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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Physical Activity-FEMALES

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 4,250 125 3.7 2.9- 4.8 4,125 96.3 95.2-97.1
RACE
White 3,017 71 3.3 2.4- 4.7 2,946 96.7 95.3-97.6
African American 946 47 5.6 3.7- 8.2 899 94.4 91.8-96.3
Asian 21 0 0.0 . - . 21 100 . - .
Native American 116 4 7.9 2.0-26.0 112 92.1 74.0-98.0
Other Minorities 139 2 1.1 0.2- 5.9 137 98.9 94.1-99.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 148 3 1.9 0.5- 6.7 145 98.1 93.3-99.5
-English Speaking 67 3 6.5 1.8-21.2 64 93.5 78.8-98.2
-Spanish Speaking 81 0 0.0 . - . 81 100 . - .
Non-Hispanic 4,099 121 3.8 2.9- 5.0 3,978 96.2 95.0-97.1
AGE
18-24 350 33 9.5 5.8-15.3 317 90.5 84.7-94.2
25-34 846 36 4.5 2.9- 6.9 810 95.5 93.1-97.1
35-44 1,051 25 2.9 1.6- 5.3 1,026 97.1 94.7-98.4
45-54 1,095 22 2.1 1.2- 3.7 1,073 97.9 96.3-98.8
55-64 908 9 0.9 0.4- 2.1 899 99.1 97.9-99.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 477 20 4.8 2.7- 8.6 457 95.2 91.4-97.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,267 38 4.1 2.5- 6.5 1,229 95.9 93.5-97.5
Some Post-H.S. 1,190 35 4.0 2.3- 6.7 1,155 96.0 93.3-97.7
College Graduate 1,311 32 2.8 1.7- 4.4 1,279 97.2 95.6-98.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 482 24 4.6 2.6- 8.2 458 95.4 91.8-97.4
$15,000- 24,999 800 30 4.8 2.9- 7.6 770 95.2 92.4-97.1
$25,000- 34,999 547 16 3.6 1.8- 7.0 531 96.4 93.0-98.2
$35,000- 49,999 621 23 4.8 2.7- 8.2 598 95.2 91.8-97.3
$50,000-74,999 524 9 1.7 0.7- 3.8 515 98.3 96.2-99.3
$75,000+ 608 5 1.0 0.3- 2.8 603 99.0 97.2-99.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 183 8 4.5 2.1- 9.5 175 95.5 90.5-97.9
Guilford 202 9 3.7 1.7- 7.7 193 96.3 92.3-98.3
Mecklenburg 215 6 4.4 1.9- 9.9 209 95.6 90.1-98.1
Orange 220 5 6.9 1.5-26.2 215 93.1 73.8-98.5
Wake 220 6 2.6 1.1- 5.7 214 97.4 94.3-98.9
Chatham/Lee 169 3 1.8 0.5- 6.4 166 98.2 93.6-99.5
Nash/Wilson 172 5 4.0 1.4-11.0 167 96.0 89.0-98.6
Craven/Pamlico 197 10 5.5 2.7-10.6 187 94.5 89.4-97.3
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 185 4 2.3 0.8- 6.0 181 97.7 94.0-99.2
Appalachian/Wilkes 208 4 2.4 0.8- 6.9 204 97.6 93.1-99.2
Franklin/Gran./Vance 223 3 0.4 0.1- 1.5 220 99.6 98.5-99.9
Graham/Swain/Jackson 177 4 2.8 0.9- 8.0 173 97.2 92.0-99.1
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 228 4 3.1 1.1- 8.4 224 96.9 91.6-98.9
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 200 6 5.5 2.3-12.8 194 94.5 87.2-97.7
Northeast NC I 220 12 5.9 3.3-10.4 208 94.1 89.6-96.7
Northeast NC II 226 9 6.6 3.2-13.3 217 93.4 86.7-96.8
Northeastern Partnership 446 21 6.3 3.8-10.4 425 93.7 89.6-96.2
Mountain AHEC 548 14 2.6 1.3- 5.0 534 97.4 95.0-98.7
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,531 58 4.5 3.1- 6.3 1,473 95.5 93.7-96.9
Piedmont 1,830 46 3.7 2.4- 5.5 1,784 96.3 94.5-97.6
Western NC 889 21 2.5 1.4- 4.3 868 97.5 95.7-98.6

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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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