SCHS Home Search FAQs Guestbook

North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics Navigation Bar

2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Sexual & Physical Violence

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

View results for a demographic group:
Select a different topic:
View results for a different geographical area:
  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 5,466 5 0.1 0.0- 0.2 136 2.3 1.8- 2.9 5,325 97.7 97.0-98.2
-Western NC 1,173 0 0.0 . - . 19 1.7 0.9- 3.3 1,154 98.3 96.7-99.1
GENDER
Male 455 0 0.0 . - . 3 1.0 0.2- 5.7 452 99.0 94.3-99.8
Female 718 0 0.0 . - . 16 2.4 1.3- 4.3 702 97.6 95.7-98.7
RACE
White 1,074 0 0.0 . - . 15 1.6 0.8- 3.3 1,059 98.4 96.7-99.2
African American 35 0 0.0 . - . 2 5.6 0.9-27.9 33 94.4 72.1-99.1
Other Minorities 60 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.3 0.2- 6.8 58 98.7 93.2-99.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 20 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 20 100 . - .
Non-Hispanic 1,151 0 0.0 . - . 19 1.8 0.9- 3.4 1,132 98.2 96.6-99.1
AGE
18-24 43 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 43 100 . - .
25-34 80 0 0.0 . - . 4 6.0 2.0-16.8 76 94.0 83.2-98.0
35-44 127 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.1 0.0- 0.8 126 99.9 99.2- 100
45-54 191 0 0.0 . - . 6 2.2 0.8- 5.9 185 97.8 94.1-99.2
55-64 278 0 0.0 . - . 7 2.1 0.9- 4.7 271 97.9 95.3-99.1
65+ 442 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3 441 99.8 98.7- 100
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 153 0 0.0 . - . 8 5.6 2.2-13.6 145 94.4 86.4-97.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 374 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.3 0.0- 1.9 373 99.7 98.1- 100
Some Post-H.S. 301 0 0.0 . - . 5 1.4 0.5- 3.9 296 98.6 96.1-99.5
College Graduate 342 0 0.0 . - . 5 2.2 0.6- 8.4 337 97.8 91.6-99.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 154 0 0.0 . - . 3 4.1 1.2-13.5 151 95.9 86.5-98.8
$15,000- 24,999 223 0 0.0 . - . 4 2.0 0.6- 6.9 219 98.0 93.1-99.4
$25,000- 34,999 142 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.4 0.0- 2.5 141 99.6 97.5- 100
$35,000- 49,999 158 0 0.0 . - . 5 4.4 1.1-15.8 153 95.6 84.2-98.9
$50,000-74,999 158 0 0.0 . - . 3 1.1 0.3- 3.5 155 98.9 96.5-99.7
$75,000+ 165 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 165 100 . - .
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 443 0 0.0 . - . 8 1.5 0.6- 3.7 435 98.5 96.3-99.4
No 721 0 0.0 . - . 11 1.9 0.8- 4.2 710 98.1 95.8-99.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 169 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.4 0.1- 2.8 168 99.6 97.2-99.9
Non-Veteran 1,002 0 0.0 . - . 18 1.9 1.0- 3.7 984 98.1 96.3-99.0

Back to Sexual & Physical Violence.

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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.

BRFSS Home | Annual Questionnaires | Technical Notes

This page was generated on 09JUN10.

SCHS Home | Search | FAQs | Guestbook