BRFSS 2004 - Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes Counties: (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 venerea l 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?*)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	10,735	388	3.6	3.2- 4.1	10,347	96.4	95.9-96.8
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes	239	10	4.8	2.4- 9.4	229	95.2	90.6-97.6
GENDER
Male	93	4	5.3	1.9-14.1	89	94.7	85.9-98.1
Female	146	6	4.4	1.9- 9.7	140	95.6	90.3-98.1
RACE
White	222	10	5.5	2.8-10.6	212	94.5	89.4-97.2
Other	16	0	0.0	. - .	16	100	. - .
AGE
18-44	120	6	7.3	3.1-16.2	114	92.7	83.8-96.9
45+	119	4	2.6	0.9- 7.0	115	97.4	93.0-99.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	122	5	3.8	1.3-10.8	117	96.2	89.2-98.7
Some College +	117	5	6.2	2.6-14.1	112	93.8	85.9-97.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	155	8	6.5	3.1-13.3	147	93.5	86.7-96.9
$50,000+	49	1	1.8	0.2-11.6	48	98.2	88.4-99.8

* 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 (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.

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

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	10,735	388	3.6	3.2- 4.1	10,347	96.4	95.9-96.8
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes	239	10	4.8	2.4- 9.4	229	95.2	90.6-97.6
GENDER
Male	93	4	5.3	1.9-14.1	89	94.7	85.9-98.1
Female	146	6	4.4	1.9- 9.7	140	95.6	90.3-98.1
RACE
White	222	10	5.5	2.8-10.6	212	94.5	89.4-97.2
Other	16	0	0.0	. - .	16	100	. - .
AGE
18-44	120	6	7.3	3.1-16.2	114	92.7	83.8-96.9
45+	119	4	2.6	0.9- 7.0	115	97.4	93.0-99.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	122	5	3.8	1.3-10.8	117	96.2	89.2-98.7
Some College +	117	5	6.2	2.6-14.1	112	93.8	85.9-97.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	155	8	6.5	3.1-13.3	147	93.5	86.7-96.9
$50,000+	49	1	1.8	0.2-11.6	48	98.2	88.4-99.8