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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont Western North Carolina**

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
-Piedmont NC 3,418 1,749 50.4 48.3-52.5 1,385 41.0 38.9-43.1 147 4.5 3.7- 5.4 137 4.2 3.4- 5.1
GENDER
Male 1,349 676 49.3 46.1-52.6 563 42.2 39.0-45.5 50 4.2 3.1- 5.8 60 4.2 3.1- 5.6
Female 2,069 1,073 51.5 48.8-54.1 822 39.7 37.1-42.3 97 4.7 3.7- 5.9 77 4.1 3.1- 5.4
RACE
White 2,485 1,258 50.3 47.9-52.7 1,045 42.4 40.0-44.8 94 3.8 3.0- 4.8 88 3.5 2.7- 4.5
African American 560 294 50.2 45.1-55.4 208 39.5 34.6-44.7 35 6.6 4.4- 9.7 23 3.7 2.2- 5.9
Other Minorities 48 31 58.4 40.7-74.1 8 24.5 11.8-44.0 3 6.0 1.8-18.3 6 11.1 4.7-24.1
AGE
18-24 331 161 48.2 41.3-55.2 148 46.2 39.4-53.1 14 3.1 1.7- 5.7 8 2.5 1.0- 6.0
25-34 1,178 647 54.6 51.1-58.1 446 37.8 34.4-41.3 49 4.3 3.1- 6.0 36 3.3 2.3- 4.7
35-44 1,307 669 49.4 46.0-52.8 533 41.8 38.4-45.2 53 4.5 3.2- 6.2 52 4.3 3.1- 6.0
45-54 602 272 45.0 40.1-50.1 258 42.7 37.8-47.7 31 5.5 3.7- 8.2 41 6.7 4.7- 9.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 406 177 46.7 40.7-52.7 162 37.4 31.9-43.3 32 7.8 5.0-11.8 35 8.2 5.5-11.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 884 400 44.2 40.0-48.4 397 46.9 42.7-51.2 40 4.1 2.9- 5.8 47 4.8 3.4- 6.7
Some Post-H.S. 849 431 50.8 46.5-55.0 358 41.6 37.4-45.8 37 4.9 3.3- 7.1 23 2.8 1.7- 4.5
College Graduate 1,278 741 55.6 52.2-59.0 467 38.0 34.7-41.3 38 3.3 2.2- 4.8 32 3.2 2.1- 4.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 218 95 43.8 34.9-53.1 94 46.2 37.1-55.4 16 5.1 2.9- 8.9 13 5.0 2.5- 9.5
$15,000- 24,999 476 234 47.9 42.1-53.8 191 40.3 34.7-46.2 30 7.2 4.7-10.9 21 4.5 2.8- 7.3
$25,000- 34,999 398 202 49.3 43.1-55.5 169 42.6 36.6-48.9 14 3.8 1.9- 7.5 13 4.3 2.2- 8.1
$35,000- 49,999 482 244 48.5 43.1-53.9 206 44.1 38.8-49.5 17 4.2 2.5- 7.0 15 3.2 1.7- 5.9
$50,000-74,999 562 277 46.3 41.3-51.3 242 45.2 40.2-50.2 23 4.7 2.9- 7.7 20 3.8 2.3- 6.3
$75,000+ 728 419 57.7 53.2-62.0 265 35.8 31.6-40.2 19 2.9 1.7- 4.9 25 3.6 2.3- 5.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 627 284 44.9 40.0-50.0 275 45.1 40.2-50.2 41 5.8 4.0- 8.2 27 4.1 2.7- 6.3
No 2,776 1,462 51.7 49.4-54.0 1,103 40.1 37.8-42.4 102 4.0 3.2- 5.1 109 4.2 3.3- 5.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 192 90 41.2 33.3-49.7 83 46.6 38.3-55.1 9 7.4 3.7-14.3 10 4.8 2.3- 9.7
Non-Veteran 3,206 1,648 51.0 48.8-53.2 1,295 40.6 38.5-42.8 138 4.3 3.5- 5.2 125 4.1 3.3- 5.0
Currently Serving 19 11 61.3 36.7-81.3 7 35.0 16.0-60.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.7 0.5-22.7

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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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