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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover 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
-New Hanover County 148 89 57.5 48.1-66.4 49 33.6 25.7-42.6 5 5.0 1.5-15.8 5 3.8 1.5- 9.3
GENDER
Male 63 39 55.7 41.7-68.9 17 29.4 18.7-43.0 3 8.1 2.0-28.1 4 6.7 2.5-17.0
Female 85 50 59.5 47.5-70.5 32 38.2 27.5-50.2 2 1.7 0.4- 6.9 1 0.6 0.1- 4.1
RACE
White 124 78 59.7 49.9-68.8 42 36.3 27.6-46.1 1 0.6 0.1- 4.5 3 3.3 1.0-10.0
Other 23 11 49.1 25.1-73.5 7 22.3 8.9-45.8 3 22.6 5.7-58.7 2 6.0 1.2-24.6
AGE
18-44 120 72 55.6 45.2-65.5 38 33.6 24.9-43.7 5 6.1 1.8-18.8 5 4.6 1.8-11.2
45+ 28 17 66.4 45.5-82.3 11 33.6 17.7-54.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 37 16 44.9 28.0-63.1 17 38.8 23.6-56.7 2 11.8 2.5-40.8 2 4.4 0.9-19.8
Some College + 111 73 63.6 53.1-72.9 32 31.1 22.3-41.6 3 1.8 0.5- 5.6 3 3.5 1.1-10.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 64 38 55.1 41.3-68.2 23 40.2 27.5-54.3 2 2.7 0.6-11.7 1 2.0 0.3-12.9
$50,000+ 56 34 59.9 45.8-72.6 20 36.6 24.4-50.8 1 1.4 0.2- 9.5 1 2.1 0.3-13.4

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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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