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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Sexual Assault/Physical Violence--WHITE Respondents Only

Has a stranger 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 4,909 7 0.1 0.0- 0.4 111 2.1 1.6- 2.8 4,791 97.7 97.1-98.3
GENDER
Male 1,897 0 0.0 . - . 18 0.8 0.4- 1.5 1,879 99.2 98.5-99.6
Female 3,012 7 0.3 0.1- 0.8 93 3.4 2.5- 4.6 2,912 96.3 95.1-97.3
AGE
18-24 314 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1 6 2.4 0.7- 7.2 307 97.2 92.5-99.0
25-34 773 2 0.4 0.1- 2.2 16 1.9 1.0- 3.5 755 97.7 95.9-98.7
35-44 921 0 0.0 . - . 34 2.9 1.7- 4.7 887 97.1 95.3-98.3
45-54 980 2 0.0 0.0- 0.2 31 2.9 1.7- 4.8 947 97.1 95.1-98.2
55-64 748 2 0.1 0.0- 0.3 16 2.1 1.1- 4.0 730 97.9 95.9-98.9
65-74 652 0 0.0 . - . 6 0.5 0.1- 1.5 646 99.5 98.5-99.9
75+ 490 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.6 0.2- 2.6 488 99.4 97.4-99.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 632 1 0.0 0.0- 0.2 15 2.6 1.0- 6.3 616 97.4 93.7-98.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,430 3 0.2 0.0- 0.9 25 1.1 0.7- 1.9 1,402 98.7 97.8-99.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,144 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8 31 2.6 1.6- 4.4 1,112 97.1 95.3-98.3
College Graduate 1,694 2 0.0 0.0- 0.2 40 2.6 1.7- 4.0 1,652 97.3 96.0-98.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 421 2 0.9 0.1- 5.4 11 1.0 0.4- 2.2 408 98.2 95.2-99.3
$15,000- 24,999 677 0 0.0 . - . 21 2.4 1.3- 4.5 656 97.6 95.5-98.7
$25,000- 34,999 569 1 0.0 0.0- 0.1 13 2.3 1.2- 4.5 555 97.7 95.5-98.8
$35,000- 49,999 707 2 0.1 0.0- 0.3 19 2.1 1.2- 3.9 686 97.8 96.0-98.8
$50,000-74,999 636 0 0.0 . - . 13 2.4 1.1- 5.2 623 97.6 94.8-98.9
$75,000+ 756 0 0.0 . - . 11 1.0 0.5- 1.8 745 99.0 98.2-99.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 351 1 0.1 0.0- 0.8 6 1.4 0.5- 3.8 344 98.5 96.2-99.4
Forsyth 336 0 0.0 . - . 9 3.0 1.4- 6.2 327 97.0 93.8-98.6
Guilford 270 0 0.0 . - . 3 1.4 0.4- 4.5 267 98.6 95.5-99.6
Henderson/Transylvania 416 0 0.0 . - . 14 3.1 1.7- 5.5 402 96.9 94.5-98.3
Mecklenburg 261 1 0.8 0.1- 5.5 6 1.6 0.7- 3.8 254 97.6 94.4-99.0
Orange 345 0 0.0 . - . 5 0.9 0.4- 2.5 340 99.1 97.5-99.6
Pitt 283 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.0 0.2- 4.0 281 99.0 96.0-99.8
Randolph 375 2 0.5 0.1- 2.2 10 2.0 1.0- 3.8 363 97.5 95.5-98.7
Robeson 168 0 0.0 . - . 5 2.2 0.9- 5.7 163 97.8 94.3-99.1
Wake 301 0 0.0 . - . 9 1.6 0.8- 3.2 292 98.4 96.8-99.2
Western NC 586 0 0.0 . - . 13 2.0 1.1- 3.6 573 98.0 96.4-98.9
Piedmont NC 691 2 0.2 0.0- 1.4 15 2.0 1.2- 3.5 674 97.8 96.2-98.7
Eastern NC 526 1 0.0 0.0- 0.3 14 2.8 1.5- 5.1 511 97.2 94.8-98.5

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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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