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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Sexual Assault/Physical Violence--MALE Respondents Only

Ever Physically Assaulted*

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  Total
Respond.#		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,519 481 18.4 16.1-20.9 2,038 81.6 79.1-83.9
RACE
White 1,903 367 18.1 15.6-20.8 1,536 81.9 79.2-84.4
African American 359 69 18.9 13.6-25.6 290 81.1 74.4-86.4
Asian 30 1 0.8 0.1- 6.1 29 99.2 93.9-99.9
Native American 69 15 20.5 8.9-40.5 54 79.5 59.5-91.1
Other Minorities 144 26 22.6 12.8-36.7 118 77.4 63.3-87.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 153 19 16.2 8.0-30.0 134 83.8 70.0-92.0
-English Speaking 54 4 4.5 1.5-12.8 50 95.5 87.2-98.5
-Spanish Speaking 99 15 19.6 9.3-36.7 84 80.4 63.3-90.7
Non-Hispanic 2,361 462 18.7 16.4-21.2 1,899 81.3 78.8-83.6
AGE
18-24 181 35 19.9 12.2-30.6 146 80.1 69.4-87.8
25-34 435 100 22.6 17.5-28.6 335 77.4 71.4-82.5
35-44 547 115 20.6 16.0-26.1 432 79.4 73.9-84.0
45-54 513 128 19.9 15.6-25.0 385 80.1 75.0-84.4
55-64 360 57 15.1 10.3-21.5 303 84.9 78.5-89.7
65-74 286 33 10.1 6.2-16.0 253 89.9 84.0-93.8
75+ 176 12 6.1 2.9-12.6 164 93.9 87.4-97.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 420 79 22.5 16.3-30.2 341 77.5 69.8-83.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 744 131 13.9 10.7-17.9 613 86.1 82.1-89.3
Some Post-H.S. 518 126 23.3 18.2-29.3 392 76.7 70.7-81.8
College Graduate 831 143 17.1 13.5-21.5 688 82.9 78.5-86.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 199 46 22.4 14.2-33.4 153 77.6 66.6-85.8
$15,000- 24,999 392 78 19.8 13.6-27.9 314 80.2 72.1-86.4
$25,000- 34,999 310 59 17.8 12.2-25.2 251 82.2 74.8-87.8
$35,000- 49,999 390 73 17.5 12.5-23.9 317 82.5 76.1-87.5
$50,000-74,999 287 60 18.7 13.1-26.0 227 81.3 74.0-86.9
$75,000+ 428 78 16.8 12.4-22.3 350 83.2 77.7-87.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 151 35 22.6 16.0-30.9 116 77.4 69.1-84.0
Forsyth 173 38 19.1 13.6-26.2 135 80.9 73.8-86.4
Guilford 149 26 16.8 10.9-25.1 123 83.2 74.9-89.1
Henderson/Transylvania 181 29 15.6 10.6-22.2 152 84.4 77.8-89.4
Mecklenburg 158 32 18.8 12.6-27.1 126 81.2 72.9-87.4
Orange 174 35 19.4 13.8-26.7 139 80.6 73.3-86.2
Pitt 157 35 19.3 13.7-26.6 122 80.7 73.4-86.3
Randolph 168 37 25.6 17.6-35.5 131 74.4 64.5-82.4
Robeson 169 32 16.1 10.7-23.7 137 83.9 76.3-89.3
Wake 177 31 16.1 11.1-22.8 146 83.9 77.2-88.9
Western NC 273 48 14.5 10.6-19.4 225 85.5 80.6-89.4
Piedmont NC 314 52 16.7 12.2-22.5 262 83.3 77.5-87.8
Eastern NC 275 51 22.2 16.5-29.2 224 77.8 70.8-83.5

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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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