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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Sexual Behavior-FEMALES

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  Total
Respond.^
Prevent Pregnancy Prevent diseases Both Preg. and Disease Other reason
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 703 281 42.9 38.4-47.4 83 9.7 7.4-12.5 304 43.1 38.6-47.7 35 4.3 2.9- 6.5
RACE
White 423 216 53.9 48.0-59.8 36 5.8 3.8- 8.8 148 35.5 30.0-41.5 23 4.7 2.8- 7.7
African American 202 28 15.0 9.8-22.3 36 16.7 11.5-23.6 127 63.2 54.7-70.9 11 5.1 2.4-10.6
Asian 14 7 57.0 27.5-82.3 1 1.7 0.2-12.1 6 41.2 16.5-71.3 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 13 2 18.2 4.4-52.1 3 18.5 4.7-51.1 8 63.3 32.0-86.3 0 0.0 . - .
Other Minorities 48 27 63.4 47.4-76.9 7 14.4 6.1-30.3 13 21.2 11.5-35.8 1 1.0 0.1- 7.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 48 24 55.6 38.8-71.1 9 20.7 9.3-39.9 15 23.8 13.3-38.8 0 0.0 . - .
-English Speaking 21 9 47.9 24.5-72.2 3 18.7 4.1-55.2 9 33.4 15.6-57.6 0 0.0 . - .
-Spanish Speaking 27 15 61.5 39.3-79.7 6 22.2 8.7-46.0 6 16.4 6.1-37.2 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 655 257 41.8 37.2-46.5 74 8.8 6.7-11.4 289 44.7 40.0-49.5 35 4.7 3.1- 7.1
AGE
18-24 147 49 29.9 22.0-39.3 10 4.8 2.4- 9.5 87 64.3 54.8-72.8 1 1.0 0.1- 6.5
25-34 294 120 47.5 40.7-54.3 31 8.3 5.3-12.6 130 41.1 34.6-48.0 13 3.1 1.6- 6.0
35-44 208 96 50.7 42.1-59.2 30 12.1 7.7-18.3 70 30.2 23.2-38.4 12 7.0 3.5-13.8
45-54 54 16 30.7 18.5-46.5 12 29.2 15.7-47.7 17 25.4 14.8-40.1 9 14.6 7.2-27.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 80 22 27.5 17.6-40.1 13 16.5 8.9-28.5 39 48.9 36.4-61.6 6 7.2 2.9-16.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 162 51 34.0 25.5-43.5 21 10.1 6.1-16.4 81 51.8 42.2-61.3 9 4.1 1.9- 8.6
Some Post-H.S. 200 69 34.8 27.3-43.2 29 13.1 8.3-20.1 94 48.3 39.9-56.8 8 3.8 1.6- 8.8
College Graduate 261 139 59.8 52.3-66.7 20 4.5 2.8- 7.3 90 31.7 25.2-38.9 12 4.0 1.9- 8.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 95 17 18.1 10.4-29.7 17 21.3 12.3-34.4 59 58.7 46.0-70.3 2 1.9 0.5- 7.5
$15,000- 24,999 144 33 27.0 18.8-37.2 26 13.7 8.6-21.4 76 54.6 44.1-64.7 9 4.6 2.1- 9.8
$25,000- 34,999 117 42 38.0 28.1-49.1 11 7.5 3.7-14.9 56 49.8 39.0-60.6 8 4.6 2.2- 9.5
$35,000- 49,999 92 43 50.7 38.5-62.8 13 13.9 7.3-24.9 32 29.6 19.9-41.6 4 5.8 1.7-17.7
$50,000-74,999 66 50 74.9 60.8-85.2 3 2.5 0.7- 9.0 9 14.1 7.0-26.1 4 8.5 2.7-23.6
$75,000+ 58 46 67.6 49.0-82.0 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4 10 30.6 16.4-49.7 1 1.4 0.2- 9.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 147 38 25.6 18.4-34.5 23 14.3 8.9-22.0 79 55.7 46.1-64.8 7 4.4 1.8-10.4
No 552 242 47.2 42.0-52.4 60 8.7 6.3-11.8 222 39.8 34.8-45.0 28 4.4 2.7- 6.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 15 10 48.5 21.9-75.9 0 0.0 . - . 3 32.2 11.0-64.6 2 19.3 4.1-57.5
Non-Veteran 682 269 42.8 38.3-47.4 82 9.8 7.6-12.7 299 43.3 38.8-48.0 32 4.0 2.6- 6.2
Currently Serving 6 2 36.4 9.0-76.9 1 19.2 2.6-67.7 2 36.6 8.8-77.6 1 7.8 1.0-42.4

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available.

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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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