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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont Western North Carolina**

Sexual Behavior

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%)
North Carolina 6,079 242 4.0 3.4- 4.7 5,837 96.0 95.3-96.6
-Piedmont NC 3,425 113 3.6 2.9- 4.5 3,312 96.4 95.5-97.1
GENDER
Male 1,360 41 3.4 2.4- 4.7 1,319 96.6 95.3-97.6
Female 2,065 72 3.9 3.0- 5.2 1,993 96.1 94.8-97.0
RACE
White 2,493 56 2.4 1.7- 3.3 2,437 97.6 96.7-98.3
African American 562 48 10.1 7.3-13.7 514 89.9 86.3-92.7
Other Minorities 44 0 0.0 . - . 44 100 . - .
AGE
18-24 330 37 11.0 7.5-15.8 293 89.0 84.2-92.5
25-34 1,173 46 4.5 3.2- 6.3 1,127 95.5 93.7-96.8
35-44 1,316 25 2.0 1.3- 3.3 1,291 98.0 96.7-98.7
45-54 606 5 0.7 0.3- 2.2 601 99.3 97.8-99.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 408 29 7.2 4.8-10.8 379 92.8 89.2-95.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 892 29 3.5 2.2- 5.5 863 96.5 94.5-97.8
Some Post-H.S. 854 27 3.6 2.3- 5.7 827 96.4 94.3-97.7
College Graduate 1,269 28 2.5 1.6- 3.8 1,241 97.5 96.2-98.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 221 22 8.4 5.1-13.5 199 91.6 86.5-94.9
$15,000- 24,999 475 26 6.1 3.8- 9.5 449 93.9 90.5-96.2
$25,000- 34,999 401 23 6.9 4.3-10.9 378 93.1 89.1-95.7
$35,000- 49,999 486 6 1.9 0.7- 4.8 480 98.1 95.2-99.3
$50,000-74,999 564 7 1.3 0.6- 2.8 557 98.7 97.2-99.4
$75,000+ 734 10 1.6 0.8- 3.4 724 98.4 96.6-99.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 632 36 5.7 3.8- 8.3 596 94.3 91.7-96.2
No 2,783 77 3.2 2.5- 4.2 2,706 96.8 95.8-97.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 193 6 2.3 1.0- 5.3 187 97.7 94.7-99.0
Non-Veteran 3,212 107 3.8 3.0- 4.7 3,105 96.2 95.3-97.0
Currently Serving 19 0 0.0 . - . 19 100 . - .

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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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