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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Sexual & Physical Violence

Has a stranger ever forced you to have sex or to do sexual things?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes, within the past 12 months Yes, more than 12 months ago No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,762 21 0.6 0.2- 1.6 200 2.4 2.0- 2.9 6,541 97.0 96.2-97.7
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 154 1 1.9 0.3-12.2 6 3.1 1.2- 7.6 147 95.0 87.9-98.0
Buncombe 158 0 0.0 . - . 11 5.1 2.7- 9.6 147 94.9 90.4-97.3
Cabarrus 167 0 0.0 . - . 6 2.8 1.2- 6.5 161 97.2 93.5-98.8
Catawba 188 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4 187 99.8 98.6- 100
Cumberland 163 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8 10 5.0 2.6- 9.6 152 94.7 90.1-97.2
Davidson 165 0 0.0 . - . 4 2.1 0.6- 6.7 161 97.9 93.3-99.4
Durham 155 1 0.5 0.1- 3.3 1 0.2 0.0- 1.6 153 99.3 97.0-99.8
Forsyth 172 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.7 0.2- 3.0 170 99.3 97.0-99.8
Gaston 171 1 0.3 0.0- 2.3 6 3.5 1.2- 9.6 164 96.2 90.2-98.5
Guilford 173 0 0.0 . - . 8 3.6 1.5- 8.3 165 96.4 91.7-98.5
Iredell 187 0 0.0 . - . 3 0.9 0.3- 2.8 184 99.1 97.2-99.7
Johnston 200 1 0.1 0.0- 0.8 4 1.6 0.5- 5.7 195 98.3 94.4-99.5
Mecklenburg 323 2 1.4 0.2- 7.1 6 1.5 0.6- 3.7 315 97.2 92.9-98.9
New Hanover 181 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.4 0.1- 1.9 179 99.6 98.1-99.9
Onslow 179 2 0.5 0.1- 2.0 5 1.2 0.4- 3.1 172 98.3 96.3-99.3
Orange 170 0 0.0 . - . 6 2.7 1.0- 7.3 164 97.3 92.7-99.0
Pitt 162 0 0.0 . - . 9 7.0 3.1-15.0 153 93.0 85.0-96.9
Randolph 182 0 0.0 . - . 11 5.4 2.5-11.3 171 94.6 88.7-97.5
Robeson 183 2 1.5 0.4- 6.2 4 1.9 0.7- 5.1 177 96.6 92.2-98.6
Rowan 200 0 0.0 . - . 6 3.8 1.6- 8.7 194 96.2 91.3-98.4
Union 174 0 0.0 . - . 4 1.2 0.4- 3.4 170 98.8 96.6-99.6
Wake 284 1 2.9 0.4-17.5 5 0.9 0.4- 2.4 278 96.2 84.9-99.1
Wayne 168 0 0.0 . - . 5 1.4 0.5- 3.7 163 98.6 96.3-99.5
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 2,184 8 0.3 0.1- 0.6 60 2.0 1.5- 2.7 2,116 97.7 97.0-98.3
Piedmont 3,275 9 0.8 0.2- 2.7 89 2.3 1.7- 3.1 3,177 96.9 95.5-97.9
Western NC 1,303 4 0.3 0.1- 1.0 51 3.9 2.8- 5.4 1,248 95.8 94.3-97.0
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 807 4 0.5 0.1- 1.5 35 3.8 2.6- 5.6 768 95.7 93.8-97.1
Northwest 1,466 0 0.0 . - . 32 2.3 1.3- 3.8 1,434 97.7 96.2-98.7
Charlotte 947 5 0.8 0.2- 3.2 26 2.1 1.3- 3.4 916 97.1 95.1-98.3
Greensboro 793 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8 33 3.9 2.1- 7.0 759 95.8 92.7-97.7
Southern Regional 605 4 0.5 0.2- 1.5 21 3.5 2.0- 6.1 580 95.9 93.4-97.6
Coastal 331 0 0.0 . - . 5 0.9 0.3- 2.2 326 99.1 97.8-99.7
Wake 722 4 1.8 0.3- 9.6 15 1.2 0.7- 2.2 703 97.0 91.6-98.9
Area L 165 0 0.0 . - . 3 1.6 0.5- 5.7 162 98.4 94.3-99.5
Eastern 926 3 0.3 0.1- 1.2 30 2.2 1.4- 3.4 893 97.6 96.2-98.4

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

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, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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