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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 5,022 329 7.4 6.3- 8.8 4,693 92.6 91.2-93.7
GENDER
Male 1,904 80 4.8 3.4- 6.8 1,824 95.2 93.2-96.6
Female 3,118 249 10.0 8.3-12.0 2,869 90.0 88.0-91.7
AGE
18-24 365 111 23.2 17.4-30.2 254 76.8 69.8-82.6
25-34 936 112 10.5 7.9-13.8 824 89.5 86.2-92.1
35-44 1,259 64 5.0 3.5- 7.2 1,195 95.0 92.8-96.5
45-54 1,309 32 2.6 1.5- 4.4 1,277 97.4 95.6-98.5
55-64 1,153 10 0.7 0.3- 1.5 1,143 99.3 98.5-99.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 426 26 6.4 3.7-10.7 400 93.6 89.3-96.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,437 89 7.8 5.7-10.5 1,348 92.2 89.5-94.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,383 105 9.6 7.1-12.9 1,278 90.4 87.1-92.9
College Graduate 1,771 109 5.5 4.1- 7.3 1,662 94.5 92.7-95.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 371 45 14.4 8.6-23.2 326 85.6 76.8-91.4
$15,000- 24,999 731 81 12.7 9.0-17.6 650 87.3 82.4-91.0
$25,000- 34,999 569 45 10.6 6.5-16.8 524 89.4 83.2-93.5
$35,000- 49,999 815 47 6.1 4.2- 8.9 768 93.9 91.1-95.8
$50,000-74,999 739 26 3.5 2.2- 5.6 713 96.5 94.4-97.8
$75,000+ 926 33 3.8 2.3- 6.1 893 96.2 93.9-97.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 271 22 8.4 5.1-13.5 249 91.6 86.5-94.9
Guilford 229 11 4.6 2.3- 8.8 218 95.4 91.2-97.7
Mecklenburg 225 15 6.0 3.3-10.6 210 94.0 89.4-96.7
Orange 303 33 16.7 11.3-23.9 270 83.3 76.1-88.7
Wake 274 14 4.8 2.7- 8.3 260 95.2 91.7-97.3
Chatham/Lee 197 6 4.3 1.6-10.6 191 95.7 89.4-98.4
Nash/Wilson 162 9 5.9 2.8-12.1 153 94.1 87.9-97.2
Craven/Pamlico 236 21 10.3 6.2-16.8 215 89.7 83.2-93.8
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 294 8 4.1 1.8- 8.8 286 95.9 91.2-98.2
Appalachian/Wilkes 322 24 9.1 5.7-14.1 298 90.9 85.9-94.3
Franklin/Gran./Vance 217 11 7.0 3.7-12.8 206 93.0 87.2-96.3
Graham/Swain/Jackson 258 23 10.1 6.5-15.5 235 89.9 84.5-93.5
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 147 6 5.3 2.2-11.9 141 94.7 88.1-97.8
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 190 17 10.2 6.0-16.9 173 89.8 83.1-94.0
Northeast NC I 141 7 4.0 1.8- 8.9 134 96.0 91.1-98.2
Northeast NC II 242 11 4.9 2.5- 9.3 231 95.1 90.7-97.5
Northeastern Partnership 383 18 4.7 2.7- 8.0 365 95.3 92.0-97.3
Mountain AHEC 796 61 7.2 5.2-10.0 735 92.8 90.0-94.8
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,468 101 8.8 6.5-12.0 1,367 91.2 88.0-93.5
Piedmont 2,224 134 7.0 5.5- 9.0 2,090 93.0 91.0-94.5
Western NC 1,330 94 6.5 5.0- 8.4 1,236 93.5 91.6-95.0

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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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