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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Onslow 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
-Onslow County 196 111 55.5 47.6-63.1 71 36.6 29.3-44.4 8 5.0 2.5- 9.8 6 3.0 1.3- 6.7
GENDER
Male 70 37 52.3 39.6-64.6 28 40.0 28.3-52.9 4 6.0 2.2-15.1 1 1.8 0.2-11.5
Female 126 74 58.4 48.9-67.3 43 33.4 25.2-42.9 4 4.1 1.5-10.6 5 4.0 1.7- 9.5
RACE
White 143 79 52.7 43.7-61.6 52 38.0 29.6-47.2 6 5.2 2.3-11.3 6 4.0 1.7- 9.1
Other 52 31 62.1 46.1-75.9 19 33.3 20.4-49.3 2 4.6 1.1-16.7 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 161 91 55.8 47.0-64.2 59 36.6 28.6-45.4 8 6.0 3.0-11.8 3 1.6 0.5- 5.0
45+ 35 20 54.1 36.4-70.8 12 36.5 21.3-54.9 0 0.0 . - . 3 9.4 2.8-27.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 79 40 51.4 39.4-63.2 29 35.2 24.8-47.1 7 10.3 4.9-20.4 3 3.1 1.0- 9.5
Some College + 117 71 58.6 48.1-68.3 42 37.6 28.1-48.2 1 1.0 0.1- 6.7 3 2.8 0.8- 9.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 114 67 59.9 49.5-69.4 42 34.9 25.9-45.1 4 4.6 1.7-11.7 1 0.7 0.1- 4.6
$50,000+ 50 26 48.6 33.7-63.8 17 37.5 23.5-54.0 3 6.6 2.0-19.4 4 7.3 2.5-19.3

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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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