-27.4 328 78.5 72.6-83.4
Robeson 415 89 19.1 15.0-24.0 326 80.9 76.0-85.0
Wake 412 79 17.2 13.5-21.7 333 82.8 78.3-86.5
Western NC 633 127 18.4 15.3-22.0 506 81.6 78.0-84.7
Piedmont NC 853 149 17.5 14.5-20.9 704 82.5 79.1-85.5
Eastern NC 758 162 22.6 19.0-26.6 596 77.4 73.4-81.0

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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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