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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes Counties

Sexual Behavior

Some people use condoms to keep from getting infected with HIV through sexual activity.
How effective do you think a properly use condom is for this purpose?

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  Total
Respond.^
Very effective Somewhat effective Not at all effective Don't know how effective
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,056 3,018 48.5 46.9-50.0 2,495 42.1 40.5-43.6 273 5.0 4.3- 5.7 270 4.5 3.9- 5.2
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes 134 53 35.3 27.0-44.7 69 54.8 45.2-64.0 2 1.9 0.4- 8.0 10 8.0 4.1-15.0
GENDER
Male 53 21 33.0 20.9-47.9 23 50.4 35.4-65.3 2 3.8 0.9-15.1 7 12.9 5.9-25.9
Female 81 32 37.7 27.4-49.3 46 59.3 47.8-69.9 0 0.0 . - . 3 3.0 0.9- 9.0
RACE
White 123 50 37.0 28.2-46.8 62 53.9 43.9-63.5 2 2.1 0.5- 8.8 9 6.9 3.5-13.1
Other 10 3 22.2 5.7-57.3 6 60.1 25.8-86.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 17.8 2.6-63.9
AGE
18-44 112 43 34.3 25.4-44.5 60 58.0 47.6-67.7 1 0.8 0.1- 5.1 8 6.9 3.4-13.5
45+ 22 10 40.3 20.6-63.7 9 38.4 18.9-62.5 1 7.8 1.1-39.2 2 13.5 2.8-46.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 58 21 32.2 20.5-46.7 27 51.1 36.7-65.2 1 1.4 0.2- 9.0 9 15.4 7.6-28.7
Some College + 76 32 38.0 27.0-50.5 42 58.0 45.3-69.7 1 2.4 0.3-15.2 1 1.6 0.2-10.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 83 38 42.0 30.8-54.1 40 52.8 40.8-64.4 1 1.0 0.1- 7.0 4 4.2 1.5-11.0
$50,000+ 25 7 28.1 13.2-49.9 15 53.8 33.3-73.1 1 7.8 1.1-38.6 2 10.3 2.6-33.1

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^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 (MAHEC): 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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