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

HIV/AIDS

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%)
North Carolina 11,159 1,276 11.7 10.9-12.5 9,883 88.3 87.5-89.1
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes 248 31 17.1 10.5-26.6 217 82.9 73.4-89.5
GENDER
Male 97 10 19.2 8.7-37.1 87 80.8 62.9-91.3
Female 151 21 14.8 9.6-22.1 130 85.2 77.9-90.4
RACE
White 231 28 13.1 8.7-19.3 203 86.9 80.7-91.3
Other 16 3 48.0 16.2-81.6 13 52.0 18.4-83.8
AGE
18-44 127 21 16.5 10.2-25.7 106 83.5 74.3-89.8
45+ 121 10 17.6 7.6-35.6 111 82.4 64.4-92.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 124 12 15.9 6.8-32.8 112 84.1 67.2-93.2
Some College + 124 19 18.5 11.4-28.7 105 81.5 71.3-88.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 155 24 20.1 11.2-33.5 131 79.9 66.5-88.8
$50,000+ 50 1 1.7 0.2-11.5 49 98.3 88.5-99.8

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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 (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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