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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

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
-Mountain AHEC 343 46 12.2 8.4-17.4 12 2.9 1.6- 5.5 7 2.4 0.9- 6.2 7 2.0 0.8- 4.9 271 80.6 74.7-85.3
GENDER
Male 128 12 10.1 5.0-19.5 8 4.1 1.8- 9.0 5 4.9 1.8-12.6 3 1.2 0.4- 4.1 100 79.7 69.8-87.0
Female 215 34 14.0 9.2-20.8 4 1.9 0.7- 5.1 2 0.1 0.0- 0.3 4 2.6 0.8- 8.5 171 81.3 73.9-87.0
RACE
White 281 33 9.3 6.2-13.7 9 3.1 1.5- 6.1 7 2.8 1.0- 7.4 5 1.8 0.6- 5.4 227 83.0 77.2-87.6
African American 23 2 7.1 1.6-26.6 1 3.4 0.5-20.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.4 0.5-20.9 19 86.2 66.3-95.2
Other Minorities 2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 100 . - .
AGE
18-24 34 6 19.3 8.0-39.5 5 9.1 3.4-22.4 2 13.3 3.5-39.3 2 8.3 1.9-30.4 19 50.0 31.6-68.5
25-34 109 18 14.7 7.4-27.1 4 2.6 0.8- 7.6 1 0.0 0.0- 0.4 4 2.7 0.9- 8.0 82 80.0 67.9-88.3
35-44 131 13 8.2 4.4-14.8 3 2.6 0.8- 8.5 3 1.4 0.4- 5.3 0 0.0 . - . 112 87.7 80.2-92.7
45-54 69 9 11.3 4.9-24.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.2 0.2- 8.0 1 0.6 0.1- 4.1 58 86.9 74.4-93.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 37 8 29.3 13.0-53.5 2 2.3 0.4-13.2 1 6.2 0.9-33.1 2 3.8 0.9-14.6 24 58.4 36.6-77.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 93 8 8.5 3.7-18.5 3 3.3 0.9-11.1 0 0.0 . - . 3 4.8 1.4-15.0 79 83.4 71.9-90.8
Some Post-H.S. 102 14 10.1 5.3-18.6 5 4.0 1.5-10.0 2 1.6 0.4- 6.3 1 0.1 0.0- 0.6 80 84.2 75.0-90.4
College Graduate 110 16 10.3 5.6-18.1 2 1.8 0.5- 7.1 4 3.7 0.8-14.9 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4 87 83.8 74.0-90.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 38 14 42.7 22.5-65.7 1 2.0 0.3-13.1 2 10.0 2.1-36.0 2 5.4 1.2-20.4 19 39.9 21.6-61.7
$15,000- 24,999 60 10 16.7 8.0-31.7 1 1.6 0.2-10.9 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0 2 3.3 0.8-12.5 46 78.2 63.1-88.3
$25,000- 34,999 55 5 3.3 1.2- 8.6 4 5.6 1.7-17.3 1 1.1 0.2- 7.7 0 0.0 . - . 45 90.0 79.3-95.4
$35,000- 49,999 53 5 12.6 5.1-28.1 1 0.7 0.1- 4.9 1 1.8 0.3-12.1 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2 45 84.6 69.6-93.0
$50,000-74,999 54 6 7.6 2.7-19.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 4.8 0.7-27.0 0 0.0 . - . 47 87.6 71.2-95.3
$75,000+ 43 2 5.3 1.3-19.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 6.9 1.2-30.5 39 87.8 68.1-96.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 78 14 8.4 4.3-15.9 2 2.5 0.6- 9.7 1 1.4 0.2- 9.3 1 1.1 0.2- 7.4 60 86.6 77.3-92.4
No 264 32 13.1 8.6-19.5 9 2.7 1.3- 5.7 6 2.6 0.9- 7.5 6 2.2 0.8- 5.8 211 79.4 72.4-85.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 23 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.6 0.4-17.1 0 0.0 . - . 22 97.4 82.9-99.6
Non-Veteran 317 46 13.3 9.2-19.0 12 3.2 1.7- 6.0 6 2.4 0.8- 6.7 7 2.2 0.9- 5.3 246 79.0 72.7-84.1
Currently Serving 3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 100 . - .

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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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