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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Family Planning--FEMALE Respondents Only

What is your main reason for not doing anything to keep you/your partner from getting pregnant?*

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  Total
Respond.#
Want to get pregnant Had hysterectomy Beleive can't get pregnant vasectomy/Tubes tied Other
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 319 60 19.6 14.2-26.4 60 19.4 14.1-26.2 31 8.8 5.4-13.8 67 18.4 13.2-25.0 101 33.8 26.5-42.1
RACE
White 220 42 19.4 13.0-27.9 41 19.1 12.9-27.5 23 10.3 5.9-17.2 49 21.2 14.6-29.7 65 30.1 21.9-39.7
African American 56 7 17.4 7.8-34.7 15 28.3 15.2-46.6 5 7.2 2.3-20.2 10 11.6 4.5-26.9 19 35.5 20.0-54.8

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available.

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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 reported NOT using birth control.

First five most frequent response categorie s presented here. OTHER category was formed from the remaining responses.

#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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