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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

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
-Mountain AHEC 660 66 9.7 7.1-13.1 594 90.3 86.9-92.9
GENDER
Male 241 22 10.2 6.2-16.4 219 89.8 83.6-93.8
Female 419 44 9.3 6.4-13.3 375 90.7 86.7-93.6
RACE
White 559 42 7.0 4.9- 9.9 517 93.0 90.1-95.1
African American 35 5 10.6 3.7-26.8 30 89.4 73.2-96.3
Other Minorities 3 0 0.0 . - . 3 100 . - .
AGE
18-24 49 16 34.1 20.4-51.2 33 65.9 48.8-79.6
25-34 122 24 16.6 9.5-27.4 98 83.4 72.6-90.5
35-44 153 15 7.7 3.9-14.8 138 92.3 85.2-96.1
45-54 180 8 4.5 1.9-10.4 172 95.5 89.6-98.1
55-64 156 3 1.8 0.5- 6.0 153 98.2 94.0-99.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 86 13 17.6 8.8-32.2 73 82.4 67.8-91.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 181 23 14.3 8.9-22.2 158 85.7 77.8-91.1
Some Post-H.S. 182 19 7.5 4.4-12.6 163 92.5 87.4-95.6
College Graduate 210 11 3.3 1.6- 6.5 199 96.7 93.5-98.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 75 12 15.9 7.7-30.0 63 84.1 70.0-92.3
$15,000- 24,999 118 23 23.4 14.2-36.2 95 76.6 63.8-85.8
$25,000- 34,999 94 7 6.5 2.5-15.7 87 93.5 84.3-97.5
$35,000- 49,999 101 6 1.7 0.7- 4.3 95 98.3 95.7-99.3
$50,000-74,999 92 8 8.5 3.9-17.5 84 91.5 82.5-96.1
$75,000+ 77 1 3.4 0.5-20.5 76 96.6 79.5-99.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 194 20 8.7 4.5-16.1 174 91.3 83.9-95.5
No 453 45 10.2 7.2-14.4 408 89.8 85.6-92.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 61 4 12.0 3.8-31.8 57 88.0 68.2-96.2
Non-Veteran 595 61 9.4 6.9-12.8 534 90.6 87.2-93.1
Currently Serving 4 1 11.6 1.1-59.8 3 88.4 40.2-98.9

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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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