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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina

Sexual Assault/Physical Violence

Has a partner or ex-partner ever forced you to have sex or to do sexual things? By partner, I mean your current or ex-(husband/wife) or (boyfriend/girlfriend).*

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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%)
North Carolina 6,419 28 0.4 0.2- 0.6 223 2.6 2.1- 3.2 6,168 97.1 96.5-97.6
Piedmont NC 840 4 0.4 0.1- 1.1 18 1.7 1.0- 2.9 818 97.9 96.7-98.7
GENDER
Male 312 2 0.3 0.1- 1.7 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1 309 99.4 97.8-99.8
Female 528 2 0.4 0.1- 1.9 17 3.0 1.7- 5.0 509 96.6 94.4-98.0
RACE
White 690 3 0.4 0.1- 1.4 16 2.0 1.2- 3.5 671 97.5 96.0-98.5
Other 145 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7 2 0.6 0.1- 2.3 142 99.3 97.7-99.8
AGE
18-44 360 4 0.7 0.2- 2.3 9 1.8 0.9- 3.6 347 97.5 95.4-98.6
45+ 470 0 0.0 . - . 9 1.7 0.8- 3.6 461 98.3 96.4-99.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 451 1 0.0 0.0- 0.2 12 2.2 1.2- 4.0 438 97.8 96.0-98.8
Some College + 385 3 0.8 0.2- 2.8 6 1.1 0.4- 2.7 376 98.1 96.0-99.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 437 3 0.6 0.2- 2.1 12 2.1 1.1- 3.9 422 97.3 95.3-98.5
$50,000+ 213 1 0.2 0.0- 1.5 3 0.9 0.2- 4.3 209 98.9 95.9-99.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 394 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4 11 1.5 0.8- 2.9 382 98.3 96.8-99.1
Forsyth 448 2 0.4 0.1- 1.5 17 3.2 1.8- 5.5 429 96.4 94.1-97.9
Guilford 403 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4 14 2.8 1.6- 4.9 388 96.9 94.6-98.2
Henderson/Transylvania 455 1 0.2 0.0- 1.6 20 3.4 2.1- 5.5 434 96.4 94.2-97.7
Mecklenburg 428 4 1.0 0.3- 3.4 23 3.8 2.4- 6.0 401 95.2 92.5-96.9
Orange 418 3 0.9 0.3- 3.0 12 1.6 0.9- 3.1 403 97.4 95.4-98.6
Pitt 404 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1 14 3.3 1.6- 6.9 389 96.2 92.5-98.1
Randolph 413 3 0.5 0.1- 1.4 17 2.8 1.6- 4.9 393 96.7 94.6-98.0
Robeson 413 2 0.1 0.0- 0.6 9 1.7 0.8- 3.6 402 98.1 96.3-99.1
Wake 412 1 0.5 0.1- 3.5 14 2.7 1.4- 5.1 397 96.8 94.1-98.3
Western NC 630 2 0.1 0.0- 0.5 23 2.4 1.5- 3.7 605 97.5 96.2-98.4
Eastern NC 761 3 0.2 0.1- 0.7 31 3.1 2.0- 4.8 727 96.7 95.0-97.8

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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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