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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

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
-Mountain AHEC 822 21 4.5 2.5- 8.0 801 95.5 92.0-97.5
GENDER
Male 293 6 5.2 2.0-12.7 287 94.8 87.3-98.0
Female 529 15 3.9 2.0- 7.3 514 96.1 92.7-98.0
RACE
White 699 13 3.0 1.6- 5.6 686 97.0 94.4-98.4
African American 50 3 15.7 3.3-50.5 47 84.3 49.5-96.7
Other Minorities 73 5 9.9 2.4-33.1 68 90.1 66.9-97.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 38 2 9.4 1.5-41.4 36 90.6 58.6-98.5
Non-Hispanic 784 19 4.1 2.2- 7.5 765 95.9 92.5-97.8
AGE
18-24 59 8 17.4 7.7-34.7 51 82.6 65.3-92.3
25-34 171 6 3.7 1.5- 9.0 165 96.3 91.0-98.5
35-44 180 3 1.1 0.3- 3.7 177 98.9 96.3-99.7
45-54 196 3 1.4 0.4- 4.9 193 98.6 95.1-99.6
55-64 216 1 0.4 0.0- 2.5 215 99.6 97.5- 100
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 102 8 16.1 6.7-34.1 94 83.9 65.9-93.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 245 6 4.1 1.7- 9.8 239 95.9 90.2-98.3
Some Post-H.S. 224 5 1.4 0.5- 3.8 219 98.6 96.2-99.5
College Graduate 250 2 1.0 0.3- 4.1 248 99.0 95.9-99.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 85 3 8.3 2.2-27.0 82 91.7 73.0-97.8
$15,000- 24,999 168 7 7.4 2.9-17.9 161 92.6 82.1-97.1
$25,000- 34,999 120 1 1.8 0.3-11.7 119 98.2 88.3-99.7
$35,000- 49,999 122 4 4.3 1.2-14.4 118 95.7 85.6-98.8
$50,000-74,999 110 3 1.8 0.5- 6.5 107 98.2 93.5-99.5
$75,000+ 115 1 0.5 0.1- 3.8 114 99.5 96.2-99.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 244 4 2.5 0.7- 8.8 240 97.5 91.2-99.3
No 564 17 5.4 2.8-10.2 547 94.6 89.8-97.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 75 0 0.0 . - . 75 100 . - .
Non-Veteran 747 21 5.0 2.7- 8.8 726 95.0 91.2-97.3

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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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