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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

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
-Mecklenburg County 675 13 1.7 1.0- 3.2 662 98.3 96.8-99.0
GENDER
Male 245 5 1.6 0.6- 4.2 240 98.4 95.8-99.4
Female 430 8 1.9 0.9- 3.9 422 98.1 96.1-99.1
RACE
White 454 11 2.5 1.3- 4.7 443 97.5 95.3-98.7
Other 218 2 0.4 0.1- 1.5 216 99.6 98.5-99.9
AGE
18-44 333 6 1.5 0.6- 3.7 327 98.5 96.3-99.4
45+ 342 7 2.1 0.9- 4.6 335 97.9 95.4-99.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 139 4 1.4 0.5- 4.2 135 98.6 95.8-99.5
Some College + 534 9 1.9 0.9- 3.8 525 98.1 96.2-99.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 242 8 3.2 1.4- 6.8 234 96.8 93.2-98.6
$50,000+ 341 4 1.1 0.4- 3.0 337 98.9 97.0-99.6

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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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