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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Sexual Behavior-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,071 327 30.7 27.3-34.3 744 69.3 65.7-72.7
GENDER
Male 378 121 32.7 27.1-38.7 257 67.3 61.3-72.9
Female 693 206 29.0 25.0-33.3 487 71.0 66.7-75.0
AGE
18-24 140 79 68.3 59.0-76.3 61 31.7 23.7-41.0
25-34 374 125 30.5 25.3-36.3 249 69.5 63.7-74.7
35-44 379 89 21.6 16.9-27.2 290 78.4 72.8-83.1
45-54 178 34 16.2 10.7-23.8 144 83.8 76.2-89.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 136 50 40.6 30.6-51.5 86 59.4 48.5-69.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 382 111 30.5 24.8-36.8 271 69.5 63.2-75.2
Some Post-H.S. 320 91 27.0 21.6-33.2 229 73.0 66.8-78.4
College Graduate 233 75 30.0 23.2-37.8 158 70.0 62.2-76.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 161 66 39.2 30.5-48.5 95 60.8 51.5-69.5
$15,000- 24,999 247 85 36.1 28.6-44.4 162 63.9 55.6-71.4
$25,000- 34,999 168 45 26.2 19.1-34.8 123 73.8 65.2-80.9
$35,000- 49,999 153 44 30.3 22.3-39.8 109 69.7 60.2-77.7
$50,000-74,999 121 18 13.8 8.0-22.9 103 86.2 77.1-92.0
$75,000+ 83 13 15.6 8.1-27.7 70 84.4 72.3-91.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 264 76 28.8 22.3-36.3 188 71.2 63.7-77.7
No 803 249 31.1 27.2-35.3 554 68.9 64.7-72.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 107 19 16.4 9.7-26.2 88 83.6 73.8-90.3
Non-Veteran 933 303 33.4 29.6-37.3 630 66.6 62.7-70.4
Currently Serving 31 5 11.4 4.1-28.1 26 88.6 71.9-95.9

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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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