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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Sexual Behavior-FEMALES

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 3,717 165 4.6 3.8- 5.5 3,552 95.4 94.5-96.2
RACE
White 2,630 86 3.5 2.7- 4.5 2,544 96.5 95.5-97.3
African American 711 67 9.8 7.4-12.9 644 90.2 87.1-92.6
Asian 28 0 0.0 . - . 28 100 . - .
Native American 80 4 3.5 1.2- 9.7 76 96.5 90.3-98.8
Other Minorities 248 6 2.1 0.8- 5.0 242 97.9 95.0-99.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 257 4 1.3 0.5- 3.5 253 98.7 96.5-99.5
-English Speaking 99 2 1.9 0.4- 8.0 97 98.1 92.0-99.6
-Spanish Speaking 158 2 0.9 0.2- 3.7 156 99.1 96.3-99.8
Non-Hispanic 3,458 161 4.9 4.1- 5.9 3,297 95.1 94.1-95.9
AGE
18-24 400 54 14.6 10.9-19.4 346 85.4 80.6-89.1
25-34 1,294 66 5.3 4.0- 7.1 1,228 94.7 92.9-96.0
35-44 1,373 34 2.4 1.6- 3.7 1,339 97.6 96.3-98.4
45-54 650 11 1.0 0.5- 1.8 639 99.0 98.2-99.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 397 31 7.0 4.6-10.4 366 93.0 89.6-95.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,013 48 5.5 3.9- 7.8 965 94.5 92.2-96.1
Some Post-H.S. 1,049 45 3.7 2.7- 5.3 1,004 96.3 94.7-97.3
College Graduate 1,256 41 3.8 2.7- 5.5 1,215 96.2 94.5-97.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 316 46 13.4 9.7-18.4 270 86.6 81.6-90.3
$15,000- 24,999 614 37 6.7 4.5- 9.8 577 93.3 90.2-95.5
$25,000- 34,999 484 26 6.5 4.1-10.1 458 93.5 89.9-95.9
$35,000- 49,999 531 9 1.5 0.7- 3.1 522 98.5 96.9-99.3
$50,000-74,999 532 8 2.1 0.9- 4.6 524 97.9 95.4-99.1
$75,000+ 628 9 1.6 0.7- 3.5 619 98.4 96.5-99.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 777 52 6.0 4.3- 8.4 725 94.0 91.6-95.7
No 2,927 112 4.2 3.4- 5.3 2,815 95.8 94.7-96.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 85 4 3.9 1.4-10.8 81 96.1 89.2-98.6
Non-Veteran 3,605 156 4.6 3.8- 5.5 3,449 95.4 94.5-96.2
Currently Serving 27 5 13.9 5.4-31.2 22 86.1 68.8-94.6

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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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