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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 5,140 152 3.5 2.7- 4.5 4,988 96.5 95.5-97.3
GENDER
Male 2,061 73 3.8 2.7- 5.3 1,988 96.2 94.7-97.3
Female 3,079 79 3.2 2.2- 4.6 3,000 96.8 95.4-97.8
RACE
White 3,802 87 2.8 2.0- 4.0 3,715 97.2 96.0-98.0
African American 850 40 5.4 3.2- 8.8 810 94.6 91.2-96.8
Asian 61 3 7.1 2.2-20.5 58 92.9 79.5-97.8
Native American 151 8 4.0 1.5-10.3 143 96.0 89.7-98.5
Other Minorities 247 14 4.8 2.4- 9.2 233 95.2 90.8-97.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 268 18 5.7 3.1-10.3 250 94.3 89.7-96.9
-English Speaking 103 5 3.1 0.9- 9.8 98 96.9 90.2-99.1
-Spanish Speaking 165 13 6.6 3.3-12.7 152 93.4 87.3-96.7
Non-Hispanic 4,865 134 3.3 2.5- 4.3 4,731 96.7 95.7-97.5
AGE
18-24 477 29 7.2 4.2-12.0 448 92.8 88.0-95.8
25-34 1,115 46 3.8 2.5- 5.5 1,069 96.2 94.5-97.5
35-44 1,294 32 2.7 1.6- 4.4 1,262 97.3 95.6-98.4
45-54 1,304 30 2.6 1.4- 4.8 1,274 97.4 95.2-98.6
55-64 950 15 1.6 0.8- 3.2 935 98.4 96.8-99.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 623 35 6.0 3.7- 9.6 588 94.0 90.4-96.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,507 50 3.6 2.3- 5.6 1,457 96.4 94.4-97.7
Some Post-H.S. 1,286 38 3.6 2.2- 6.0 1,248 96.4 94.0-97.8
College Graduate 1,719 29 1.9 1.1- 3.1 1,690 98.1 96.9-98.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 430 24 6.1 3.4-10.6 406 93.9 89.4-96.6
$15,000- 24,999 797 38 5.0 3.0- 8.2 759 95.0 91.8-97.0
$25,000- 34,999 633 22 3.6 2.0- 6.5 611 96.4 93.5-98.0
$35,000- 49,999 770 14 2.8 1.2- 6.4 756 97.2 93.6-98.8
$50,000-74,999 684 18 3.6 1.8- 7.1 666 96.4 92.9-98.2
$75,000+ 819 16 1.6 0.8- 3.0 803 98.4 97.0-99.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 305 10 4.4 2.3- 8.5 295 95.6 91.5-97.7
Forsyth 366 8 3.5 1.2- 9.7 358 96.5 90.3-98.8
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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