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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina

Sexual Assault/Physical Violence

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%)
North Carolina 6,430 12 0.2 0.1- 0.4 139 1.8 1.4- 2.3 6,279 98.0 97.5-98.4
Western NC 631 0 0.0 . - . 13 1.8 1.0- 3.3 618 98.2 96.7-99.0
GENDER
Male 272 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.7 0.2- 3.3 270 99.3 96.7-99.8
Female 359 0 0.0 . - . 11 3.2 1.7- 5.9 348 96.8 94.1-98.3
RACE
White 586 0 0.0 . - . 13 2.0 1.1- 3.6 573 98.0 96.4-98.9
Other 43 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 43 100 . - .
AGE
18-44 232 0 0.0 . - . 7 2.1 0.9- 4.7 225 97.9 95.3-99.1
45+ 395 0 0.0 . - . 6 1.7 0.7- 4.0 389 98.3 96.0-99.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 361 0 0.0 . - . 4 0.6 0.2- 1.7 357 99.4 98.3-99.8
Some College + 269 0 0.0 . - . 9 3.5 1.7- 7.0 260 96.5 93.0-98.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 387 0 0.0 . - . 7 1.7 0.8- 3.6 380 98.3 96.4-99.2
$50,000+ 104 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.6 0.4- 6.6 102 98.4 93.4-99.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 394 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7 8 1.5 0.6- 3.5 385 98.4 96.4-99.3
Forsyth 448 0 0.0 . - . 11 2.7 1.4- 5.1 437 97.3 94.9-98.6
Guilford 404 0 0.0 . - . 9 2.2 1.1- 4.4 395 97.8 95.6-98.9
Henderson/Transylvania 455 0 0.0 . - . 14 2.6 1.4- 4.6 441 97.4 95.4-98.6
Mecklenburg 428 1 0.5 0.1- 3.1 10 1.6 0.8- 3.1 417 97.9 96.0-98.9
Orange 423 1 0.4 0.1- 2.9 5 0.7 0.3- 2.0 417 98.8 97.0-99.5
Pitt 405 2 0.2 0.1- 1.0 5 1.2 0.5- 3.0 398 98.6 96.8-99.4
Randolph 414 2 0.5 0.1- 2.0 10 1.8 0.9- 3.4 402 97.8 95.9-98.8
Robeson 414 1 0.1 0.0- 0.5 9 1.3 0.7- 2.7 404 98.6 97.2-99.3
Wake 412 1 0.5 0.1- 3.5 11 1.3 0.7- 2.4 400 98.2 96.4-99.1
Piedmont NC 841 2 0.2 0.0- 1.1 16 1.7 1.0- 2.9 823 98.2 96.9-98.9
Eastern NC 761 1 0.0 0.0- 0.2 18 2.2 1.3- 3.8 742 97.8 96.1-98.7

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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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