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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 4,395 540 13.9 12.3-15.7 3,855 86.1 84.3-87.7
RACE
White 3,118 249 10.0 8.3-12.0 2,869 90.0 88.0-91.7
African American 981 238 24.2 20.4-28.5 743 75.8 71.5-79.6
Asian 21 0 0.0 . - . 21 100 . - .
Native American 119 14 10.8 5.6-20.0 105 89.2 80.0-94.4
Other Minorities 145 38 27.7 18.0-40.2 107 72.3 59.8-82.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 150 41 29.6 19.4-42.3 109 70.4 57.7-80.6
-English Speaking 67 13 37.1 19.3-59.4 54 62.9 40.6-80.7
-Spanish Speaking 83 28 26.5 15.4-41.8 55 73.5 58.2-84.6
Non-Hispanic 4,242 498 12.9 11.4-14.7 3,744 87.1 85.3-88.6
AGE
18-24 359 158 36.7 29.6-44.3 201 63.3 55.7-70.4
25-34 873 182 21.7 18.0-26.0 691 78.3 74.0-82.0
35-44 1,088 122 9.7 7.4-12.7 966 90.3 87.3-92.6
45-54 1,143 53 4.2 2.8- 6.3 1,090 95.8 93.7-97.2
55-64 932 25 2.2 1.3- 3.6 907 97.8 96.4-98.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 493 86 20.6 15.1-27.4 407 79.4 72.6-84.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,303 179 16.2 13.1-19.8 1,124 83.8 80.2-86.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,220 157 15.9 12.7-19.7 1,063 84.1 80.3-87.3
College Graduate 1,374 118 7.4 5.7- 9.7 1,256 92.6 90.3-94.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 485 113 28.2 22.2-35.1 372 71.8 64.9-77.8
$15,000- 24,999 804 170 24.1 19.6-29.3 634 75.9 70.7-80.4
$25,000- 34,999 545 77 14.8 10.4-20.5 468 85.2 79.5-89.6
$35,000- 49,999 621 52 8.7 5.9-12.6 569 91.3 87.4-94.1
$50,000-74,999 525 25 5.7 3.5- 9.0 500 94.3 91.0-96.5
$75,000+ 609 23 3.5 2.1- 5.8 586 96.5 94.2-97.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 187 25 16.6 11.0-24.3 162 83.4 75.7-89.0
Guilford 215 27 13.2 8.7-19.6 188 86.8 80.4-91.3
Mecklenburg 222 25 14.7 9.7-21.6 197 85.3 78.4-90.3
Orange 229 31 17.8 11.6-26.4 198 82.2 73.6-88.4
Wake 230 27 12.4 7.9-18.8 203 87.6 81.2-92.1
Chatham/Lee 175 25 16.2 10.5-24.3 150 83.8 75.7-89.5
Nash/Wilson 176 24 14.2 9.2-21.3 152 85.8 78.7-90.8
Craven/Pamlico 200 19 10.9 6.6-17.5 181 89.1 82.5-93.4
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 191 9 7.7 3.6-15.5 182 92.3 84.5-96.4
Appalachian/Wilkes 214 19 12.1 7.2-19.6 195 87.9 80.4-92.8
Franklin/Gran./Vance 232 38 19.5 13.8-26.9 194 80.5 73.1-86.2
Graham/Swain/Jackson 187 25 15.0 9.9-22.0 162 85.0 78.0-90.1
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 234 34 17.0 11.8-23.8 200 83.0 76.2-88.2
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 206 26 16.1 10.6-23.9 180 83.9 76.1-89.4
Northeast NC I 228 38 16.7 11.9-23.0 190 83.3 77.0-88.1
Northeast NC II 232 30 14.6 9.8-21.2 202 85.4 78.8-90.2
Northeastern Partnership 460 68 15.4 11.8-19.9 392 84.6 80.1-88.2
Mountain AHEC 566 65 12.9 9.5-17.3 501 87.1 82.7-90.5
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,576 206 14.2 11.4-17.5 1,370 85.8 82.5-88.6
Piedmont 1,900 240 14.4 12.2-17.1 1,660 85.6 82.9-87.8
Western NC 919 94 11.1 8.6-14.2 825 88.9 85.8-91.4

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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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