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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina

Sexual Assault/Physical Violence

Has someone you knew, not including a partner or ex-partner, 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%)
North Carolina 6,451 56 1.2 0.9- 1.8 368 5.8 4.9- 6.8 6,027 93.0 91.9-93.9
Western NC 634 8 1.2 0.5- 2.5 36 5.2 3.6- 7.3 590 93.7 91.3-95.4
GENDER
Male 273 3 0.8 0.3- 2.7 18 4.8 2.9- 7.9 252 94.3 91.1-96.4
Female 361 5 1.6 0.6- 4.2 18 5.6 3.4- 9.1 338 92.9 89.1-95.4
RACE
White 588 8 1.3 0.6- 2.7 32 5.2 3.6- 7.5 548 93.5 91.0-95.4
Other 44 0 0.0 . - . 4 5.3 1.8-15.0 40 94.7 85.0-98.2
AGE
18-44 234 7 2.5 1.1- 5.4 16 6.0 3.5-10.1 211 91.6 87.1-94.6
45+ 396 1 0.1 0.0- 0.9 20 4.6 2.9- 7.2 375 95.3 92.7-97.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 362 5 1.2 0.4- 3.3 11 3.1 1.6- 5.9 346 95.7 92.6-97.5
Some College + 271 3 1.1 0.3- 3.5 25 8.0 5.3-12.0 243 90.9 86.7-93.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 390 8 1.9 0.9- 4.1 28 6.2 4.1- 9.2 354 91.9 88.5-94.3
$50,000+ 104 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.4 0.3- 5.8 102 98.6 94.2-99.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 398 2 0.4 0.1- 1.7 22 7.8 5.0-12.0 374 91.8 87.6-94.6
Forsyth 449 3 0.7 0.2- 2.2 30 5.9 3.9- 8.7 416 93.4 90.5-95.5
Guilford 406 3 0.6 0.2- 2.0 30 6.7 4.2-10.5 373 92.7 88.9-95.3
Henderson/Transylvania 458 2 0.4 0.1- 1.9 27 5.7 3.7- 8.6 429 93.9 90.9-95.9
Mecklenburg 429 3 1.3 0.3- 4.8 24 5.1 3.2- 7.9 402 93.6 90.1-96.0
Orange 418 2 5.2 0.8-27.4 24 6.1 3.9- 9.5 392 88.7 75.7-95.2
Pitt 406 2 0.3 0.1- 1.3 24 6.0 3.9- 9.1 380 93.7 90.5-95.8
Randolph 413 3 0.6 0.2- 1.7 16 6.4 3.3-12.3 394 93.0 87.3-96.3
Robeson 415 4 0.8 0.3- 2.2 26 6.0 3.8- 9.2 385 93.3 90.0-95.6
Wake 412 6 1.5 0.7- 3.3 19 4.9 3.0- 7.9 387 93.7 90.5-95.8
Piedmont NC 853 10 1.5 0.7- 3.0 45 4.9 3.5- 6.9 798 93.6 91.4-95.3
Eastern NC 760 8 1.2 0.5- 2.7 45 7.0 4.8-10.1 707 91.8 88.6-94.2

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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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