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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Family Planning

What other method are you also using to prevent pregnancy?*

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  Total
Respond.#
Condoms Other methods No other methods
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,099 113 11.7 8.8-15.4 142 13.8 10.7-17.6 844 74.5 70.0-78.6
GENDER
Male 497 55 11.2 7.8-15.9 70 16.0 11.2-22.4 372 72.7 66.0-78.5
Female 602 58 12.1 7.8-18.5 72 11.2 8.1-15.4 472 76.6 70.3-82.0
RACE
White 793 67 9.8 6.8-13.8 88 10.5 7.7-14.1 638 79.7 74.9-83.8
African American 185 31 19.5 11.1-32.1 35 20.6 13.3-30.4 119 59.9 48.4-70.4
Asian 18 3 16.9 3.9-50.3 1 1.1 0.1- 8.1 14 82.0 49.4-95.5
Native American 21 3 15.4 4.0-44.3 2 3.9 0.8-17.6 16 80.7 51.9-94.2
Other Minorities 78 9 9.3 3.8-20.9 16 26.3 12.2-47.9 53 64.5 45.3-79.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 85 9 6.1 2.2-15.5 17 26.6 13.1-46.4 59 67.3 48.7-81.8
-English Speaking 29 1 10.7 1.5-47.8 4 22.4 6.2-55.7 24 66.9 36.4-87.7
-Spanish Speaking 56 8 4.5 1.8-10.8 13 28.0 12.1-52.4 35 67.5 44.6-84.3
Non-Hispanic 1,012 103 12.2 9.1-16.3 125 12.1 9.4-15.4 784 75.7 71.2-79.7
AGE
18-24 218 43 21.6 13.9-31.9 22 11.3 5.6-21.6 153 67.1 56.0-76.6
25-34 488 51 9.7 6.7-13.9 67 13.7 9.8-18.8 370 76.6 70.7-81.6
35-44 316 15 3.9 1.6- 9.1 42 16.6 11.0-24.1 259 79.6 71.7-85.7
45-54 64 4 6.7 1.7-23.2 9 15.6 5.0-39.2 51 77.7 55.7-90.6
55-64 13 0 0.0 . - . 2 19.2 4.4-54.9 11 80.8 45.1-95.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 106 9 7.2 2.1-21.6 18 24.9 12.9-42.4 79 68.0 50.9-81.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 258 25 13.1 7.1-23.1 32 12.6 7.8-19.7 201 74.3 64.5-82.1
Some Post-H.S. 269 37 15.2 9.8-22.8 41 13.4 8.8-19.9 191 71.4 62.9-78.6
College Graduate 466 42 9.7 6.3-14.7 51 10.1 6.8-14.9 373 80.1 74.2-85.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 64 13 13.9 6.6-26.8 7 15.8 5.2-39.1 44 70.4 50.4-84.7
$15,000- 24,999 186 27 18.7 10.8-30.4 32 23.2 13.5-36.9 127 58.1 45.5-69.7
$25,000- 34,999 165 20 15.3 7.0-30.3 24 15.3 9.1-24.8 121 69.3 56.1-80.0
$35,000- 49,999 170 13 7.0 3.1-14.9 20 9.1 4.8-16.5 137 84.0 74.8-90.2
$50,000-74,999 158 8 7.7 3.2-17.2 7 3.7 1.3-10.5 143 88.6 78.9-94.2
$75,000+ 191 12 8.2 3.8-16.9 26 12.7 7.3-21.2 153 79.0 69.2-86.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 56 4 8.6 3.0-22.4 5 6.8 2.6-16.5 47 84.6 71.2-92.4
Forsyth 61 6 11.7 5.0-25.0 6 16.7 6.3-37.6 49 71.5 53.6-84.6
Guilford 79 7 8.6 3.3-20.6 12 13.3 6.4-25.3 60 78.1 64.6-87.5
Henderson/Transylvania 66 3 2.4 0.6- 9.3 9 13.2 6.5-24.8 54 84.4 72.6-91.7
Mecklenburg 89 7 5.7 2.3-13.3 10 9.6 4.5-19.3 72 84.7 74.1-91.5
Orange 94 9 15.4 8.0-27.8 11 11.0 5.9-19.3 74 73.6 61.7-82.9
Pitt 105 14 12.6 7.1-21.4 14 16.5 9.2-27.8 77 70.9 59.5-80.1
Randolph 50 5 14.3 5.2-33.6 4 9.2 3.3-23.1 41 76.5 58.5-88.2
Robeson 53 9 24.8 12.0-44.3 8 10.3 4.8-20.5 36 64.9 47.2-79.3
Wake 108 19 18.8 11.4-29.5 13 10.1 5.7-17.3 76 71.1 59.9-80.2
Western NC 78 6 7.5 3.1-17.2 11 17.1 8.0-32.8 61 75.4 60.5-85.9
Piedmont NC 138 14 14.8 7.6-26.9 18 10.5 5.7-18.6 106 74.7 63.1-83.6
Eastern NC 122 10 9.0 4.5-17.4 21 20.4 12.3-31.8 91 70.6 59.2-79.9

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* This question was asked of female respondents who reported being ages 18-44 years old and not pregnant,
of male respondents who reported being ages 18-59 years old and did not report having tubes tied or vasectomy.

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

** 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, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Person, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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