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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Family Planning--MALE 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 492 67 12.5 9.0-17.2 69 16.5 12.0-22.2 80 17.1 12.9-22.4 108 19.4 14.8-25.1 168 34.5 28.0-41.6
RACE
White 373 52 12.4 8.4-17.9 53 17.4 12.2-24.2 59 16.1 11.5-22.0 86 20.4 15.0-27.2 123 33.7 26.1-42.3
African American 62 8 12.1 4.9-26.8 7 18.1 7.5-37.6 16 29.3 16.2-47.1 12 20.8 9.6-39.6 19 19.6 11.2-32.1

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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