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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont Western North Carolina**

Sexual Behavior

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,979 1,305 22.4 21.1-23.8 4,674 77.6 76.2-78.9
-Piedmont NC 3,369 741 22.5 20.7-24.4 2,628 77.5 75.6-79.3
GENDER
Male 1,336 356 25.8 23.0-28.8 980 74.2 71.2-77.0
Female 2,033 385 19.1 17.1-21.3 1,648 80.9 78.7-82.9
RACE
White 2,460 454 18.4 16.5-20.4 2,006 81.6 79.6-83.5
African American 550 166 29.3 24.8-34.3 384 70.7 65.7-75.2
Other Minorities 43 28 60.1 40.8-76.7 15 39.9 23.3-59.2
AGE
18-24 328 151 50.8 43.9-57.7 177 49.2 42.3-56.1
25-34 1,155 287 25.7 22.7-29.1 868 74.3 70.9-77.3
35-44 1,293 227 16.1 13.8-18.7 1,066 83.9 81.3-86.2
45-54 593 76 11.5 8.7-15.2 517 88.5 84.8-91.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 405 93 24.4 19.6-29.9 312 75.6 70.1-80.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 882 162 18.9 15.6-22.7 720 81.1 77.3-84.4
Some Post-H.S. 844 179 22.7 19.2-26.7 665 77.3 73.3-80.8
College Graduate 1,237 307 24.1 21.3-27.2 930 75.9 72.8-78.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 219 69 33.7 25.4-43.2 150 66.3 56.8-74.6
$15,000- 24,999 470 120 25.9 20.9-31.6 350 74.1 68.4-79.1
$25,000- 34,999 398 119 29.6 24.4-35.5 279 70.4 64.5-75.6
$35,000- 49,999 479 112 22.0 17.9-26.7 367 78.0 73.3-82.1
$50,000-74,999 562 92 19.2 15.5-23.7 470 80.8 76.3-84.5
$75,000+ 719 89 13.1 10.3-16.5 630 86.9 83.5-89.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 626 130 20.9 16.7-25.7 496 79.1 74.3-83.3
No 2,731 607 22.8 20.9-24.9 2,124 77.2 75.1-79.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 188 31 12.8 8.4-18.9 157 87.2 81.1-91.6
Non-Veteran 3,162 707 23.2 21.4-25.2 2,455 76.8 74.8-78.6
Currently Serving 18 2 14.5 3.7-42.9 16 85.5 57.1-96.3

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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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