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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: 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
-Western NC 1,159 114 10.3 8.2-12.9 1,045 89.7 87.1-91.8
GENDER
Male 446 40 11.3 7.8-15.9 406 88.7 84.1-92.2
Female 713 74 9.3 7.1-12.2 639 90.7 87.8-92.9
RACE
White 1,020 86 8.1 6.3-10.3 934 91.9 89.7-93.7
African American 51 7 13.3 5.8-27.8 44 86.7 72.2-94.2
Other Minorities 3 0 0.0 . - . 3 100 . - .
AGE
18-24 89 30 33.9 23.4-46.1 59 66.1 53.9-76.6
25-34 203 37 14.9 9.7-22.3 166 85.1 77.7-90.3
35-44 292 24 7.8 4.6-12.8 268 92.2 87.2-95.4
45-54 305 15 7.1 3.5-13.9 290 92.9 86.1-96.5
55-64 270 8 2.5 1.1- 5.4 262 97.5 94.6-98.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 178 21 13.5 7.9-22.0 157 86.5 78.0-92.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 348 38 14.1 9.6-20.4 310 85.9 79.6-90.4
Some Post-H.S. 317 39 10.0 6.9-14.2 278 90.0 85.8-93.1
College Graduate 315 16 3.5 2.0- 6.0 299 96.5 94.0-98.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 122 23 24.4 14.4-38.2 99 75.6 61.8-85.6
$15,000- 24,999 218 35 18.5 12.3-26.8 183 81.5 73.2-87.7
$25,000- 34,999 173 20 10.9 6.5-17.7 153 89.1 82.3-93.5
$35,000- 49,999 179 9 1.9 0.9- 3.8 170 98.1 96.2-99.1
$50,000-74,999 152 9 6.5 3.2-12.8 143 93.5 87.2-96.8
$75,000+ 124 3 3.5 0.9-12.5 121 96.5 87.5-99.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 360 35 10.8 6.8-16.8 325 89.2 83.2-93.2
No 784 78 10.2 7.8-13.2 706 89.8 86.8-92.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 105 8 15.9 7.1-31.8 97 84.1 68.2-92.9
Non-Veteran 1,049 104 9.6 7.6-12.1 945 90.4 87.9-92.4
Currently Serving 5 2 20.7 3.4-65.7 3 79.3 34.3-96.6

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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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