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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe 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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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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County) 209 89 42.4 34.3-50.9 101 47.9 39.6-56.3 12 6.2 3.3-11.4 7 3.5 1.5- 8.1
GENDER
Male 78 36 42.2 29.7-55.7 36 49.9 36.8-63.1 3 3.8 1.2-11.7 3 4.1 1.1-14.4
Female 131 53 42.6 32.6-53.3 65 46.1 36.0-56.5 9 8.4 3.9-16.9 4 3.0 1.1- 8.0
RACE
White 167 69 37.3 29.1-46.2 84 53.4 44.4-62.2 10 6.4 3.2-12.2 4 2.9 1.0- 8.3
Other 41 19 67.6 46.3-83.5 17 20.8 9.2-40.4 2 5.2 0.8-26.4 3 6.3 1.4-24.0
AGE
18-44 170 73 42.3 33.4-51.7 84 50.4 41.1-59.7 9 4.8 2.3- 9.7 4 2.6 0.8- 7.8
45+ 39 16 43.2 25.6-62.6 17 34.5 19.4-53.6 3 13.8 4.3-36.5 3 8.5 2.3-27.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 91 45 52.8 40.2-65.1 36 37.2 26.1-49.9 4 3.3 1.1- 9.6 6 6.7 2.6-16.3
Some College + 117 44 34.0 24.5-44.9 64 56.6 45.4-67.2 8 8.6 4.0-17.3 1 0.9 0.1- 6.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 128 57 49.5 38.8-60.3 60 41.3 31.3-52.1 7 5.6 2.3-13.1 4 3.6 1.1-10.8
$50,000+ 53 22 36.1 22.7-52.1 27 56.9 41.2-71.4 2 4.7 1.1-17.4 2 2.3 0.4-11.4

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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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