2011 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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 i n 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 10,680 221 3.8 3.2- 4.6 10,459 96.2 95.4-96.8
-Western NC 1,833 32 2.8 1.7- 4.6 1,801 97.2 95.4-98.3
GENDER
Male 704 16 2.8 1.3- 5.6 688 97.2 94.4-98.7
Female 1,129 16 2.8 1.3- 5.8 1,113 97.2 94.2-98.7
RACE
White 1,691 27 2.4 1.4- 4.2 1,664 97.6 95.8-98.6
Other minorities 132 *** *** *** 127 93.2 79.7-97.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 1,783 32 2.9 1.7- 4.8 1,751 97.1 95.2-98.3
AGE
18-34 151 *** *** *** 144 94.8 88.4-97.7
35-54 524 12 3.3 1.4- 7.2 512 96.7 92.8-98.6
55-64 451 *** *** *** 446 99.2 98.1-99.7
65-74 402 *** *** *** 398 98.6 95.9-99.5
75+ 305 *** *** *** 301 99.4 98.4-99.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 253 *** *** *** 248 96.7 89.1-99.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 548 11 2.5 0.9- 6.2 537 97.5 93.8-99.1
Some Post-H.S. 488 *** *** *** 480 96.6 92.2-98.5
College Graduate 542 *** *** *** 534 98.2 95.1-99.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 268 *** *** *** 263 97.3 91.0-99.2
$15,000- 24,999 355 *** *** *** 346 96.9 91.3-98.9
$25,000- 34,999 228 *** *** *** 225 94.2 82.4-98.3
$35,000- 49,999 225 *** *** *** 222 98.7 94.1-99.7
$50,000+ 454 *** *** *** 445 97.9 95.1-99.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 668 11 2.1 0.7- 6.0 657 97.9 94.0-99.3
No 1,159 21 3.1 1.7- 5.5 1,138 96.9 94.5-98.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 265 *** *** *** 263 99.7 99.0-99.9
Non-Veteran 1,568 30 3.1 1.9- 5.2 1,538 96.9 94.8-98.1

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2011 are NOT comparable to previous years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2011 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).

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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