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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Sexual Behavior

The last time you had sexual intercourse, was the condom used.

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  Total
Respond.^
Prevent Pregnancy Prevent diseases Both Preg. and Disease Other reason
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,291 484 36.9 33.7-40.3 133 10.0 8.0-12.6 614 48.7 45.2-52.3 60 4.3 3.2- 5.8
-Western NC 129 50 38.5 28.9-49.1 13 8.2 4.1-15.8 62 50.5 39.9-61.1 4 2.8 0.9- 8.1
GENDER
Male 56 21 36.2 23.2-51.6 2 3.8 0.8-15.8 32 58.0 42.6-72.0 1 2.0 0.3-12.8
Female 73 29 41.8 29.1-55.6 11 14.3 6.7-28.0 30 40.0 27.5-54.0 3 3.9 1.1-13.2
RACE
White 103 44 42.6 31.7-54.2 8 5.4 2.2-12.9 47 48.5 37.0-60.0 4 3.6 1.2-10.2
African American 8 3 49.4 16.7-82.6 3 20.4 4.7-57.2 2 30.1 7.3-70.2 0 0.0 . - .
Other Minorities 1 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-24 33 8 25.2 12.0-45.5 1 1.1 0.2- 7.8 23 70.4 50.4-84.7 1 3.2 0.5-19.9
25-34 40 16 37.8 21.0-58.2 3 6.2 1.4-24.4 20 55.2 34.7-74.1 1 0.7 0.1- 5.1
35-44 45 21 54.0 37.3-69.8 7 16.0 6.4-34.7 16 27.2 15.9-42.6 1 2.8 0.4-17.5
45-54 11 5 36.9 14.2-67.4 2 19.7 4.8-54.2 3 31.5 10.3-64.8 1 11.9 1.7-51.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 23 5 13.6 4.1-36.5 4 14.8 4.6-38.3 14 71.6 47.2-87.7 0 0.0 . - .
H.S. or G.E.D. 30 10 34.0 17.1-56.2 1 1.6 0.2-10.7 18 59.4 37.6-78.0 1 5.1 0.7-28.5
Some Post-H.S. 44 16 43.2 27.1-60.8 6 10.3 3.3-27.9 20 41.9 26.6-59.0 2 4.6 1.1-17.5
College Graduate 32 19 65.9 43.6-82.8 2 4.3 1.0-16.4 10 28.9 13.0-52.4 1 0.9 0.1- 6.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 24 3 11.6 2.7-38.0 5 15.9 5.3-39.2 15 67.5 42.1-85.6 1 5.0 0.7-28.8
$15,000- 24,999 27 7 29.2 12.3-54.7 3 10.0 2.2-35.3 16 59.7 35.9-79.7 1 1.1 0.2- 8.0
$25,000- 34,999 20 11 47.5 25.3-70.8 1 11.7 1.7-50.0 8 40.8 20.0-65.6 0 0.0 . - .
$35,000- 49,999 18 8 53.3 27.2-77.7 4 8.2 2.5-23.4 5 32.2 12.0-62.3 1 6.3 0.9-34.2
$50,000-74,999 11 9 74.4 31.5-94.8 0 0.0 . - . 2 25.6 5.2-68.5 0 0.0 . - .
$75,000+ 9 7 65.5 23.5-92.1 0 0.0 . - . 2 34.5 7.9-76.5 0 0.0 . - .
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 31 11 37.4 19.8-59.1 5 11.3 4.5-25.7 14 45.7 26.6-66.1 1 5.6 0.8-30.5
No 97 39 39.2 28.1-51.5 8 7.4 3.0-17.3 47 51.3 39.0-63.5 3 2.1 0.6- 7.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 6 3 65.5 22.9-92.4 0 0.0 . - . 3 34.5 7.6-77.1 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Veteran 121 45 37.2 27.5-48.0 13 8.5 4.2-16.4 59 51.4 40.5-62.2 4 2.9 1.0- 8.5
Currently Serving 2 2 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .

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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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