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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Sexual Assault/Physical Violence--FEMALE Respondents Only

Ever Physically Assaulted*

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  Total
Respond.#		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,925 813 20.5 18.6-22.5 3,112 79.5 77.5-81.4
RACE
White 3,016 623 21.1 19.0-23.4 2,393 78.9 76.6-81.0
African American 626 133 18.3 14.3-23.2 493 81.7 76.8-85.7
Asian 39 5 14.9 5.3-35.5 34 85.1 64.5-94.7
Native American 105 30 32.4 20.3-47.4 75 67.6 52.6-79.7
Other Minorities 113 18 20.4 11.1-34.5 95 79.6 65.5-88.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 130 18 18.4 9.7-32.2 112 81.6 67.8-90.3
-English Speaking 62 9 11.7 4.2-28.7 53 88.3 71.3-95.8
-Spanish Speaking 68 9 22.1 10.2-41.6 59 77.9 58.4-89.8
Non-Hispanic 3,789 795 20.7 18.8-22.7 2,994 79.3 77.3-81.2
AGE
18-24 278 57 21.4 14.9-29.8 221 78.6 70.2-85.1
25-34 658 167 23.6 19.3-28.6 491 76.4 71.4-80.7
35-44 729 183 23.6 19.3-28.4 546 76.4 71.6-80.7
45-54 763 215 27.5 23.1-32.4 548 72.5 67.6-76.9
55-64 576 111 17.6 13.7-22.3 465 82.4 77.7-86.3
65-74 487 59 11.4 8.1-16.0 428 88.6 84.0-91.9
75+ 404 19 5.4 3.0- 9.6 385 94.6 90.4-97.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 600 121 20.6 15.7-26.4 479 79.4 73.6-84.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,143 245 21.3 17.9-25.2 898 78.7 74.8-82.1
Some Post-H.S. 991 245 23.9 20.3-27.9 746 76.1 72.1-79.7
College Graduate 1,182 202 15.8 13.1-19.0 980 84.2 81.0-86.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 448 131 27.4 21.2-34.5 317 72.6 65.5-78.8
$15,000- 24,999 667 161 24.3 19.5-29.8 506 75.7 70.2-80.5
$25,000- 34,999 460 109 25.0 19.3-31.6 351 75.0 68.4-80.7
$35,000- 49,999 485 113 20.2 15.8-25.5 372 79.8 74.5-84.2
$50,000-74,999 443 81 17.1 12.7-22.8 362 82.9 77.2-87.3
$75,000+ 433 72 14.2 10.5-18.9 361 85.8 81.1-89.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 245 47 21.1 15.2-28.5 198 78.9 71.5-84.8
Forsyth 277 62 20.6 15.7-26.6 215 79.4 73.4-84.3
Guilford 257 43 14.8 10.7-20.1 214 85.2 79.9-89.3
Henderson/Transylvania 275 59 19.2 14.4-25.2 216 80.8 74.8-85.6
Mecklenburg 271 64 23.2 17.6-29.8 207 76.8 70.2-82.4
Orange 244 50 24.7 12.9-42.3 194 75.3 57.7-87.1
Pitt 249 49 18.0 13.1-24.2 200 82.0 75.8-86.9
Randolph 244 47 17.5 12.5-23.9 197 82.5 76.1-87.5
Robeson 246 57 22.6 17.2-29.2 189 77.4 70.8-82.8
Wake 235 48 18.5 13.5-24.8 187 81.5 75.2-86.5
Western NC 360 79 23.1 18.6-28.5 281 76.9 71.5-81.4
Piedmont NC 539 97 18.1 14.5-22.3 442 81.9 77.7-85.5
Eastern NC 483 111 22.9 18.7-27.7 372 77.1 72.3-81.3

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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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