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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Sexual Assault/Physical Violence--FEMALE Respondents Only

Has a stranger 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 3,934 23 1.0 0.6- 1.9 134 2.9 2.3- 3.8 3,777 96.0 95.0-96.9
RACE
White 3,019 16 0.8 0.4- 1.7 110 3.3 2.5- 4.4 2,893 95.9 94.6-96.8
African American 630 4 0.5 0.2- 1.7 20 2.1 1.2- 3.6 606 97.4 95.7-98.4
Asian 39 1 1.3 0.2- 9.1 0 0.0 . - . 38 98.7 90.9-99.8
Native American 106 0 0.0 . - . 3 9.2 2.5-28.4 103 90.8 71.6-97.5
Other Minorities 114 2 6.4 1.6-21.9 1 0.9 0.1- 6.4 111 92.7 78.1-97.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 131 2 6.0 1.5-20.8 2 1.1 0.2- 5.4 127 92.9 79.3-97.8
-English Speaking 62 0 0.0 . - . 2 3.3 0.7-14.5 60 96.7 85.5-99.3
-Spanish Speaking 69 2 9.2 2.4-29.9 0 0.0 . - . 67 90.8 70.1-97.6
Non-Hispanic 3,797 21 0.8 0.4- 1.5 132 3.1 2.4- 3.9 3,644 96.2 95.1-97.0
AGE
18-24 279 7 4.2 1.6-10.5 7 1.0 0.4- 2.4 265 94.8 88.9-97.6
25-34 660 7 1.7 0.6- 4.8 26 3.6 2.2- 5.9 627 94.7 91.5-96.7
35-44 729 4 0.3 0.1- 1.2 36 4.6 3.0- 7.2 689 95.0 92.5-96.8
45-54 766 3 0.3 0.1- 1.5 36 4.1 2.2- 7.4 727 95.6 92.3-97.5
55-64 578 0 0.0 . - . 22 3.4 1.9- 6.0 556 96.6 94.0-98.1
65-74 487 1 0.5 0.1- 3.3 6 0.6 0.2- 2.0 480 98.9 96.8-99.6
75+ 405 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 1 0.1 0.0- 0.6 403 99.7 98.5-99.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 602 3 1.8 0.5- 6.9 15 3.5 1.6- 7.6 584 94.7 89.7-97.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,145 8 1.0 0.4- 2.7 30 2.3 1.4- 3.7 1,107 96.7 94.9-97.9
Some Post-H.S. 994 10 1.5 0.6- 3.3 47 3.5 2.4- 5.0 937 95.1 93.0-96.6
College Graduate 1,184 2 0.1 0.0- 0.4 42 3.0 1.9- 4.8 1,140 96.9 95.2-98.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 449 11 4.8 2.1-10.7 12 1.7 0.7- 4.1 426 93.5 87.8-96.6
$15,000- 24,999 667 2 0.6 0.1- 3.2 24 4.4 2.3- 8.3 641 94.9 90.9-97.2
$25,000- 34,999 462 3 1.6 0.4- 6.1 21 3.6 2.0- 6.3 438 94.8 90.9-97.1
$35,000- 49,999 485 2 0.1 0.0- 0.4 24 4.1 2.3- 7.4 459 95.8 92.5-97.6
$50,000-74,999 444 1 0.1 0.0- 0.6 10 1.6 0.8- 3.2 433 98.4 96.8-99.2
$75,000+ 433 1 0.0 0.0- 0.3 16 2.1 1.1- 3.9 416 97.9 96.1-98.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 245 2 1.0 0.2- 3.9 7 2.9 1.3- 6.3 236 96.2 92.4-98.1
Forsyth 277 4 1.3 0.4- 3.8 14 5.8 3.1-10.5 259 92.9 88.1-95.8
Guilford 257 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7 9 3.8 1.9- 7.6 247 95.8 91.9-97.8
Henderson/Transylvania 275 1 0.2 0.0- 1.6 14 4.6 2.5- 8.3 260 95.2 91.5-97.3
Mecklenburg 271 1 2.0 0.3-12.8 13 4.1 2.3- 7.2 257 93.8 87.7-97.0
Orange 246 1 0.4 0.0- 2.5 13 3.6 1.9- 6.8 232 96.0 92.7-97.9
Pitt 249 0 0.0 . - . 8 2.6 1.2- 5.4 241 97.4 94.6-98.8
Randolph 245 1 0.3 0.0- 2.3 6 2.1 0.8- 5.3 238 97.6 94.4-99.0
Robeson 247 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2 4 1.7 0.5- 5.5 242 98.1 94.5-99.4
Wake 235 3 2.1 0.5- 7.9 8 2.8 1.3- 5.9 224 95.1 90.2-97.6
Western NC 361 1 0.5 0.1- 3.1 13 3.3 1.8- 6.0 347 96.3 93.4-97.9
Piedmont NC 539 2 0.8 0.2- 3.1 14 2.8 1.5- 5.3 523 96.4 93.7-98.0
Eastern NC 487 5 1.2 0.4- 3.3 11 2.2 1.2- 4.2 471 96.6 94.2-98.0

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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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