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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: 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
-Western NC 626 27 3.8 2.5- 5.9 599 96.2 94.1-97.5
GENDER
Male 248 5 2.0 0.8- 5.0 243 98.0 95.0-99.2
Female 378 22 5.6 3.5- 9.1 356 94.4 90.9-96.5
RACE
White 541 23 3.9 2.4- 6.2 518 96.1 93.8-97.6
African American 32 3 7.1 2.2-20.5 29 92.9 79.5-97.8
Other Minorities 2 0 0.0 . - . 2 100 . - .
AGE
18-24 68 8 11.8 5.5-23.2 60 88.2 76.8-94.5
25-34 186 13 6.3 3.4-11.3 173 93.7 88.7-96.6
35-44 255 4 0.7 0.2- 2.2 251 99.3 97.8-99.8
45-54 117 2 0.7 0.2- 3.1 115 99.3 96.9-99.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 81 6 4.5 1.9-10.1 75 95.5 89.9-98.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 184 10 7.1 3.7-13.4 174 92.9 86.6-96.3
Some Post-H.S. 189 5 1.6 0.6- 3.9 184 98.4 96.1-99.4
College Graduate 171 6 2.1 0.8- 5.0 165 97.9 95.0-99.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 59 8 10.1 4.6-20.6 51 89.9 79.4-95.4
$15,000- 24,999 117 7 7.1 3.0-15.8 110 92.9 84.2-97.0
$25,000- 34,999 100 4 3.6 1.2- 9.9 96 96.4 90.1-98.8
$35,000- 49,999 103 0 0.0 . - . 103 100 . - .
$50,000-74,999 89 4 4.2 1.3-12.4 85 95.8 87.6-98.7
$75,000+ 71 0 0.0 . - . 71 100 . - .
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 152 8 3.8 1.7- 8.4 144 96.2 91.6-98.3
No 472 19 3.8 2.3- 6.3 453 96.2 93.7-97.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 40 1 3.3 0.5-20.4 39 96.7 79.6-99.5
Non-Veteran 582 26 3.9 2.5- 6.0 556 96.1 94.0-97.5
Currently Serving 4 0 0.0 . - . 4 100 . - .

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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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