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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Northeast NC II (Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington)

Physical Activity

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%)
North Carolina 6,794 213 3.4 2.8- 4.3 6,581 96.6 95.7-97.2
-Northeast NC II 358 11 3.8 1.9- 7.3 347 96.2 92.7-98.1
GENDER
Male 132 2 1.0 0.2- 4.4 130 99.0 95.6-99.8
Female 226 9 6.6 3.2-13.3 217 93.4 86.7-96.8
RACE
White 234 4 2.4 0.9- 6.6 230 97.6 93.4-99.1
Other 123 7 6.3 2.5-14.9 116 93.7 85.1-97.5
AGE
18-44 169 7 4.7 2.1-10.3 162 95.3 89.7-97.9
45+ 189 4 2.5 0.7- 8.5 185 97.5 91.5-99.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 168 7 4.2 1.7-10.0 161 95.8 90.0-98.3
Some College + 190 4 3.3 1.2- 9.0 186 96.7 91.0-98.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 216 9 4.6 2.1- 9.6 207 95.4 90.4-97.9
$50,000+ 81 1 1.6 0.2-10.4 80 98.4 89.6-99.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 303 13 5.0 2.6- 9.5 290 95.0 90.5-97.4
Guilford 324 11 2.9 1.4- 5.8 313 97.1 94.2-98.6
Mecklenburg 343 11 4.5 2.3- 8.6 332 95.5 91.4-97.7
Orange 357 9 5.2 1.6-15.6 348 94.8 84.4-98.4
Wake 369 10 2.1 1.1- 4.0 359 97.9 96.0-98.9
Chatham/Lee 272 5 1.3 0.5- 3.6 267 98.7 96.4-99.5
Nash/Wilson 278 9 3.7 1.7- 7.5 269 96.3 92.5-98.3
Craven/Pamlico 304 14 4.1 2.3- 7.3 290 95.9 92.7-97.7
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 307 9 2.8 1.4- 5.5 298 97.2 94.5-98.6
Appalachian/Wilkes 325 6 2.5 0.9- 6.3 319 97.5 93.7-99.1
Franklin/Gran./Vance 353 9 3.1 1.3- 7.1 344 96.9 92.9-98.7
Graham/Swain/Jackson 296 16 6.2 3.5-10.8 280 93.8 89.2-96.5
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 357 9 2.7 1.3- 5.6 348 97.3 94.4-98.7
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 300 10 5.0 2.5- 9.7 290 95.0 90.3-97.5
Northeast NC I 324 15 4.6 2.7- 8.0 309 95.4 92.0-97.3
Northeastern Partnership 682 26 4.1 2.6- 6.4 656 95.9 93.6-97.4
Mountain AHEC 880 35 4.2 2.5- 6.9 845 95.8 93.1-97.5
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,380 84 3.4 2.4- 4.7 2,296 96.6 95.3-97.6
Piedmont 2,985 84 3.5 2.5- 4.8 2,901 96.5 95.2-97.5
Western NC 1,429 45 3.3 2.1- 5.0 1,384 96.7 95.0-97.9

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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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