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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Sexual Behavior

How many new sex partners did you have during the past twelve months?

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  Total
Respond.^
One partner Two partners Three partners Four or more partners None
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,977 634 10.2 9.3-11.2 187 3.3 2.8- 4.0 65 1.1 0.8- 1.4 72 1.5 1.1- 2.0 5,019 83.9 82.7-85.1
-Gaston County 137 12 9.8 5.4-17.3 3 2.6 0.8- 8.0 2 1.5 0.3- 7.1 5 4.1 1.6-10.4 115 82.0 73.4-88.3
GENDER
Male 48 3 4.3 1.3-13.2 3 6.3 2.0-18.5 2 3.6 0.7-16.2 4 9.4 3.4-23.4 36 76.4 61.5-86.7
Female 89 9 13.6 6.9-25.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.5 0.1- 3.2 79 85.9 74.5-92.8
RACE
White 114 10 9.3 4.7-17.6 2 2.2 0.5- 8.8 2 1.8 0.4- 8.5 4 4.0 1.3-11.5 96 82.6 73.0-89.3
Other 23 2 11.8 3.0-37.2 1 4.4 0.6-25.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 4.4 0.6-25.8 19 79.3 55.6-92.1
AGE
18-44 112 11 10.4 5.5-18.8 3 3.2 1.0- 9.7 2 1.8 0.4- 8.5 4 4.1 1.4-11.6 92 80.6 70.8-87.6
45+ 25 1 7.1 1.0-36.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 4.3 0.6-25.0 23 88.6 63.3-97.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 68 5 7.9 3.1-18.6 3 5.0 1.6-15.0 2 2.9 0.6-13.2 4 6.4 2.2-17.7 54 77.8 64.7-87.0
Some College + 69 7 11.8 5.3-24.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.7 0.2-11.0 61 86.5 73.9-93.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 75 7 10.2 4.5-21.5 2 3.1 0.7-12.4 2 2.6 0.5-12.0 4 5.9 2.0-16.3 60 78.2 65.5-87.1
$50,000+ 42 3 6.2 2.0-18.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 39 93.8 82.0-98.0

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^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 (MAHEC): 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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