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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Sexual Behavior-AFRICAN AMERICANS

During the past twelve months, with how many people have you had sexual intercourse?

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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 1,295 884 70.5 67.3-73.5 94 7.2 5.6- 9.3 36 2.9 1.9- 4.4 39 4.0 2.6- 5.9 242 15.4 13.2-18.0
GENDER
Male 409 284 71.1 65.4-76.1 34 8.7 5.8-12.7 18 3.6 2.0- 6.6 30 7.7 4.9-11.8 43 8.9 6.1-12.7
Female 886 600 70.1 66.2-73.7 60 6.2 4.6- 8.3 18 2.3 1.3- 4.1 9 1.2 0.5- 3.0 199 20.2 17.1-23.7
AGE
18-24 160 91 50.8 40.8-60.7 24 13.7 8.1-22.2 11 9.7 4.7-18.8 12 12.1 6.0-22.8 22 13.8 8.1-22.5
25-34 428 310 75.7 70.6-80.1 33 7.0 4.8-10.2 10 1.5 0.7- 2.9 16 3.7 2.1- 6.4 59 12.1 8.8-16.4
35-44 475 327 70.2 64.8-75.2 24 6.1 3.7- 9.9 11 2.1 1.0- 4.3 8 2.0 0.8- 4.7 105 19.5 15.5-24.3
45-54 232 156 77.9 71.7-83.1 13 4.5 2.3- 8.7 4 1.3 0.5- 3.7 3 1.7 0.5- 6.1 56 14.5 10.7-19.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 158 103 64.5 54.5-73.3 14 9.6 4.8-18.2 10 8.0 3.5-17.1 7 5.6 2.4-12.2 24 12.4 8.0-18.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 462 303 66.6 60.8-71.9 38 9.8 6.6-14.2 10 1.6 0.8- 3.4 17 5.2 2.7- 9.9 94 16.8 13.1-21.3
Some Post-H.S. 382 275 77.2 71.9-81.8 25 5.6 3.6- 8.5 8 1.8 0.8- 3.8 8 2.9 1.3- 6.4 66 12.6 9.2-17.0
College Graduate 292 203 71.3 64.3-77.4 17 4.2 2.5- 7.1 8 3.3 1.3- 7.9 7 2.6 1.1- 5.8 57 18.5 13.4-25.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 217 121 64.2 56.6-71.2 19 7.5 4.5-12.5 9 3.3 1.6- 6.7 10 3.7 1.9- 7.1 58 21.2 15.9-27.8
$15,000- 24,999 299 200 69.6 62.5-75.9 29 10.6 6.5-16.9 6 1.7 0.7- 3.9 6 3.2 1.2- 8.3 58 14.8 10.9-19.9
$25,000- 34,999 210 136 66.8 58.8-74.0 17 8.4 5.0-13.8 8 5.2 2.2-11.7 5 2.6 1.0- 6.4 44 17.1 12.1-23.6
$35,000- 49,999 173 132 75.8 67.0-82.8 8 5.2 2.2-11.8 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4 8 5.6 2.5-11.8 24 13.1 8.0-20.6
$50,000-74,999 124 111 91.4 84.8-95.2 6 3.5 1.5- 8.0 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.6 0.4- 6.7 5 3.5 1.3- 9.1
$75,000+ 93 78 86.6 77.4-92.4 2 1.4 0.3- 5.7 3 3.4 0.9-12.0 1 2.0 0.3-12.6 9 6.6 3.3-12.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 317 201 63.9 56.9-70.4 34 10.3 7.0-14.8 12 3.8 2.0- 7.0 10 5.4 2.1-12.9 60 16.7 12.2-22.4
No 971 682 72.8 69.2-76.2 60 6.4 4.7- 8.8 24 2.6 1.5- 4.5 29 3.6 2.4- 5.4 176 14.5 12.1-17.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 121 87 78.4 69.1-85.5 7 4.2 1.9- 9.1 5 3.5 1.3- 9.0 6 4.4 1.8-10.3 16 9.5 4.9-17.7
Non-Veteran 1,141 768 68.8 65.2-72.1 87 7.9 6.1-10.1 29 2.8 1.7- 4.5 33 4.0 2.6- 6.2 224 16.6 14.1-19.3
Currently Serving 33 29 92.4 79.6-97.4 0 0.0 . - . 2 3.2 0.7-13.0 0 0.0 . - . 2 4.4 1.0-17.5

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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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