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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Family Planning

What are you or your husband/wife/partner doing now to keep from getting pregnant?*

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  Total
Respond.#		 Tubes tied Vasectomy Pill Condoms Other
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,771 414 22.2 19.6-25.1 205 10.4 8.5-12.6 608 35.0 31.7-38.4 286 15.0 12.6-17.8 258 17.4 14.5-20.8
GENDER
Male 857 201 23.1 19.4-27.3 129 12.8 10.0-16.3 260 31.8 27.3-36.6 158 16.0 12.6-20.1 109 16.3 12.4-21.1
Female 914 213 21.1 17.6-25.0 76 7.1 5.3- 9.7 348 39.2 34.6-44.0 128 13.7 10.7-17.4 149 18.9 14.8-23.8
RACE
White 1,328 306 22.0 19.0-25.3 194 13.7 11.2-16.6 477 38.2 34.3-42.3 182 12.9 10.2-16.1 169 13.2 10.5-16.5
African American 274 72 25.7 18.9-33.9 4 1.8 0.5- 6.2 77 26.3 19.8-34.2 70 23.5 17.0-31.5 51 22.7 15.1-32.6
Asian 25 3 28.3 9.8-58.9 2 5.8 1.0-27.9 9 37.5 16.0-65.4 8 17.3 6.0-40.4 3 11.1 2.2-41.0
Native American 39 15 39.4 17.4-66.8 2 2.1 0.5- 9.1 12 21.9 9.5-42.6 3 6.5 1.7-22.0 7 30.1 8.9-65.6
Other Minorities 98 16 13.8 7.5-24.1 2 1.4 0.2- 8.4 31 26.9 16.9-40.0 23 16.7 9.4-27.8 26 41.2 26.7-57.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 112 20 14.2 7.9-24.3 4 0.5 0.2- 1.6 30 23.0 14.0-35.3 24 15.2 8.7-25.3 34 47.1 32.8-61.9
-English Speaking 45 12 28.4 13.5-50.1 4 1.9 0.6- 5.6 11 23.9 9.8-47.6 9 22.2 9.5-43.6 9 23.6 9.3-48.1
-Spanish Speaking 67 8 8.5 3.5-19.3 0 0.0 . - . 19 22.6 12.3-37.8 15 12.4 5.9-24.1 25 56.5 39.1-72.5
Non-Hispanic 1,657 394 23.1 20.3-26.1 201 11.4 9.4-13.8 576 36.2 32.7-39.7 262 15.0 12.5-18.0 224 14.3 11.8-17.3
AGE
18-24 239 9 3.4 1.3- 8.9 3 1.7 0.5- 5.8 122 43.6 34.3-53.5 62 26.3 18.6-35.9 43 24.9 16.3-36.2
25-34 640 109 15.9 12.4-20.2 28 4.7 2.8- 7.7 300 47.3 41.7-53.0 113 14.9 11.3-19.3 90 17.2 12.8-22.8
35-44 649 211 34.9 29.7-40.5 108 15.2 11.8-19.4 159 25.0 20.6-30.1 87 11.8 8.8-15.7 84 13.0 9.6-17.3
45-54 203 76 40.1 30.9-50.0 50 23.8 15.7-34.5 25 14.2 8.2-23.6 18 4.5 2.5- 8.0 34 17.3 10.8-26.5
55-64 40 9 22.9 9.5-45.7 16 49.7 30.2-69.3 2 3.7 0.7-17.9 6 9.8 3.6-24.1 7 13.9 5.7-29.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 172 48 18.9 12.7-27.2 8 1.6 0.7- 4.0 41 26.2 17.3-37.6 32 21.4 12.4-34.5 43 31.9 21.3-44.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 485 167 30.8 25.3-37.0 46 7.8 5.2-11.6 131 25.8 20.6-31.6 68 12.7 9.1-17.4 73 22.9 16.7-30.5
Some Post-H.S. 455 106 22.6 17.6-28.5 62 14.0 9.7-19.6 157 37.0 30.6-43.8 72 13.8 9.8-19.0 58 12.7 8.7-18.1
