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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Wake County

Sexual Assault/Physical Violence

Has a partner or ex-partner ever pushed, hit, slapped, kicked, or physically hurt you in another way? 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 6,448 106 1.3 1.0- 1.8 713 9.5 8.5-10.6 5,629 89.2 88.0-90.2
Wake County 412 10 2.6 1.3- 5.0 40 7.0 4.9- 9.9 362 90.4 87.0-93.1
GENDER
Male 177 4 2.4 0.9- 6.2 6 2.2 0.9- 5.1 167 95.5 91.4-97.7
Female 235 6 2.8 1.1- 6.9 34 12.5 8.5-18.0 195 84.7 78.7-89.3
RACE
White 301 5 1.5 0.6- 3.9 26 7.1 4.6-10.9 270 91.3 87.3-94.2
Other 109 5 4.9 1.9-12.3 14 6.7 3.5-12.4 90 88.3 80.6-93.3
AGE
18-44 233 8 3.2 1.5- 6.9 22 6.9 4.2-11.1 203 89.9 85.0-93.3
45+ 176 2 1.5 0.4- 5.8 18 7.3 4.4-11.9 156 91.2 86.0-94.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 103 2 2.5 0.5-11.5 16 9.7 5.6-16.2 85 87.8 79.9-92.8
Some College + 309 8 2.6 1.2- 5.3 24 6.1 3.7- 9.6 277 91.4 87.3-94.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 148 8 6.5 3.1-13.2 18 9.1 5.0-15.8 122 84.4 76.4-90.1
$50,000+ 173 2 0.8 0.2- 3.9 16 7.1 4.2-11.7 155 92.1 87.3-95.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 397 11 2.8 1.4- 5.3 42 11.3 7.9-16.0 344 85.9 81.0-89.7
Forsyth 451 12 2.7 1.4- 5.2 49 7.7 5.6-10.4 390 89.6 86.3-92.2
Guilford 406 4 0.7 0.2- 1.8 37 6.7 4.7- 9.5 365 92.6 89.8-94.8
Henderson/Transylvania 457 1 0.1 0.0- 1.1 53 10.1 7.5-13.6 403 89.7 86.3-92.4
Mecklenburg 429 9 2.4 1.0- 6.0 51 9.2 6.8-12.4 369 88.3 84.4-91.4
Orange 418 9 2.5 1.2- 5.1 45 7.7 5.4-10.7 364 89.8 86.2-92.6
Pitt 406 6 1.5 0.6- 3.6 47 8.6 6.2-11.7 353 89.9 86.5-92.5
Randolph 412 10 1.7 0.9- 3.3 44 9.3 6.4-13.3 358 89.0 84.9-92.1
Robeson 416 13 2.4 1.2- 4.5 46 8.8 6.3-12.1 357 88.8 85.2-91.7
Western NC 633 7 1.4 0.6- 3.1 72 9.2 7.2-11.7 554 89.4 86.6-91.7
Piedmont NC 853 8 1.1 0.5- 2.3 84 8.2 6.4-10.5 761 90.7 88.3-92.7
Eastern NC 758 6 0.6 0.2- 1.5 103 12.5 10.0-15.6 649 86.9 83.8-89.5

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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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