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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Sexual & Physical Violence

Has a stranger ever pushed, hit, slapped, kicked, or physically hurt you in any other way?

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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 48 1.3 0.8- 2.3 425 6.8 5.9- 7.9 6,289 91.8 90.5-93.0
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 154 2 1.2 0.2- 5.8 6 4.4 1.6-11.2 146 94.5 87.6-97.6
Buncombe 157 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 8 6.3 2.7-14.0 148 93.5 85.9-97.1
Cabarrus 167 0 0.0 . - . 9 3.8 1.8- 7.7 158 96.2 92.3-98.2
Catawba 188 0 0.0 . - . 15 7.9 3.9-15.5 173 92.1 84.5-96.1
Cumberland 163 0 0.0 . - . 18 10.5 6.3-16.9 145 89.5 83.1-93.7
Davidson 167 1 0.5 0.1- 3.2 8 6.0 2.0-17.1 158 93.5 82.8-97.7
Durham 157 2 0.9 0.2- 3.6 11 7.5 3.8-14.3 144 91.6 84.9-95.5
Forsyth 172 1 1.9 0.3-12.3 6 4.5 1.7-11.4 165 93.6 85.2-97.4
Gaston 173 3 1.5 0.5- 4.8 9 4.9 2.2-10.8 161 93.6 87.7-96.7
Guilford 172 2 1.7 0.4- 7.4 9 5.8 2.7-11.7 161 92.5 86.0-96.1
Iredell 186 0 0.0 . - . 15 8.9 4.9-15.5 171 91.1 84.5-95.1
Johnston 200 0 0.0 . - . 13 9.3 4.0-20.2 187 90.7 79.8-96.0
Mecklenburg 324 2 1.2 0.2- 7.5 21 5.3 3.1- 8.9 301 93.5 88.9-96.2
New Hanover 181 2 12.8 2.2-49.5 10 5.7 2.5-12.4 169 81.5 53.5-94.4
Onslow 179 4 1.7 0.6- 4.8 10 4.7 1.9-11.1 165 93.6 87.3-96.8
Orange 170 2 1.3 0.3- 5.3 16 9.0 5.0-15.7 152 89.6 82.7-94.0
Pitt 161 1 0.7 0.1- 5.1 8 6.2 2.6-14.1 152 93.1 85.2-96.9
Randolph 182 1 0.9 0.1- 6.2 10 7.5 3.5-15.5 171 91.6 83.5-95.9
Robeson 182 1 0.5 0.1- 3.7 12 9.4 4.7-17.9 169 90.1 81.6-94.9
Rowan 199 0 0.0 . - . 16 10.9 5.1-21.7 183 89.1 78.3-94.9
Union 172 1 0.3 0.0- 2.0 6 3.8 1.3-10.6 165 96.0 89.3-98.5
Wake 283 2 0.4 0.1- 1.8 19 8.2 3.9-16.4 262 91.4 83.3-95.7
Wayne 168 1 4.8 0.7-26.7 10 6.0 3.0-11.7 157 89.2 75.5-95.7
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 2,182 16 1.9 0.6- 5.5 138 7.0 5.6- 8.6 2,028 91.2 88.4-93.3
Piedmont 3,276 23 1.3 0.7- 2.3 207 6.8 5.5- 8.5 3,046 91.9 90.1-93.4
Western NC 1,304 9 0.5 0.3- 1.0 80 6.5 4.9- 8.6 1,215 93.0 90.8-94.6
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 807 6 0.5 0.2- 1.1 49 6.3 4.3- 9.2 752 93.2 90.4-95.2
Northwest 1,467 7 1.3 0.4- 3.7 95 7.1 5.4- 9.3 1,365 91.6 89.0-93.7
Charlotte 948 6 0.8 0.2- 3.2 51 4.8 3.4- 6.8 891 94.4 92.0-96.1
Greensboro 792 8 2.1 0.7- 5.7 49 8.2 5.4-12.3 735 89.8 85.2-93.0
Southern Regional 603 2 0.2 0.0- 0.6 40 6.6 4.5- 9.6 561 93.2 90.3-95.3
Coastal 331 2 6.5 1.0-31.7 23 8.3 4.9-13.7 306 85.2 70.2-93.4
Wake 723 5 0.9 0.3- 3.0 52 8.0 5.0-12.5 666 91.1 86.5-94.2
Area L 165 4 1.9 0.7- 5.6 15 10.9 6.0-18.9 146 87.2 79.1-92.4
Eastern 926 8 1.4 0.5- 3.8 51 5.2 3.5- 7.7 867 93.4 90.5-95.4

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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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