College Graduate 659 93 14.3 11.0-18.4 89 13.6 10.2-17.8 279 46.6 41.2-52.2 114 15.8 12.2-20.1 84 9.7 7.3-13.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 112 37 29.3 18.8-42.5 3 2.7 0.8- 8.9 30 31.4 19.2-46.9 23 15.7 9.0-25.9 19 20.9 10.5-37.3
$15,000- 24,999 267 65 17.0 12.0-23.6 12 2.7 1.3- 5.7 79 33.5 25.0-43.3 54 16.7 11.3-23.8 57 30.1 20.7-41.4
$25,000- 34,999 248 57 23.7 16.8-32.3 15 5.6 2.6-11.7 92 29.4 22.0-38.1 47 15.9 10.7-23.0 37 25.5 16.4-37.4
$35,000- 49,999 286 81 29.0 21.7-37.6 29 10.3 5.3-19.0 97 33.6 25.7-42.5 46 15.0 10.1-21.7 33 12.1 7.4-18.9
$50,000-74,999 272 57 21.6 15.6-29.3 49 19.0 13.4-26.4 96 34.3 26.9-42.6 34 13.7 8.2-22.0 36 11.3 7.3-17.1
$75,000+ 323 61 17.3 12.6-23.2 66 17.2 12.5-23.3 114 42.6 35.1-50.4 44 12.0 7.9-17.6 38 11.0 7.1-16.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 90 17 20.2 11.5-32.9 15 20.0 11.4-32.6 30 32.4 22.5-44.1 19 18.8 11.7-28.8 9 8.7 4.3-16.6
Forsyth 113 33 24.6 17.2-33.9 15 12.4 7.3-20.5 29 24.6 16.9-34.4 16 18.3 10.1-30.9 20 20.0 12.7-29.9
Guilford 111 15 11.1 6.2-19.1 12 10.1 5.5-18.0 40 34.3 24.7-45.5 28 30.8 20.2-43.9 16 13.6 7.3-24.1
Henderson/Transylvania 116 31 27.7 19.5-37.8 18 17.2 10.7-26.6 26 16.9 10.9-25.2 22 22.3 14.3-33.2 19 15.8 9.5-25.3
Mecklenburg 133 25 14.8 9.5-22.5 14 10.0 5.6-17.2 52 38.5 28.0-50.2 25 18.2 11.6-27.5 17 18.4 9.7-32.2
Orange 135 14 10.0 5.4-17.6 24 25.9 11.6-48.2 50 33.3 23.0-45.5 31 19.6 12.5-29.4 16 11.2 6.2-19.4
Pitt 154 30 20.0 13.2-29.2 13 7.4 4.1-12.8 55 32.6 25.2-40.9 32 23.5 15.8-33.5 24 16.5 10.6-24.7
Randolph 101 32 26.9 18.7-37.0 15 17.5 10.1-28.4 36 40.6 30.1-52.0 5 4.0 1.5-10.4 13 11.1 6.0-19.5
Robeson 92 32 34.7 23.7-47.7 4 3.8 1.4-10.1 30 30.1 19.8-42.8 13 16.4 8.3-29.9 13 15.0 8.4-25.2
Wake 150 24 15.1 9.8-22.6 16 10.2 6.0-16.7 67 47.0 37.5-56.8 25 18.0 11.0-28.1 18 9.6 5.8-15.5
Western NC 160 60 35.7 27.9-44.3 20 11.8 7.5-18.0 43 29.1 21.3-38.3 17 7.8 4.7-12.8 20 15.6 9.6-24.4
Piedmont NC 216 49 22.2 16.4-29.3 21 10.3 6.2-16.7 82 35.9 28.6-43.9 22 11.8 6.8-19.7 42 19.8 13.7-27.8
Eastern NC 200 52 24.7 18.7-31.9 18 8.1 4.8-13.2 68 32.7 25.7-40.5 31 13.8 9.4-19.9 31 20.7 13.9-29.7

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* This question was asked of female respondents who reported being ages 18-44 years old and not pregnant
and of male respondents who reported being ages 18-59 years old.

#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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