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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

HIV/AIDS-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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%)
TOTAL 1,991 123 6.2 5.0- 7.7 1,868 93.8 92.3-95.0
GENDER
Male 665 55 7.4 5.3-10.2 610 92.6 89.8-94.7
Female 1,326 68 5.2 3.9- 7.0 1,258 94.8 93.0-96.1
AGE
18-24 169 27 17.9 11.2-27.4 142 82.1 72.6-88.8
25-34 435 32 5.8 3.9- 8.6 403 94.2 91.4-96.1
35-44 501 22 4.1 2.6- 6.5 479 95.9 93.5-97.4
45-54 488 31 5.9 3.7- 9.3 457 94.1 90.7-96.3
55-64 398 11 3.5 1.7- 6.9 387 96.5 93.1-98.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 311 28 8.3 5.5-12.4 283 91.7 87.6-94.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 725 56 9.4 6.7-13.0 669 90.6 87.0-93.3
Some Post-H.S. 560 26 3.5 2.3- 5.3 534 96.5 94.7-97.7
College Graduate 393 13 2.7 1.4- 5.1 380 97.3 94.9-98.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 369 36 9.7 6.7-13.8 333 90.3 86.2-93.3
$15,000- 24,999 466 24 4.9 3.0- 8.1 442 95.1 91.9-97.0
$25,000- 34,999 293 21 9.9 6.1-15.9 272 90.1 84.1-93.9
$35,000- 49,999 275 13 4.6 2.4- 8.6 262 95.4 91.4-97.6
$50,000-74,999 179 6 2.2 0.9- 5.2 173 97.8 94.8-99.1
$75,000+ 137 5 1.7 0.7- 4.2 132 98.3 95.8-99.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 621 55 9.9 7.1-13.6 566 90.1 86.4-92.9
No 1,321 65 4.5 3.4- 6.1 1,256 95.5 93.9-96.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 216 7 2.9 1.3- 6.6 209 97.1 93.4-98.7
Non-Veteran 1,741 113 6.5 5.1- 8.2 1,628 93.5 91.8-94.9
Currently Serving 34 3 14.8 4.5-39.2 31 85.2 60.8-95.5

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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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