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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: 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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  Total
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
-Western NC 623 273 42.0 37.3-46.7 293 48.2 43.4-53.0 27 5.3 3.5- 7.9 30 4.6 3.0- 7.0
GENDER
Male 246 112 41.9 34.9-49.3 109 48.4 41.1-55.8 10 4.0 2.0- 7.6 15 5.7 3.2-10.1
Female 377 161 42.0 36.1-48.1 184 47.9 41.9-54.0 17 6.6 3.9-10.9 15 3.5 2.0- 6.1
RACE
White 538 234 40.2 35.4-45.2 253 49.6 44.5-54.7 25 5.6 3.7- 8.5 26 4.5 2.9- 7.1
African American 32 14 40.1 21.6-61.8 15 40.6 22.6-61.6 1 7.3 1.0-36.9 2 12.1 3.1-37.4
Other Minorities 2 1 65.3 10.5-96.8 1 34.7 3.2-89.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-24 68 26 32.7 21.9-45.8 38 62.1 48.6-73.9 2 1.2 0.3- 4.7 2 4.0 0.8-18.7
25-34 187 90 49.3 40.0-58.6 84 45.1 36.1-54.5 6 2.6 1.0- 6.3 7 3.0 1.2- 7.2
35-44 254 110 42.2 35.2-49.5 120 47.0 39.8-54.3 12 6.7 3.8-11.8 12 4.1 2.1- 7.7
45-54 114 47 35.9 26.2-46.9 51 45.3 34.5-56.5 7 9.6 4.4-19.9 9 9.2 4.5-17.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 80 33 44.2 31.3-58.0 34 39.0 27.2-52.3 3 4.4 1.4-12.8 10 12.4 5.9-24.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 183 74 40.5 32.3-49.2 85 47.8 39.3-56.4 9 5.2 2.5-10.4 15 6.6 3.7-11.6
Some Post-H.S. 188 81 40.2 32.1-48.9 93 51.1 42.3-59.7 10 7.1 3.5-13.6 4 1.7 0.6- 4.7
College Graduate 171 85 44.6 35.8-53.7 80 50.8 41.6-60.0 5 3.7 1.4- 9.1 1 1.0 0.1- 6.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 59 29 53.3 36.3-69.5 23 35.7 21.7-52.8 4 4.6 1.5-13.2 3 6.4 1.4-25.1
$15,000- 24,999 115 49 41.9 31.2-53.6 63 55.6 44.1-66.6 1 1.2 0.2- 8.3 2 1.2 0.3- 4.6
$25,000- 34,999 100 47 44.5 33.6-55.9 43 44.4 33.4-56.0 5 7.7 3.0-18.4 5 3.4 1.3- 8.7
$35,000- 49,999 102 49 46.7 35.6-58.1 44 44.2 33.2-55.8 5 5.5 2.1-14.0 4 3.6 1.2-10.1
$50,000-74,999 87 34 34.0 23.8-45.9 43 53.8 41.6-65.6 6 8.8 3.9-18.7 4 3.4 1.1- 9.9
$75,000+ 71 31 46.3 33.2-60.0 37 49.3 36.0-62.6 1 1.6 0.2-10.4 2 2.8 0.7-11.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 151 69 46.0 36.4-55.9 67 42.8 33.4-52.6 5 5.5 2.1-13.5 10 5.7 2.8-11.1
No 470 203 40.7 35.4-46.2 226 50.1 44.5-55.6 21 5.0 3.1- 7.8 20 4.3 2.5- 7.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 38 20 51.7 32.4-70.4 14 37.7 21.5-57.3 1 4.6 0.6-26.1 3 6.1 1.6-20.2
Non-Veteran 581 252 41.4 36.7-46.4 276 48.7 43.7-53.7 26 5.3 3.5- 8.1 27 4.6 2.9- 7.1
Currently Serving 4 1 10.9 1.1-57.1 3 89.1 42.9-98.9 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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