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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 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 6,757 67 1.9 1.3- 2.8 477 8.0 7.0- 9.2 6,213 90.1 88.7-91.3
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 154 2 1.7 0.4- 6.8 7 7.2 3.2-15.7 145 91.0 82.6-95.6
Buncombe 158 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 11 9.4 4.9-17.2 146 90.4 82.6-94.9
Cabarrus 167 2 0.7 0.2- 2.7 13 13.5 4.5-34.2 152 85.8 65.8-95.0
Catawba 187 2 1.1 0.3- 4.8 12 6.6 3.4-12.3 173 92.3 86.3-95.8
Cumberland 163 3 2.2 0.7- 6.9 12 6.3 3.4-11.4 148 91.5 85.7-95.1
Davidson 168 0 0.0 . - . 15 9.4 4.3-19.1 153 90.6 80.9-95.7
Durham 157 1 0.5 0.1- 3.3 13 6.5 3.6-11.6 143 93.0 87.8-96.1
Forsyth 171 1 0.2 0.0- 1.6 8 3.7 1.8- 7.6 162 96.0 92.2-98.0
Gaston 170 4 5.2 1.5-16.2 12 11.0 5.2-21.8 154 83.8 72.0-91.3
Guilford 172 3 2.5 0.5-12.1 13 7.9 4.3-14.0 156 89.6 81.9-94.3
Iredell 187 2 2.2 0.5- 9.2 12 6.9 3.5-13.2 173 90.8 83.7-95.0
Johnston 200 4 11.8 3.2-34.9 10 4.0 1.8- 8.4 186 84.2 64.8-93.9
Mecklenburg 324 3 1.7 0.4- 6.7 21 6.9 4.0-11.5 300 91.4 86.1-94.8
New Hanover 182 3 3.9 1.0-14.0 13 5.7 3.0-10.7 166 90.4 81.9-95.1
Onslow 178 3 3.3 0.7-14.5 21 11.4 6.6-19.1 154 85.2 75.9-91.3
Orange 168 1 0.7 0.1- 4.5 21 11.2 6.4-19.1 146 88.1 80.2-93.1
Pitt 162 0 0.0 . - . 8 8.3 3.6-18.2 154 91.7 81.8-96.4
Randolph 181 0 0.0 . - . 8 4.2 1.6-11.1 173 95.8 88.9-98.4
Robeson 181 1 0.3 0.0- 2.3 17 8.3 4.8-13.9 163 91.4 85.7-95.0
Rowan 201 1 0.5 0.1- 3.5 18 9.8 5.0-18.5 182 89.7 81.0-94.6
Union 173 1 0.2 0.0- 1.1 5 3.2 0.9-10.7 167 96.6 89.4-99.0
Wake 283 2 2.0 0.4- 9.7 16 9.4 4.7-18.2 265 88.5 79.4-93.9
Wayne 167 1 0.5 0.1- 3.7 15 16.1 7.3-32.1 151 83.3 67.6-92.3
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 2,179 21 2.4 1.3- 4.5 153 7.7 6.0- 9.7 2,005 89.9 87.4-92.0
Piedmont 3,273 32 1.9 1.1- 3.2 230 8.3 6.8-10.1 3,011 89.8 87.8-91.6
Western NC 1,305 14 1.0 0.5- 2.0 94 7.7 5.9- 9.9 1,197 91.3 89.0-93.2
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 808 11 1.0 0.5- 2.0 59 7.7 5.6-10.6 738 91.3 88.3-93.5
Northwest 1,469 12 1.9 0.8- 4.5 110 8.0 6.2-10.3 1,347 90.1 87.3-92.3
Charlotte 946 12 1.8 0.8- 3.9 59 7.9 5.5-11.3 875 90.3 86.7-93.0
Greensboro 789 8 2.5 0.9- 6.7 58 9.0 6.3-12.8 723 88.4 83.9-91.8
Southern Regional 602 5 1.0 0.4- 2.7 41 6.8 4.5-10.2 556 92.2 88.7-94.7
Coastal 332 3 2.0 0.5- 7.4 25 7.5 4.4-12.4 304 90.5 84.8-94.2
Wake 723 7 2.6 1.0- 7.1 46 7.6 4.6-12.4 670 89.8 84.3-93.5
Area L 164 3 2.3 0.6- 7.8 14 12.8 7.1-21.9 147 84.9 75.6-91.1
Eastern 924 6 1.6 0.6- 4.5 65 8.0 5.2-12.2 853 90.4 85.9-93.5

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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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