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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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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%)
TOTAL 7,038 725 11.4 10.2-12.8 6,313 88.6 87.2-89.8
GENDER
Male 2,643 185 9.0 7.2-11.0 2,458 91.0 89.0-92.8
Female 4,395 540 13.9 12.3-15.7 3,855 86.1 84.3-87.7
RACE
White 5,022 329 7.4 6.3- 8.8 4,693 92.6 91.2-93.7
African American 1,469 305 21.1 18.1-24.5 1,164 78.9 75.5-81.9
Asian 44 0 0.0 . - . 44 100 . - .
Native American 184 20 14.5 5.5-33.2 164 85.5 66.8-94.5
Other Minorities 297 69 26.9 19.6-35.7 228 73.1 64.3-80.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 307 72 26.7 19.4-35.4 235 73.3 64.6-80.6
-English Speaking 112 17 18.1 8.9-33.5 95 81.9 66.5-91.1
-Spanish Speaking 195 55 29.4 20.7-40.0 140 70.6 60.0-79.3
Non-Hispanic 6,728 652 10.2 9.1-11.4 6,076 89.8 88.6-90.9
AGE
18-24 572 198 26.3 21.4-31.9 374 73.7 68.1-78.6
25-34 1,393 246 16.6 13.9-19.8 1,147 83.4 80.2-86.1
35-44 1,763 164 9.2 7.2-11.7 1,599 90.8 88.3-92.8
45-54 1,816 75 4.3 2.9- 6.5 1,741 95.7 93.5-97.1
55-64 1,494 42 2.3 1.6- 3.5 1,452 97.7 96.5-98.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 859 128 17.5 13.4-22.4 731 82.5 77.6-86.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,129 232 12.0 9.9-14.6 1,897 88.0 85.4-90.1
Some Post-H.S. 1,881 211 13.3 10.9-16.2 1,670 86.7 83.8-89.1
College Graduate 2,160 154 6.2 4.9- 7.9 2,006 93.8 92.1-95.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 688 141 23.9 18.5-30.2 547 76.1 69.8-81.5
$15,000- 24,999 1,263 216 18.9 15.4-22.9 1,047 81.1 77.1-84.6
$25,000- 34,999 831 102 14.8 10.7-20.1 729 85.2 79.9-89.3
$35,000- 49,999 1,048 82 8.7 6.4-11.7 966 91.3 88.3-93.6
$50,000-74,999 896 35 3.9 2.5- 5.9 861 96.1 94.1-97.5
$75,000+ 1,049 39 4.6 2.9- 7.3 1,010 95.4 92.7-97.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 313 34 13.0 8.8-18.8 279 87.0 81.2-91.2
Guilford 341 36 12.2 8.3-17.5 305 87.8 82.5-91.7
Mecklenburg 358 40 13.8 9.8-19.2 318 86.2 80.8-90.2
Orange 372 47 16.3 11.7-22.4 325 83.7 77.6-88.3
Wake 384 35 10.3 6.6-15.6 349 89.7 84.4-93.4
Chatham/Lee 286 32 11.6 7.8-16.8 254 88.4 83.2-92.2
Nash/Wilson 283 30 9.3 6.2-13.6 253 90.7 86.4-93.8
Craven/Pamlico 312 30 10.6 7.0-15.8 282 89.4 84.2-93.0
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 318 10 4.5 2.2- 8.9 308 95.5 91.1-97.8
Appalachian/Wilkes 336 27 9.8 6.3-14.9 309 90.2 85.1-93.7
Franklin/Gran./Vance 368 47 12.1 8.6-16.9 321 87.9 83.1-91.4
Graham/Swain/Jackson 309 34 10.6 6.9-16.1 275 89.4 83.9-93.1
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 372 45 13.1 9.4-18.0 327 86.9 82.0-90.6
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 308 33 11.8 8.1-17.1 275 88.2 82.9-91.9
Northeast NC I 332 44 11.4 8.2-15.8 288 88.6 84.2-91.8
Northeast NC II 368 34 8.4 5.7-12.3 334 91.6 87.7-94.3
Northeastern Partnership 700 78 9.5 7.3-12.3 622 90.5 87.7-92.7
Mountain AHEC 910 89 9.3 7.1-12.1 821 90.7 87.9-92.9
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,454 273 12.1 10.0-14.5 2,181 87.9 85.5-90.0
Piedmont 3,104 325 11.8 10.1-13.8 2,779 88.2 86.2-89.9
Western NC 1,480 127 8.5 6.5-11.0 1,353 91.5 89.0-93.5

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

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = 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.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** 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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