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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Sexual Behavior-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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%)
TOTAL 1,066 150 13.3 11.0-15.9 39 4.4 2.8- 6.7 19 1.7 1.0- 3.0 12 1.6 0.8- 3.1 846 79.0 75.7-81.9
GENDER
Male 370 53 12.9 9.5-17.3 23 7.0 4.1-11.7 12 2.8 1.4- 5.7 11 3.4 1.8- 6.6 271 73.8 68.0-78.9
Female 696 97 13.6 10.8-16.9 16 2.2 1.1- 4.2 7 0.8 0.3- 1.8 1 0.1 0.0- 0.8 575 83.4 79.8-86.5
AGE
18-24 137 23 13.9 8.4-22.0 13 16.1 8.4-28.8 7 6.2 2.5-14.6 4 5.1 1.7-14.5 90 58.7 47.4-69.2
25-34 374 61 16.4 12.3-21.6 11 1.9 1.0- 3.6 7 1.3 0.5- 3.2 5 1.7 0.7- 4.2 290 78.7 73.3-83.2
35-44 378 43 11.2 8.0-15.6 13 3.4 1.7- 6.6 3 0.7 0.2- 2.3 2 0.4 0.1- 1.6 317 84.2 79.3-88.1
45-54 177 23 10.6 6.7-16.4 2 1.2 0.3- 5.3 2 0.7 0.1- 2.9 1 1.1 0.1- 7.1 149 86.5 80.0-91.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 134 24 17.5 11.2-26.3 7 8.4 3.4-19.3 5 3.3 1.2- 8.5 3 3.9 1.2-11.9 95 66.9 56.1-76.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 375 57 14.8 11.0-19.6 18 6.4 3.3-12.0 6 1.9 0.6- 5.8 3 0.7 0.2- 2.1 291 76.2 70.0-81.4
Some Post-H.S. 319 47 12.7 9.2-17.4 7 2.0 0.9- 4.4 4 1.3 0.5- 3.6 4 1.9 0.5- 6.3 257 82.1 76.6-86.4
College Graduate 238 22 9.1 5.1-15.5 7 2.0 0.8- 4.7 4 1.0 0.4- 2.9 2 1.5 0.4- 5.7 203 86.5 79.9-91.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 162 36 24.1 16.8-33.3 6 2.5 1.0- 6.1 5 2.5 1.0- 6.0 4 3.1 1.1- 8.7 111 67.8 58.4-75.9
$15,000- 24,999 244 31 11.2 7.5-16.4 10 4.4 2.0- 9.6 4 1.3 0.5- 3.7 1 1.7 0.2-10.9 198 81.4 74.4-86.8
$25,000- 34,999 168 25 14.9 9.4-22.7 3 1.6 0.4- 5.9 5 2.5 0.9- 6.8 1 0.9 0.1- 6.3 134 80.0 71.8-86.3
$35,000- 49,999 149 17 10.6 6.3-17.4 2 0.7 0.2- 2.7 2 0.7 0.2- 3.0 4 4.0 1.4-11.0 124 83.9 76.1-89.6
$50,000-74,999 120 11 6.7 3.4-12.8 4 2.8 1.0- 8.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.6 0.1- 4.2 104 89.8 83.0-94.1
$75,000+ 85 9 10.3 4.9-20.4 2 1.4 0.3- 6.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 74 88.3 78.3-94.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 262 47 17.5 12.8-23.5 15 7.0 3.2-14.5 4 1.3 0.4- 3.5 3 1.5 0.4- 5.1 193 72.7 65.3-79.1
No 801 103 12.1 9.7-15.1 24 3.7 2.2- 6.1 15 1.8 1.0- 3.5 9 1.7 0.8- 3.5 650 80.7 77.0-83.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 108 11 10.0 5.2-18.5 7 4.2 1.8- 9.3 2 1.3 0.3- 5.1 1 1.4 0.2- 9.5 87 83.1 73.9-89.5
Non-Veteran 927 133 13.8 11.3-16.7 32 4.6 2.8- 7.3 17 1.8 1.0- 3.4 11 1.7 0.9- 3.4 734 78.1 74.5-81.4
Currently Serving 31 6 12.2 4.9-27.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 25 87.8 72.5-95.1

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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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