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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Sexual & Physical Violence

Has someone you knew, not including a partner or ex-partner, 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 6,755 13 0.2 0.1- 0.3 200 2.6 2.2- 3.2 6,542 97.2 96.6-97.7
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 154 0 0.0 . - . 6 4.4 1.8-10.2 148 95.6 89.8-98.2
Buncombe 158 1 0.6 0.1- 4.1 10 6.4 3.1-12.8 147 93.1 86.6-96.5
Cabarrus 166 0 0.0 . - . 8 5.9 2.5-13.6 158 94.1 86.4-97.5
Catawba 187 0 0.0 . - . 5 2.4 0.8- 6.6 182 97.6 93.4-99.2
Cumberland 163 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4 4 2.9 1.0- 7.8 158 96.9 92.1-98.8
Davidson 167 0 0.0 . - . 5 2.8 1.0- 7.3 162 97.2 92.7-99.0
Durham 157 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.1 0.3- 4.6 155 98.9 95.4-99.7
Forsyth 172 0 0.0 . - . 4 1.5 0.5- 4.1 168 98.5 95.9-99.5
Gaston 172 0 0.0 . - . 5 1.9 0.7- 5.0 167 98.1 95.0-99.3
Guilford 172 0 0.0 . - . 6 4.2 1.7-10.2 166 95.8 89.8-98.3
Iredell 187 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.7 0.2- 3.5 185 99.3 96.5-99.8
Johnston 200 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2 3 2.4 0.6- 8.5 196 97.4 91.6-99.2
Mecklenburg 322 0 0.0 . - . 9 2.1 1.0- 4.3 313 97.9 95.7-99.0
New Hanover 182 1 0.8 0.1- 5.6 2 0.7 0.2- 3.0 179 98.5 94.8-99.6
Onslow 179 2 1.4 0.3- 7.7 10 3.6 1.6- 8.0 167 95.0 89.5-97.7
Orange 169 0 0.0 . - . 8 5.2 1.9-13.2 161 94.8 86.8-98.1
Pitt 162 0 0.0 . - . 5 4.3 1.4-12.7 157 95.7 87.3-98.6
Randolph 182 0 0.0 . - . 8 4.8 1.9-11.6 174 95.2 88.4-98.1
Robeson 180 0 0.0 . - . 5 1.6 0.7- 4.0 175 98.4 96.0-99.3
Rowan 200 0 0.0 . - . 8 3.6 1.6- 7.9 192 96.4 92.1-98.4
Union 173 0 0.0 . - . 9 3.5 1.7- 7.3 164 96.5 92.7-98.3
Wake 284 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8 9 3.1 1.3- 7.2 274 96.6 92.6-98.5
Wayne 167 0 0.0 . - . 6 6.4 1.5-23.7 161 93.6 76.3-98.5
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 2,179 8 0.3 0.1- 0.8 50 2.0 1.4- 2.9 2,121 97.7 96.7-98.4
Piedmont 3,274 2 0.1 0.0- 0.3 109 2.9 2.2- 3.8 3,163 97.0 96.2-97.7
Western NC 1,302 3 0.2 0.1- 0.7 41 2.9 2.0- 4.3 1,258 96.9 95.5-97.8
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 807 2 0.3 0.1- 1.2 28 3.5 2.2- 5.5 777 96.3 94.2-97.6
Northwest 1,467 1 0.0 0.0- 0.1 36 1.9 1.2- 2.9 1,430 98.1 97.1-98.7
Charlotte 945 1 0.1 0.0- 0.5 36 2.8 1.9- 4.2 908 97.1 95.8-98.1
Greensboro 791 0 0.0 . - . 30 3.7 2.3- 5.9 761 96.3 94.1-97.7
Southern Regional 601 1 0.1 0.0- 0.4 11 2.3 1.0- 5.0 589 97.7 95.0-98.9
Coastal 332 2 0.7 0.2- 2.8 3 0.6 0.2- 1.9 327 98.7 96.7-99.5
Wake 724 2 0.2 0.0- 0.9 19 2.8 1.5- 5.0 703 97.1 94.9-98.4
Area L 165 1 0.8 0.1- 5.7 3 0.9 0.3- 2.8 161 98.3 94.8-99.4
Eastern 923 3 0.3 0.1- 1.1 34 3.3 2.0- 5.3 886 96.4 94.4-97.7

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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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