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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 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 3,932 28 1.1 0.6- 1.9 169 4.3 3.4- 5.3 3,735 94.6 93.4-95.6
RACE
White 3,021 19 1.1 0.6- 2.1 127 4.8 3.7- 6.2 2,875 94.1 92.5-95.3
African American 628 7 0.6 0.2- 1.7 30 3.0 1.9- 4.6 591 96.4 94.7-97.6
Asian 39 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.0 0.1- 6.7 38 99.0 93.3-99.9
Native American 105 0 0.0 . - . 7 5.6 2.4-12.8 98 94.4 87.2-97.6
Other Minorities 113 2 3.8 0.8-16.5 3 2.3 0.7- 7.9 108 93.9 83.2-97.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 131 1 2.8 0.4-17.1 2 1.3 0.2- 7.1 128 95.9 84.4-99.0
-English Speaking 63 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 63 100 . - .
-Spanish Speaking 68 1 4.3 0.6-24.8 2 2.1 0.4-10.9 65 93.6 76.9-98.5
Non-Hispanic 3,795 27 1.0 0.6- 1.8 167 4.5 3.6- 5.6 3,601 94.5 93.3-95.6
AGE
18-24 278 4 2.7 0.8- 9.0 16 6.6 3.3-12.8 258 90.7 83.6-94.9
25-34 661 11 3.0 1.4- 6.3 31 4.5 2.8- 7.1 619 92.5 88.9-95.0
35-44 731 4 0.4 0.1- 1.2 38 5.0 3.3- 7.5 689 94.6 92.1-96.4
45-54 764 5 0.6 0.2- 2.3 55 7.1 4.8-10.2 704 92.3 89.1-94.6
55-64 577 4 0.3 0.1- 0.8 14 1.6 0.8- 2.9 559 98.2 96.8-99.0
65-74 487 0 0.0 . - . 13 1.5 0.6- 3.7 474 98.5 96.3-99.4
75+ 404 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.6 0.1- 3.0 402 99.4 97.0-99.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 601 4 0.9 0.2- 5.1 24 5.3 2.8- 9.6 573 93.8 89.2-96.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,146 11 1.7 0.7- 3.9 42 3.5 2.2- 5.4 1,093 94.8 92.3-96.6
Some Post-H.S. 993 7 0.9 0.4- 2.3 61 5.2 3.7- 7.2 925 93.9 91.7-95.6
College Graduate 1,183 6 0.6 0.2- 1.7 42 3.8 2.5- 5.8 1,135 95.5 93.4-97.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 448 10 2.4 1.0- 5.7 25 3.8 2.2- 6.5 413 93.8 90.1-96.2
$15,000- 24,999 669 2 0.4 0.1- 2.1 35 5.4 3.5- 8.2 632 94.1 91.3-96.1
$25,000- 34,999 461 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2 20 4.4 2.3- 8.4 440 95.4 91.5-97.6
$35,000- 49,999 485 4 0.7 0.2- 2.3 29 5.3 3.1- 9.0 452 94.0 90.3-96.3
$50,000-74,999 444 5 2.0 0.5- 7.8 12 1.3 0.7- 2.4 427 96.7 92.2-98.7
$75,000+ 433 1 0.3 0.0- 2.3 17 3.9 2.1- 7.4 415 95.7 92.2-97.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 247 2 0.8 0.2- 3.2 8 3.6 1.7- 7.2 237 95.6 91.8-97.7
Forsyth 277 1 0.4 0.1- 3.0 13 3.9 2.2- 7.0 263 95.7 92.5-97.5
Guilford 257 1 0.1 0.0- 0.9 18 5.8 3.5- 9.5 238 94.1 90.4-96.4
Henderson/Transylvania 276 1 0.6 0.1- 4.2 14 4.4 2.5- 7.7 261 95.0 91.4-97.1
Mecklenburg 271 0 0.0 . - . 11 4.4 2.2- 8.7 260 95.6 91.3-97.8
Orange 244 2 9.6 1.5-42.5 8 2.7 1.1- 6.3 234 87.7 60.6-97.1
Pitt 249 2 0.7 0.2- 2.6 10 4.7 2.3- 9.2 237 94.7 90.2-97.2
Randolph 245 2 0.7 0.2- 3.0 5 1.9 0.8- 4.6 238 97.4 94.4-98.8
Robeson 246 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2 11 4.3 2.1- 8.6 234 95.5 91.3-97.8
Wake 235 4 1.9 0.7- 4.9 7 2.7 1.3- 5.7 224 95.4 91.7-97.5
Western NC 361 5 1.6 0.6- 4.2 18 5.6 3.4- 9.1 338 92.9 89.1-95.4
Piedmont NC 539 5 1.9 0.8- 4.7 25 4.6 3.0- 7.1 509 93.5 90.3-95.6
Eastern NC 485 2 0.2 0.0- 1.1 21 4.0 2.3- 6.9 462 95.8 92.9-97.6

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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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