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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Physical Activity-WHITE MALES

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 1,832 49 2.6 1.6- 4.3 1,783 97.4 95.7-98.4
AGE
18-24 131 11 9.2 3.9-19.9 120 90.8 80.1-96.1
25-34 342 17 2.6 1.3- 5.3 325 97.4 94.7-98.7
35-44 481 9 1.5 0.5- 4.2 472 98.5 95.8-99.5
45-54 447 9 0.9 0.4- 2.2 438 99.1 97.8-99.6
55-64 431 3 0.8 0.2- 2.8 428 99.2 97.2-99.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 170 6 2.1 0.8- 5.2 164 97.9 94.8-99.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 533 13 1.7 0.7- 4.0 520 98.3 96.0-99.3
Some Post-H.S. 489 18 5.1 2.4-10.6 471 94.9 89.4-97.6
College Graduate 638 12 1.3 0.7- 2.7 626 98.7 97.3-99.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 120 4 9.0 1.8-34.7 116 91.0 65.3-98.2
$15,000- 24,999 246 11 3.8 0.9-14.0 235 96.2 86.0-99.1
$25,000- 34,999 204 9 3.3 1.1- 9.2 195 96.7 90.8-98.9
$35,000- 49,999 327 11 2.9 1.1- 7.1 316 97.1 92.9-98.9
$50,000-74,999 298 5 1.5 0.5- 4.8 293 98.5 95.2-99.5
$75,000+ 387 5 2.2 0.8- 5.6 382 97.8 94.4-99.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 101 4 4.8 1.4-14.7 97 95.2 85.3-98.6
Guilford 75 0 0.0 . - . 75 100 . - .
Mecklenburg 77 2 2.4 0.6- 9.1 75 97.6 90.9-99.4
Orange 108 3 1.8 0.6- 5.7 105 98.2 94.3-99.4
Wake 108 2 1.5 0.4- 6.4 106 98.5 93.6-99.6
Chatham/Lee 72 1 0.7 0.1- 4.8 71 99.3 95.2-99.9
Nash/Wilson 63 3 4.5 1.4-14.0 60 95.5 86.0-98.6
Craven/Pamlico 81 2 1.6 0.4- 6.9 79 98.4 93.1-99.6
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 112 3 1.9 0.6- 6.2 109 98.1 93.8-99.4
Appalachian/Wilkes 112 2 2.7 0.5-13.2 110 97.3 86.8-99.5
Franklin/Gran./Vance 78 2 6.0 1.5-20.8 76 94.0 79.2-98.5
Graham/Swain/Jackson 98 8 9.3 4.4-18.6 90 90.7 81.4-95.6
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 56 2 2.8 0.6-11.3 54 97.2 88.7-99.4
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 66 2 2.5 0.6- 9.6 64 97.5 90.4-99.4
Northeast NC I 47 0 0.0 . - . 47 100 . - .
Northeast NC II 88 1 1.1 0.2- 7.6 87 98.9 92.4-99.8
Northeastern Partnership 135 1 0.9 0.1- 5.8 134 99.1 94.2-99.9
Mountain AHEC 280 15 5.5 2.4-12.2 265 94.5 87.8-97.6
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 523 12 1.7 0.7- 4.0 511 98.3 96.0-99.3
Piedmont 835 19 2.7 1.3- 5.6 816 97.3 94.4-98.7
Western NC 474 18 3.9 1.9- 7.9 456 96.1 92.1-98.1

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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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