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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Sexual Behavior

Was a condom used the last time you had sexual intercourse?

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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
-Western NC 616 129 20.0 16.4-24.1 487 80.0 75.9-83.6
GENDER
Male 242 56 23.3 17.6-30.3 186 76.7 69.7-82.4
Female 374 73 16.6 12.7-21.3 301 83.4 78.7-87.3
RACE
White 532 103 18.0 14.5-22.2 429 82.0 77.8-85.5
African American 32 8 21.4 9.7-40.8 24 78.6 59.2-90.3
Other Minorities 2 1 34.7 3.2-89.5 1 65.3 10.5-96.8
AGE
18-24 66 33 53.7 40.1-66.8 33 46.3 33.2-59.9
25-34 184 40 19.2 12.8-27.7 144 80.8 72.3-87.2
35-44 251 45 15.9 11.4-21.6 206 84.1 78.4-88.6
45-54 115 11 5.1 2.7- 9.5 104 94.9 90.5-97.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 81 23 31.4 20.0-45.7 58 68.6 54.3-80.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 180 30 15.0 9.8-22.2 150 85.0 77.8-90.2
Some Post-H.S. 187 44 20.5 14.7-27.9 143 79.5 72.1-85.3
College Graduate 167 32 17.9 12.0-25.9 135 82.1 74.1-88.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 59 24 48.9 32.1-65.9 35 51.1 34.1-67.9
$15,000- 24,999 116 27 18.8 11.9-28.4 89 81.2 71.6-88.1
$25,000- 34,999 97 20 16.2 9.9-25.3 77 83.8 74.7-90.1
$35,000- 49,999 101 18 18.7 11.1-29.8 83 81.3 70.2-88.9
$50,000-74,999 88 11 14.1 7.3-25.5 77 85.9 74.5-92.7
$75,000+ 71 9 13.9 6.5-27.3 62 86.1 72.7-93.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 149 31 17.1 11.4-24.9 118 82.9 75.1-88.6
No 465 97 20.7 16.5-25.7 368 79.3 74.3-83.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 38 6 10.4 3.7-26.0 32 89.6 74.0-96.3
Non-Veteran 574 121 20.6 16.8-25.0 453 79.4 75.0-83.2
Currently Serving 4 2 21.7 3.4-68.4 2 78.3 31.6-96.6

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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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