2012 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Adverse Childhood Experience

How often did anyone at least 5 years older than you or an adult, ever touch you sexually?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Never Once More than once
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 10,829 9,806 90.8 90.1-91.4 350 3.1 2.7- 3.5 673 6.1 5.6- 6.7
-Western NC 1,470 1,339 90.7 88.5-92.5 43 2.8 1.9- 4.0 88 6.6 5.0- 8.5
GENDER
Male 564 541 96.0 93.4-97.6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Female 906 798 85.7 82.2-88.6 31 4.2 2.8- 6.4 77 10.1 7.6-13.3
RACE
White 1,205 1,095 90.5 88.1-92.5 38 3.0 2.0- 4.4 72 6.5 4.8- 8.7
Other minorities 255 234 90.9 84.6-94.8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HISPANIC
Hispanic 63 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 1,405 1,278 90.3 88.0-92.2 42 2.9 2.0- 4.1 85 6.8 5.2- 8.9
AGE
18-34 206 183 89.4 83.8-93.3 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-54 378 331 87.6 82.8-91.2 *** *** *** 36 10.6 7.2-15.4
55-64 332 305 92.7 88.7-95.3 *** *** *** 18 4.8 2.8- 8.3
65-74 329 302 92.6 88.9-95.2 *** *** *** 16 3.8 2.1- 6.7
75+ 218 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 199 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 453 412 90.9 86.8-93.9 *** *** *** 27 6.3 3.8-10.3
Some Post-H.S. 371 334 89.5 84.9-92.7 *** *** *** 23 6.9 4.3-11.0
College Graduate 445 406 91.3 87.2-94.2 *** *** *** 28 5.9 3.7- 9.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 209 177 85.6 78.0-90.9 *** *** *** 21 10.6 6.0-18.2
$15,000- 24,999 287 263 91.9 86.8-95.1 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 160 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 160 146 89.7 81.9-94.4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 402 365 89.7 85.1-93.0 *** *** *** 25 7.6 4.8-11.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 436 388 87.9 82.7-91.6 *** *** *** 32 8.5 5.3-13.4
No 1,025 943 91.5 89.1-93.5 27 2.5 1.6- 4.0 55 5.9 4.3- 8.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 177 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 1,293 1,174 90.5 88.1-92.4 37 2.7 1.8- 4.0 82 6.8 5.2- 9.0

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These questions have not been asked in previous years.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2012 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2012 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^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.

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