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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Forsyth County

HIV/AIDS

I'm going to read you a list. When I'm done, please tell me if any of the situations apply to you. You don't need to tell me which one.
You have used intravenous drugs in the past year.
You have been treated for a sexually transmitted or venereal disease in the past year.
You have given or received money or drugs in exchange for sex in the past year.
You had anal sex without a condom in the past year.

Do any of these situations apply to you?*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,140 152 3.5 2.7- 4.5 4,988 96.5 95.5-97.3
Forsyth County 366 8 3.5 1.2- 9.7 358 96.5 90.3-98.8
GENDER
Male 146 3 5.5 1.5-18.3 143 94.5 81.7-98.5
Female 220 5 1.5 0.6- 3.8 215 98.5 96.2-99.4
RACE
White 267 7 4.6 1.5-13.0 260 95.4 87.0-98.5
Other 96 1 0.7 0.1- 4.7 95 99.3 95.3-99.9
AGE
18-44 195 3 3.7 0.7-16.3 192 96.3 83.7-99.3
45+ 171 5 3.3 1.2- 9.2 166 96.7 90.8-98.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 136 3 5.7 1.3-21.1 133 94.3 78.9-98.7
Some College + 230 5 1.9 0.6- 5.7 225 98.1 94.3-99.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 171 7 6.6 2.0-19.5 164 93.4 80.5-98.0
$50,000+ 133 1 1.5 0.2-10.0 132 98.5 90.0-99.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 305 10 4.4 2.3- 8.5 295 95.6 91.5-97.7
Guilford 314 11 2.9 1.6- 5.4 303 97.1 94.6-98.4
Henderson/Transylvania 300 5 2.3 0.9- 5.6 295 97.7 94.4-99.1
Mecklenburg 361 11 3.9 2.0- 7.4 350 96.1 92.6-98.0
Orange 363 9 3.0 1.4- 6.5 354 97.0 93.5-98.6
Pitt 355 11 3.2 1.7- 6.0 344 96.8 94.0-98.3
Randolph 316 11 4.0 2.0- 7.9 305 96.0 92.1-98.0
Robeson 338 18 8.0 3.9-15.9 320 92.0 84.1-96.1
Wake 372 9 3.0 1.4- 6.1 363 97.0 93.9-98.6
Western NC 480 11 2.2 1.1- 4.1 469 97.8 95.9-98.9
Piedmont NC 666 22 4.0 2.4- 6.8 644 96.0 93.2-97.6
Eastern NC 604 16 3.3 1.8- 6.0 588 96.7 94.0-98.2

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported being less than age 65.

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

** 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, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Person, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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