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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

HIV/AIDS

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 10,735 388 3.6 3.2- 4.1 10,347 96.4 95.9-96.8
-Mountain AHEC 644 20 3.1 1.8- 5.1 624 96.9 94.9-98.2
GENDER
Male 235 9 3.9 1.8- 7.9 226 96.1 92.1-98.2
Female 409 11 2.4 1.2- 4.8 398 97.6 95.2-98.8
RACE
White 544 14 2.9 1.6- 5.3 530 97.1 94.7-98.4
African American 35 4 8.5 3.0-22.2 31 91.5 77.8-97.0
Other Minorities 3 0 0.0 . - . 3 100 . - .
AGE
18-24 47 2 6.2 1.4-24.4 45 93.8 75.6-98.6
25-34 118 7 6.4 2.8-13.9 111 93.6 86.1-97.2
35-44 152 6 2.6 1.0- 6.7 146 97.4 93.3-99.0
45-54 174 4 1.7 0.6- 4.9 170 98.3 95.1-99.4
55-64 153 1 0.9 0.1- 6.3 152 99.1 93.7-99.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 86 2 3.5 0.7-15.8 84 96.5 84.2-99.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 175 7 4.0 1.7- 8.9 168 96.0 91.1-98.3
Some Post-H.S. 182 3 1.1 0.3- 3.7 179 98.9 96.3-99.7
College Graduate 200 8 3.9 1.7- 8.5 192 96.1 91.5-98.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 75 6 10.1 3.9-24.1 69 89.9 75.9-96.1
$15,000- 24,999 118 5 4.2 1.4-11.6 113 95.8 88.4-98.6
$25,000- 34,999 93 2 2.0 0.4- 8.9 91 98.0 91.1-99.6
$35,000- 49,999 100 2 1.3 0.3- 5.9 98 98.7 94.1-99.7
$50,000-74,999 92 2 3.4 0.8-12.8 90 96.6 87.2-99.2
$75,000+ 77 1 0.5 0.1- 3.4 76 99.5 96.6-99.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 193 5 2.1 0.8- 5.3 188 97.9 94.7-99.2
No 438 15 3.5 1.9- 6.4 423 96.5 93.6-98.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 58 3 6.6 2.1-18.7 55 93.4 81.3-97.9
Non-Veteran 582 17 2.7 1.5- 4.8 565 97.3 95.2-98.5
Currently Serving 4 0 0.0 . - . 4 100 . - .

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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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