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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe 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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County) 209 29 12.0 7.4-18.9 6 2.0 0.8- 5.2 5 2.6 0.8- 8.2 4 1.9 0.6- 6.1 165 81.5 73.9-87.3
GENDER
Male 77 9 10.7 4.5-23.2 3 1.9 0.4- 9.1 3 5.4 1.6-16.7 1 0.8 0.1- 5.5 61 81.3 68.1-89.8
Female 132 20 13.2 7.5-22.2 3 2.1 0.7- 6.4 2 0.1 0.0- 0.4 3 2.9 0.7-11.2 104 81.7 72.1-88.5
RACE
White 167 21 9.3 5.5-15.2 4 2.2 0.8- 6.1 5 3.1 0.9- 9.8 3 1.8 0.4- 7.3 134 83.5 75.9-89.1
Other 41 8 25.6 9.7-52.3 1 0.2 0.0- 1.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.3 0.3-14.9 31 72.0 46.1-88.5
AGE
18-44 170 21 11.2 6.4-19.1 6 2.4 0.9- 6.1 5 3.1 0.9- 9.6 4 2.2 0.7- 7.2 134 81.1 72.4-87.5
45+ 39 8 16.3 6.7-34.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 31 83.7 65.6-93.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 93 10 14.0 6.6-27.3 4 3.3 1.0-10.1 1 2.4 0.3-15.1 3 4.1 1.2-13.0 75 76.3 62.9-85.9
Some College + 115 19 10.3 5.8-17.9 2 0.9 0.2- 4.3 4 2.8 0.6-11.5 1 0.1 0.0- 0.4 89 85.9 77.2-91.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 128 20 15.4 8.7-25.9 4 2.1 0.6- 7.3 3 2.5 0.5-10.5 3 1.5 0.4- 5.7 98 78.5 67.8-86.3
$50,000+ 54 6 7.9 3.0-19.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 4.2 0.6-24.2 1 3.8 0.5-22.4 46 84.1 67.8-92.9

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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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