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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont Western North Carolina**

HIV/AIDS

In the past 12 months has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional talked to you about preventing sexually transmitted diseases through condom use?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 11,159 1,276 11.7 10.9-12.5 9,883 88.3 87.5-89.1
-Piedmont NC 6,257 641 10.7 9.7-11.7 5,616 89.3 88.3-90.3
GENDER
Male 2,426 187 9.0 7.6-10.6 2,239 91.0 89.4-92.4
Female 3,831 454 12.3 11.1-13.7 3,377 87.7 86.3-88.9
RACE
White 4,722 289 6.1 5.3- 7.0 4,433 93.9 93.0-94.7
African American 1,043 232 20.4 17.6-23.5 811 79.6 76.5-82.4
Other Minorities 66 6 5.2 2.1-12.6 60 94.8 87.4-97.9
AGE
18-24 409 155 38.8 32.8-45.1 254 61.2 54.9-67.2
25-34 1,339 227 15.2 13.0-17.7 1,112 84.8 82.3-87.0
35-44 1,603 155 9.4 7.7-11.3 1,448 90.6 88.7-92.3
45-54 1,535 73 4.6 3.5- 6.0 1,462 95.4 94.0-96.5
55-64 1,371 31 2.5 1.6- 3.9 1,340 97.5 96.1-98.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 765 155 23.5 19.7-27.8 610 76.5 72.2-80.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,668 181 11.1 9.2-13.4 1,487 88.9 86.6-90.8
Some Post-H.S. 1,586 156 11.0 9.2-13.3 1,430 89.0 86.7-90.8
College Graduate 2,233 148 5.5 4.6- 6.7 2,085 94.5 93.3-95.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 531 92 17.5 13.2-22.7 439 82.5 77.3-86.8
$15,000- 24,999 865 150 19.5 16.0-23.6 715 80.5 76.4-84.0
$25,000- 34,999 707 109 17.9 14.5-22.0 598 82.1 78.0-85.5
$35,000- 49,999 911 79 8.8 6.8-11.4 832 91.2 88.6-93.2
$50,000-74,999 949 42 4.1 2.9- 5.8 907 95.9 94.2-97.1
$75,000+ 1,219 51 4.4 3.2- 6.0 1,168 95.6 94.0-96.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,564 164 11.7 9.6-14.2 1,400 88.3 85.8-90.4
No 4,588 461 10.3 9.2-11.4 4,127 89.7 88.6-90.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 577 29 4.2 2.8- 6.4 548 95.8 93.6-97.2
Non-Veteran 5,654 609 11.4 10.4-12.6 5,045 88.6 87.4-89.6
Currently Serving 24 3 15.2 4.6-39.7 21 84.8 60.3-95.4

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported being less than age 65.

^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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