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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Sexual Assault/Physical Violence--WHITE 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 4,920 46 1.3 0.9- 2.0 327 7.0 5.9- 8.2 4,547 91.7 90.3-92.9
GENDER
Male 1,901 30 1.9 1.2- 3.0 217 10.8 8.8-13.2 1,654 87.3 84.8-89.4
Female 3,019 16 0.8 0.4- 1.7 110 3.3 2.5- 4.4 2,893 95.9 94.6-96.8
AGE
18-24 315 12 3.7 1.7- 7.8 13 4.3 1.6-11.1 290 92.0 85.4-95.8
25-34 774 13 2.2 1.1- 4.3 60 9.1 6.4-12.7 701 88.7 84.9-91.7
35-44 921 11 1.4 0.6- 3.2 85 9.8 7.2-13.2 825 88.8 85.2-91.6
45-54 981 7 0.9 0.3- 2.6 96 8.7 6.4-11.7 878 90.4 87.2-92.8
55-64 748 0 0.0 . - . 44 5.8 3.5- 9.5 704 94.2 90.5-96.5
65-74 653 2 0.4 0.1- 2.3 22 2.9 1.5- 5.7 629 96.7 93.8-98.3
75+ 497 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2 7 2.0 0.9- 4.5 489 97.9 95.3-99.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 638 5 2.0 0.7- 5.0 32 6.9 4.0-11.8 601 91.1 86.0-94.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,431 10 1.1 0.5- 2.5 79 4.8 3.4- 6.7 1,342 94.1 91.9-95.7
Some Post-H.S. 1,146 23 2.3 1.3- 3.9 101 8.5 6.3-11.3 1,022 89.2 86.1-91.7
College Graduate 1,696 8 0.5 0.2- 1.4 115 8.3 6.2-10.9 1,573 91.2 88.5-93.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 424 7 2.7 1.0- 7.3 29 9.7 5.2-17.3 388 87.5 79.8-92.6
$15,000- 24,999 677 8 2.3 1.0- 5.1 44 6.4 3.9-10.3 625 91.4 87.1-94.3
$25,000- 34,999 567 8 2.7 1.1- 6.1 39 4.4 2.9- 6.7 520 92.9 89.4-95.3
$35,000- 49,999 709 9 1.3 0.5- 3.3 52 7.4 5.0-10.8 648 91.3 87.7-94.0
$50,000-74,999 637 4 0.6 0.1- 2.5 48 8.0 5.3-12.0 585 91.4 87.4-94.2
$75,000+ 755 2 0.1 0.0- 0.5 57 6.9 4.7-10.0 696 93.0 89.9-95.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 353 3 0.9 0.3- 3.0 26 8.3 5.5-12.5 324 90.7 86.5-93.7
Forsyth 336 3 0.5 0.1- 1.5 24 7.3 4.6-11.3 309 92.2 88.2-94.9
Guilford 272 3 1.2 0.3- 3.8 17 7.4 4.4-12.1 252 91.4 86.6-94.7
Henderson/Transylvania 415 4 1.1 0.3- 3.3 28 6.5 4.3- 9.6 383 92.5 89.1-94.9
Mecklenburg 261 3 2.9 0.9- 8.6 22 7.9 4.9-12.4 236 89.2 83.5-93.2
Orange 344 2 0.7 0.2- 3.0 30 7.6 5.0-11.5 312 91.7 87.6-94.5
Pitt 285 3 1.7 0.4- 6.8 26 8.9 5.9-13.2 256 89.4 84.3-92.9
Randolph 373 2 0.6 0.1- 2.5 27 9.8 5.9-15.9 344 89.6 83.5-93.6
Robeson 168 1 0.8 0.1- 5.2 5 2.4 0.9- 6.0 162 96.9 92.8-98.7
Wake 301 5 2.1 0.8- 5.8 19 6.2 3.8-10.0 277 91.6 87.2-94.6
Western NC 588 4 0.9 0.3- 2.6 39 6.6 4.6- 9.2 545 92.5 89.7-94.6
Piedmont NC 699 5 0.7 0.3- 2.0 37 7.1 4.8-10.5 657 92.1 88.7-94.6
Eastern NC 525 8 1.9 0.9- 4.0 27 6.5 4.3- 9.7 490 91.6 88.1-94.1

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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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