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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 2,643 185 9.0 7.2-11.0 2,458 91.0 89.0-92.8
RACE
White 1,904 80 4.8 3.4- 6.8 1,824 95.2 93.2-96.6
African American 488 67 17.4 12.9-23.1 421 82.6 76.9-87.1
Asian 23 0 0.0 . - . 23 100 . - .
Native American 65 6 18.3 4.0-54.5 59 81.7 45.5-96.0
Other Minorities 152 31 26.3 16.6-39.0 121 73.7 61.0-83.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 157 31 24.9 15.7-37.2 126 75.1 62.8-84.3
-English Speaking 45 4 2.8 0.8- 9.0 41 97.2 91.0-99.2
-Spanish Speaking 112 27 31.1 19.6-45.4 85 68.9 54.6-80.4
Non-Hispanic 2,486 154 7.4 5.8- 9.3 2,332 92.6 90.7-94.2
AGE
18-24 213 40 17.2 11.2-25.4 173 82.8 74.6-88.8
25-34 520 64 11.7 8.1-16.5 456 88.3 83.5-91.9
35-44 675 42 8.6 5.6-13.0 633 91.4 87.0-94.4
45-54 673 22 4.4 2.2- 8.9 651 95.6 91.1-97.8
55-64 562 17 2.5 1.4- 4.6 545 97.5 95.4-98.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 366 42 14.9 9.5-22.6 324 85.1 77.4-90.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 826 53 8.2 5.4-12.1 773 91.8 87.9-94.6
Some Post-H.S. 661 54 10.7 7.2-15.5 607 89.3 84.5-92.8
College Graduate 786 36 4.9 3.1- 7.7 750 95.1 92.3-96.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 203 28 17.8 9.4-31.2 175 82.2 68.8-90.6
$15,000- 24,999 459 46 14.1 9.4-20.7 413 85.9 79.3-90.6
$25,000- 34,999 286 25 14.9 8.4-25.0 261 85.1 75.0-91.6
$35,000- 49,999 427 30 8.8 5.5-13.8 397 91.2 86.2-94.5
$50,000-74,999 371 10 2.3 1.0- 5.2 361 97.7 94.8-99.0
$75,000+ 440 16 5.6 2.8-10.7 424 94.4 89.3-97.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 126 9 9.9 4.6-19.9 117 90.1 80.1-95.4
Guilford 126 9 11.0 5.4-21.1 117 89.0 78.9-94.6
Mecklenburg 136 15 13.1 7.4-22.1 121 86.9 77.9-92.6
Orange 143 16 14.4 8.3-23.8 127 85.6 76.2-91.7
Wake 154 8 8.0 3.2-19.0 146 92.0 81.0-96.8
Chatham/Lee 111 7 6.8 3.0-14.6 104 93.2 85.4-97.0
Nash/Wilson 107 6 4.2 1.8- 9.6 101 95.8 90.4-98.2
Craven/Pamlico 112 11 10.2 5.0-19.7 101 89.8 80.3-95.0
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 127 1 1.1 0.2- 7.7 126 98.9 92.3-99.8
Appalachian/Wilkes 122 8 6.9 3.0-15.2 114 93.1 84.8-97.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance 136 9 5.4 2.6-10.9 127 94.6 89.1-97.4
Graham/Swain/Jackson 122 9 7.5 3.4-15.8 113 92.5 84.2-96.6
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 138 11 8.7 4.3-17.1 127 91.3 82.9-95.7
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 102 7 7.0 3.2-14.8 95 93.0 85.2-96.8
Northeast NC I 104 6 4.5 1.8-11.1 98 95.5 88.9-98.2
Northeast NC II 136 4 2.5 0.9- 6.8 132 97.5 93.2-99.1
Northeastern Partnership 240 10 3.1 1.5- 6.2 230 96.9 93.8-98.5
Mountain AHEC 344 24 5.8 3.5- 9.7 320 94.2 90.3-96.5
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 878 67 9.9 7.0-13.8 811 90.1 86.2-93.0
Piedmont 1,204 85 9.2 6.8-12.3 1,119 90.8 87.7-93.2
Western NC 561 33 5.9 3.2-10.5 528 94.1 89.5-96.8

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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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