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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Sexual Behavior-AFRICAN AMERICANS

In the past five years, have you been treated for a sexually transmitted or venereal disease?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,096 102 9.8 7.8-12.2 994 90.2 87.8-92.2
GENDER
Male 385 35 9.8 6.8-13.9 350 90.2 86.1-93.2
Female 711 67 9.8 7.4-12.9 644 90.2 87.1-92.6
AGE
18-24 143 32 22.3 15.1-31.7 111 77.7 68.3-84.9
25-34 383 45 13.2 9.4-18.2 338 86.8 81.8-90.6
35-44 386 20 5.1 3.1- 8.3 366 94.9 91.7-96.9
45-54 184 5 1.5 0.6- 3.8 179 98.5 96.2-99.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 138 25 22.4 14.7-32.5 113 77.6 67.5-85.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 391 39 9.7 6.7-13.9 352 90.3 86.1-93.3
Some Post-H.S. 325 27 7.4 4.7-11.4 298 92.6 88.6-95.3
College Graduate 241 11 5.8 2.9-11.2 230 94.2 88.8-97.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 162 30 19.1 12.7-27.7 132 80.9 72.3-87.3
$15,000- 24,999 250 30 14.3 9.4-21.0 220 85.7 79.0-90.6
$25,000- 34,999 174 13 9.6 5.1-17.5 161 90.4 82.5-94.9
$35,000- 49,999 158 6 3.1 1.2- 8.2 152 96.9 91.8-98.8
$50,000-74,999 121 2 1.9 0.5- 7.5 119 98.1 92.5-99.5
$75,000+ 85 0 0.0 . - . 85 100 . - .
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 267 33 12.2 8.3-17.5 234 87.8 82.5-91.7
No 826 69 9.2 6.9-12.0 757 90.8 88.0-93.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 111 4 2.5 0.9- 6.8 107 97.5 93.2-99.1
Non-Veteran 954 95 11.0 8.7-13.8 859 89.0 86.2-91.3
Currently Serving 31 3 6.0 1.6-19.7 28 94.0 80.3-98.4

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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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