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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Eastern North Carolina**

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Pregnancy: Current or Within the Last Five Years.*

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  Total
Respond.^
Within Last 5 Years Currently No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,304 757 34.0 31.1-37.0 91 5.9 4.4- 7.8 1,456 60.1 57.0-63.1
-Eastern NC 829 269 32.2 27.4-37.3 30 6.1 3.5-10.4 530 61.7 56.2-67.0
GENDER
Male 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
Female 829 269 32.2 27.4-37.3 30 6.1 3.5-10.4 530 61.7 56.2-67.0
RACE
White 486 151 32.1 26.0-38.8 19 5.0 2.5-10.0 316 62.9 55.9-69.4
African American 266 87 32.4 24.3-41.7 6 2.3 0.9- 5.6 173 65.3 56.0-73.7
Other Minorities 75 31 32.2 17.6-51.4 5 24.2 8.8-51.4 39 43.6 23.2-66.6
AGE
18-24 127 62 35.6 24.6-48.3 12 12.2 5.2-25.8 53 52.3 38.8-65.5
25-34 316 150 48.9 40.6-57.3 14 8.2 3.9-16.5 152 42.9 34.9-51.3
35-44 386 57 15.8 10.8-22.5 4 0.5 0.2- 1.4 325 83.7 77.0-88.7
45-54 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
55-64 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
65-74 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
75+ 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 96 24 22.4 13.1-35.6 2 6.4 1.0-31.8 70 71.2 54.7-83.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 257 90 33.9 25.5-43.6 6 3.2 1.2- 8.1 161 62.9 53.1-71.7
Some Post-H.S. 251 80 32.9 24.0-43.2 11 7.1 2.6-18.1 160 60.0 49.4-69.8
College Graduate 225 75 33.9 25.4-43.7 11 8.1 3.4-18.0 139 58.0 47.8-67.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 105 32 47.1 33.1-61.5 3 3.0 0.7-12.3 70 49.9 36.0-63.8
$15,000- 24,999 176 66 36.4 26.5-47.7 4 9.4 2.6-28.5 106 54.2 42.4-65.5
$25,000- 34,999 120 35 37.3 24.2-52.6 5 8.0 2.4-23.4 80 54.7 39.9-68.8
$35,000- 49,999 113 33 22.0 13.2-34.4 9 7.6 3.0-17.8 71 70.4 57.2-80.9
$50,000-74,999 97 31 32.7 20.5-47.9 4 5.9 1.4-21.9 62 61.4 46.1-74.8
$75,000+ 76 25 30.3 18.0-46.3 2 0.7 0.1- 3.1 49 69.0 53.1-81.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 89 28 32.0 22.2-43.7 5 5.4 2.2-12.7 56 62.6 50.8-73.1
Guilford 113 37 41.7 31.0-53.2 8 8.5 4.1-16.6 68 49.8 39.0-60.6
Mecklenburg 118 46 39.7 30.4-49.8 8 9.4 4.7-17.9 64 50.9 41.0-60.8
Orange 132 35 27.5 15.7-43.5 3 2.6 0.8- 8.3 94 69.9 54.3-82.0
Wake 145 47 32.1 23.9-41.7 9 8.1 3.4-18.1 89 59.8 49.8-69.0
Chatham/Lee 85 37 38.1 27.3-50.1 3 4.7 1.5-13.8 45 57.3 44.9-68.7
Nash/Wilson 91 33 40.1 29.4-51.8 2 2.4 0.6- 9.3 56 57.5 45.8-68.4
Craven/Pamlico 108 42 43.6 33.3-54.6 7 8.0 3.6-16.8 59 48.4 37.8-59.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 95 36 38.3 27.8-50.1 3 3.6 1.1-10.8 56 58.1 46.4-68.9
Appalachian/Wilkes 118 33 36.7 22.5-53.7 2 3.0 0.6-13.6 83 60.3 44.0-74.6
Franklin/Gran./Vance 114 47 46.3 35.0-58.0 1 1.4 0.2- 9.2 66 52.3 40.7-63.7
Graham/Swain/Jackson 95 22 19.7 12.7-29.2 4 5.8 2.1-15.4 69 74.5 64.0-82.8
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 130 43 39.4 30.2-49.5 2 2.4 0.5-10.3 85 58.1 48.1-67.5
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 100 24 26.6 17.8-37.8 3 3.1 0.9- 9.8 73 70.3 59.0-79.5
Northeast NC I 127 47 40.0 30.9-49.9 5 6.3 2.4-15.6 75 53.6 43.8-63.2
Northeast NC II 108 30 27.5 19.3-37.4 2 3.0 0.7-12.5 76 69.5 59.1-78.2
Northeastern Partnership 235 77 32.5 26.1-39.6 7 4.3 1.9- 9.7 151 63.1 55.8-69.9
Mountain AHEC 251 73 32.8 25.3-41.3 10 3.8 1.7- 8.5 168 63.4 54.9-71.1
NC REGIONS***
Piedmont 1,024 353 34.4 30.5-38.6 47 6.4 4.5- 9.1 624 59.1 54.8-63.3
Western NC 451 135 36.3 29.4-43.8 14 2.9 1.5- 5.6 302 60.8 53.4-67.8

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available for Eastern North Carolina**. Please refer to the North Carolina table for statewide breakdowns.

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*Derived from the two pregnancy questions. Asked only of females age 18 to 45.

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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

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