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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina

HIV/AIDS

In the past 12 months has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional talked to you about preventing sexually transmitted diseases through condom use?*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,162 629 13.4 11.8-15.0 4,533 86.6 85.0-88.2
Western NC 483 33 6.2 4.0- 9.7 450 93.8 90.3-96.0
GENDER
Male 217 8 4.7 1.9-11.1 209 95.3 88.9-98.1
Female 266 25 8.3 5.4-12.4 241 91.7 87.6-94.6
RACE
White 447 27 5.5 3.3- 9.1 420 94.5 90.9-96.7
Other 34 6 15.2 6.2-32.6 28 84.8 67.4-93.8
AGE
18-44 240 25 9.2 5.5-15.0 215 90.8 85.0-94.5
45+ 243 8 2.6 1.1- 5.9 235 97.4 94.1-98.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 253 16 4.9 2.8- 8.5 237 95.1 91.5-97.2
Some College + 230 17 7.8 4.0-14.7 213 92.2 85.3-96.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 300 27 9.1 5.5-14.5 273 90.9 85.5-94.5
$50,000+ 99 3 1.9 0.5- 6.5 96 98.1 93.5-99.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 310 32 10.4 7.2-14.8 278 89.6 85.2-92.8
Forsyth 367 52 15.0 11.1-20.0 315 85.0 80.0-88.9
Guilford 314 48 16.8 12.3-22.6 266 83.2 77.4-87.7
Henderson/Transylvania 300 23 8.8 5.5-13.9 277 91.2 86.1-94.5
Mecklenburg 360 47 14.6 10.4-20.2 313 85.4 79.8-89.6
Orange 366 50 15.4 11.1-21.0 316 84.6 79.0-88.9
Pitt 355 60 17.9 13.3-23.5 295 82.1 76.5-86.7
Randolph 319 31 15.4 8.9-25.2 288 84.6 74.8-91.1
Robeson 339 45 12.5 8.7-17.6 294 87.5 82.4-91.3
Wake 372 52 14.7 10.9-19.5 320 85.3 80.5-89.1
Piedmont NC 670 71 11.8 8.5-16.1 599 88.2 83.9-91.5
Eastern NC 607 85 16.0 12.7-20.0 522 84.0 80.0-87.3

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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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