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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford County

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
-Guilford County 152 76 45.8 36.8-55.0 67 48.7 39.5-58.0 8 5.1 2.4-10.5 1 0.4 0.1- 2.8
GENDER
Male 70 28 39.1 27.0-52.6 36 53.3 39.9-66.3 5 6.9 2.7-16.5 1 0.7 0.1- 5.0
Female 82 48 54.1 41.8-65.9 31 43.0 31.3-55.5 3 2.9 0.9- 8.8 0 0.0 . - .
RACE
White 92 48 49.8 38.7-60.9 40 46.9 35.9-58.2 4 3.3 1.1- 9.0 0 0.0 . - .
Other 60 28 40.0 26.4-55.3 27 51.3 36.0-66.4 4 7.7 2.7-20.0 1 1.0 0.1- 6.6
AGE
18-44 118 61 47.8 37.5-58.4 52 48.3 37.8-58.9 5 3.9 1.4-10.2 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 34 15 38.6 22.8-57.3 15 50.2 32.2-68.3 3 9.4 3.0-25.8 1 1.8 0.2-11.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 44 19 37.0 22.1-54.8 23 59.8 42.0-75.4 2 3.2 0.7-13.8 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 108 57 50.0 39.7-60.3 44 43.5 33.5-54.0 6 6.0 2.5-13.5 1 0.6 0.1- 4.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 60 32 50.4 35.0-65.7 24 43.7 28.6-59.9 3 5.0 1.4-16.3 1 0.9 0.1- 6.5
$50,000+ 67 33 45.1 32.9-58.0 29 48.1 35.5-61.0 5 6.7 2.7-16.1 0 0.0 . - .

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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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