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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Sexual Assault/Physical Violence--WHITE Respondents Only

Ever Physically Assaulted*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,919 990 19.6 18.0-21.4 3,929 80.4 78.6-82.0
GENDER
Male 1,903 367 18.1 15.6-20.8 1,536 81.9 79.2-84.4
Female 3,016 623 21.1 19.0-23.4 2,393 78.9 76.6-81.0
AGE
18-24 315 65 20.4 14.4-28.0 250 79.6 72.0-85.6
25-34 774 195 24.4 20.3-29.1 579 75.6 70.9-79.7
35-44 921 227 23.3 19.6-27.5 694 76.7 72.5-80.4
45-54 981 263 24.1 20.4-28.2 718 75.9 71.8-79.6
55-64 747 130 15.5 12.1-19.7 617 84.5 80.3-87.9
65-74 653 81 11.2 8.3-15.1 572 88.8 84.9-91.7
75+ 497 27 5.6 3.4- 9.2 470 94.4 90.8-96.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 639 123 19.9 15.3-25.4 516 80.1 74.6-84.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,430 279 17.8 15.1-20.9 1,151 82.2 79.1-84.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,144 283 24.0 20.5-27.9 861 76.0 72.1-79.5
College Graduate 1,697 304 18.1 15.3-21.2 1,393 81.9 78.8-84.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 424 118 26.6 20.2-34.1 306 73.4 65.9-79.8
$15,000- 24,999 677 159 21.2 17.0-26.1 518 78.8 73.9-83.0
$25,000- 34,999 568 124 22.2 17.5-27.7 444 77.8 72.3-82.5
$35,000- 49,999 709 157 20.2 16.2-24.9 552 79.8 75.1-83.8
$50,000-74,999 636 123 18.5 14.4-23.4 513 81.5 76.6-85.6
$75,000+ 756 137 16.1 12.8-20.2 619 83.9 79.8-87.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 353 72 21.8 16.9-27.5 281 78.2 72.5-83.1
Forsyth 337 68 17.3 13.3-22.1 269 82.7 77.9-86.7
Guilford 272 47 15.2 11.2-20.5 225 84.8 79.5-88.8
Henderson/Transylvania 416 81 17.8 14.1-22.2 335 82.2 77.8-85.9
Mecklenburg 261 63 24.7 18.7-32.0 198 75.3 68.0-81.3
Orange 343 75 24.7 15.8-36.6 268 75.3 63.4-84.2
Pitt 285 69 21.5 16.5-27.5 216 78.5 72.5-83.5
Randolph 372 77 22.0 16.8-28.4 295 78.0 71.6-83.2
Robeson 168 28 13.9 9.3-20.2 140 86.1 79.8-90.7
Wake 301 51 15.9 11.9-21.1 250 84.1 78.9-88.1
Western NC 587 118 18.4 15.2-22.1 469 81.6 77.9-84.8
Piedmont NC 699 125 18.0 14.6-21.8 574 82.0 78.2-85.4
Eastern NC 525 116 22.8 18.8-27.3 409 77.2 72.7-81.2

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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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