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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Sexual Assault/Physical Violence--FEMALE Respondents Only

Has someone you knew, not including a partner or ex-partner, ever forced you to have sex or to do sexual things?*

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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 3,915 18 0.5 0.2- 0.9 126 2.8 2.1- 3.8 3,771 96.7 95.7-97.5
RACE
White 3,009 13 0.3 0.1- 0.7 98 3.1 2.2- 4.3 2,898 96.6 95.4-97.5
African American 625 3 0.5 0.1- 2.3 20 2.1 1.2- 3.8 602 97.4 95.4-98.5
Asian 37 1 5.7 0.8-31.3 0 0.0 . - . 36 94.3 68.7-99.2
Native American 106 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.5 0.3- 7.7 104 98.5 92.3-99.7
Other Minorities 112 1 2.0 0.3-12.6 4 2.8 1.0- 7.5 107 95.2 87.7-98.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 130 1 1.8 0.3-11.9 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4 128 98.0 88.9-99.7
-English Speaking 62 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 62 100 . - .
-Spanish Speaking 68 1 2.8 0.4-17.5 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1 66 96.9 83.5-99.5
Non-Hispanic 3,779 17 0.4 0.2- 0.8 125 3.0 2.2- 4.0 3,637 96.6 95.6-97.4
AGE
18-24 279 4 1.3 0.4- 4.8 12 4.4 1.8-10.4 263 94.3 88.3-97.3
25-34 656 7 1.3 0.5- 3.4 28 3.5 2.1- 5.7 621 95.3 92.6-97.0
35-44 727 3 0.2 0.0- 0.7 25 2.3 1.4- 3.8 699 97.5 96.0-98.5
45-54 757 2 0.1 0.0- 0.2 40 5.2 3.0- 8.7 715 94.8 91.3-96.9
55-64 575 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7 13 1.7 0.9- 3.2 561 98.2 96.7-99.1
65-74 490 0 0.0 . - . 6 0.5 0.1- 1.7 484 99.5 98.3-99.9
75+ 402 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 2 0.5 0.1- 2.7 399 99.3 97.3-99.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 596 5 0.7 0.2- 3.2 17 4.7 2.1- 9.9 574 94.6 89.4-97.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,141 4 0.3 0.1- 1.3 34 2.1 1.3- 3.5 1,103 97.6 96.1-98.5
Some Post-H.S. 989 7 0.8 0.3- 2.3 36 2.5 1.6- 3.8 946 96.7 95.1-97.8
College Graduate 1,180 2 0.2 0.0- 0.8 39 3.1 2.0- 4.7 1,139 96.8 95.1-97.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 445 6 1.7 0.5- 5.6 17 2.0 1.0- 3.9 422 96.3 92.9-98.1
$15,000- 24,999 665 2 0.6 0.1- 3.5 23 3.1 1.4- 6.7 640 96.3 92.5-98.2
$25,000- 34,999 462 2 0.2 0.1- 1.1 20 4.0 2.0- 7.6 440 95.8 92.2-97.8
$35,000- 49,999 484 1 0.0 0.0- 0.3 25 4.7 2.9- 7.6 458 95.2 92.4-97.0
$50,000-74,999 443 1 0.1 0.0- 0.6 9 1.1 0.5- 2.2 433 98.9 97.7-99.4
$75,000+ 430 3 0.4 0.1- 1.8 7 1.0 0.4- 2.4 420 98.6 97.0-99.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 244 2 0.6 0.1- 2.5 12 4.2 2.3- 7.6 230 95.2 91.7-97.3
Forsyth 275 2 0.7 0.2- 2.7 12 5.6 2.9-10.6 261 93.7 88.7-96.6
Guilford 255 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7 8 3.0 1.4- 6.4 246 96.6 93.1-98.4
Henderson/Transylvania 276 1 0.5 0.1- 3.2 8 3.4 1.6- 7.4 267 96.1 92.0-98.1
Mecklenburg 270 0 0.0 . - . 11 4.1 2.1- 7.6 259 95.9 92.4-97.9
Orange 246 3 1.3 0.3- 4.8 8 2.0 0.8- 4.5 235 96.8 93.4-98.5
Pitt 247 1 0.3 0.0- 1.9 11 3.2 1.6- 6.1 235 96.5 93.5-98.2
Randolph 246 1 0.3 0.0- 2.3 9 3.7 1.8- 7.6 236 95.9 92.1-98.0
Robeson 246 0 0.0 . - . 5 1.6 0.6- 4.4 241 98.4 95.6-99.4
Wake 234 1 1.1 0.2- 7.3 8 2.3 1.1- 4.7 225 96.7 92.7-98.5
Western NC 359 2 1.0 0.2- 4.4 11 3.0 1.5- 5.9 346 96.0 92.6-97.9
Piedmont NC 531 2 0.4 0.1- 1.9 8 1.9 0.8- 4.4 521 97.7 95.2-98.9
Eastern NC 486 2 0.3 0.1- 1.6 15 3.1 1.6- 5.8 469 96.6 93.8-98.2

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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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