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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Family Planning--WHITE 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 593 94 14.7 11.1-19.1 94 17.9 13.7-23.1 82 14.2 10.7-18.6 135 20.7 16.3-25.9 188 32.5 26.6-39.1
GENDER
Male 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
Female 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

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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