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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

HIV/AIDS

Do any of these situations apply to you in the past year: have used intravenous drugs, have been treated for a sexually transmitted or venereal disease, have given or received money or drugs in exchange for sex, had anal sex without a condom?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,681 362 3.6 3.1- 4.1 12,319 96.4 95.9-96.9
-Eastern NC 4,142 121 3.8 3.0- 4.8 4,021 96.2 95.2-97.0
GENDER
Male 1,456 45 3.5 2.4- 5.2 1,411 96.5 94.8-97.6
Female 2,686 76 4.1 3.0- 5.5 2,610 95.9 94.5-97.0
RACE
White 2,663 61 3.2 2.2- 4.5 2,602 96.8 95.5-97.8
African American 1,069 44 5.2 3.5- 7.7 1,025 94.8 92.3-96.5
Other Minorities 403 16 4.3 2.4- 7.7 387 95.7 92.3-97.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 226 7 3.4 1.5- 7.6 219 96.6 92.4-98.5
Non-Hispanic 3,912 114 3.8 3.0- 4.9 3,798 96.2 95.1-97.0
AGE
18-24 272 29 10.9 7.0-16.5 243 89.1 83.5-93.0
25-34 758 38 4.3 3.0- 6.2 720 95.7 93.8-97.0
35-44 972 23 2.2 1.4- 3.6 949 97.8 96.4-98.6
45-54 1,123 21 2.2 1.2- 3.8 1,102 97.8 96.2-98.8
55-64 1,017 10 0.8 0.4- 1.6 1,007 99.2 98.4-99.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 488 36 8.6 5.7-12.7 452 91.4 87.3-94.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,352 42 4.3 2.8- 6.7 1,310 95.7 93.3-97.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,138 25 2.8 1.7- 4.5 1,113 97.2 95.5-98.3
College Graduate 1,161 18 1.3 0.8- 2.1 1,143 98.7 97.9-99.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 491 34 9.7 6.4-14.5 457 90.3 85.5-93.6
$15,000- 24,999 760 27 4.7 2.7- 8.1 733 95.3 91.9-97.3
$25,000- 34,999 530 10 3.0 1.3- 6.4 520 97.0 93.6-98.7
$35,000- 49,999 651 13 2.2 1.2- 4.2 638 97.8 95.8-98.8
$50,000-74,999 612 14 2.9 1.6- 5.1 598 97.1 94.9-98.4
$75,000+ 668 4 0.3 0.1- 1.0 664 99.7 99.0-99.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,240 50 4.9 3.4- 7.0 1,190 95.1 93.0-96.6
No 2,838 68 3.4 2.4- 4.7 2,770 96.6 95.3-97.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 582 9 2.3 1.0- 5.1 573 97.7 94.9-99.0
Non-Veteran 3,558 112 4.1 3.2- 5.2 3,446 95.9 94.8-96.8

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*This question was asked only of respondents who were 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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
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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