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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Family Planning-FEMALES

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  Total
Respond.^
Less than 12 mos. 12 mos. to 2 years 2 to 5 years 5 or more years
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 702 166 24.4 20.7-28.5 211 29.6 25.8-33.8 230 31.4 27.5-35.6 95 14.6 11.7-18.1
RACE
White 506 123 24.7 20.5-29.6 153 30.4 25.9-35.3 165 31.9 27.2-37.0 65 12.9 9.8-16.9
African American 114 21 20.7 12.5-32.2 32 26.4 18.0-36.9 40 31.2 22.4-41.6 21 21.8 13.9-32.4
Asian 7 1 4.6 0.6-29.3 4 68.0 29.0-91.7 2 27.3 6.2-68.4 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 11 3 26.9 5.9-68.6 7 67.2 29.5-90.9 1 5.8 0.8-33.5 0 0.0 . - .
Other Minorities 61 17 31.2 19.3-46.2 14 20.0 11.2-33.2 22 33.7 21.9-48.0 8 15.0 6.7-30.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 59 16 27.9 16.3-43.4 14 20.8 11.5-34.8 21 34.2 21.8-49.3 8 17.1 7.6-34.1
-English Speaking 29 7 23.3 10.1-45.1 8 30.0 13.9-53.3 12 40.3 22.0-61.8 2 6.3 1.3-25.5
-Spanish Speaking 30 9 31.3 15.3-53.5 6 13.9 5.7-30.0 9 29.6 14.7-50.6 6 25.2 10.2-50.0
Non-Hispanic 643 150 24.1 20.3-28.4 197 30.4 26.4-34.8 209 31.1 27.0-35.5 87 14.4 11.4-18.0
AGE
18-24 195 17 9.9 5.6-16.8 46 20.7 15.0-27.8 71 35.7 28.2-44.0 61 33.7 26.1-42.2
25-34 392 93 26.3 21.3-32.0 131 33.5 28.3-39.3 137 31.9 26.8-37.5 31 8.2 5.5-12.2
35-44 115 56 45.6 34.9-56.8 34 31.7 22.3-42.8 22 20.5 12.6-31.6 3 2.2 0.6- 7.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 58 15 25.7 14.6-41.1 14 20.9 11.5-35.0 16 28.3 16.7-43.7 13 25.1 13.9-41.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 153 35 28.2 19.8-38.3 41 24.7 17.6-33.5 55 32.1 24.1-41.2 22 15.1 9.3-23.6
Some Post-H.S. 176 41 20.7 14.8-28.2 49 26.6 19.9-34.6 56 30.8 23.4-39.2 30 21.9 15.2-30.6
College Graduate 315 75 24.2 18.9-30.3 107 35.8 29.7-42.3 103 32.0 26.2-38.4 30 8.1 5.3-12.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 50 10 21.3 9.7-40.5 17 31.8 18.7-48.4 15 22.3 12.0-37.7 8 24.6 11.6-45.0
$15,000- 24,999 100 21 27.7 17.6-40.8 21 22.4 13.6-34.5 40 34.5 24.4-46.3 18 15.4 8.9-25.3
$25,000- 34,999 96 12 15.6 8.3-27.3 29 26.9 18.2-37.9 45 46.9 35.6-58.6 10 10.6 4.9-21.4
$35,000- 49,999 123 27 22.1 14.7-31.7 38 29.4 21.1-39.4 44 37.1 27.5-47.8 14 11.4 6.1-20.3
$50,000-74,999 117 32 26.8 18.4-37.4 45 38.8 29.0-49.7 32 26.4 18.1-36.9 8 7.9 3.6-16.4
$75,000+ 104 37 30.2 21.0-41.4 36 36.1 26.0-47.5 25 26.9 17.8-38.4 6 6.8 2.7-15.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 97 22 18.4 11.2-28.7 30 32.8 22.4-45.2 28 31.0 20.7-43.6 17 17.8 10.2-29.2
No 590 140 24.8 20.8-29.3 177 29.3 25.2-33.7 197 31.8 27.5-36.3 76 14.2 11.0-18.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 14 5 34.5 14.2-62.7 4 28.6 10.2-58.7 5 36.8 14.8-66.3 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Veteran 681 160 24.3 20.6-28.5 205 29.6 25.7-33.8 221 31.1 27.2-35.4 95 15.0 12.0-18.6
Currently Serving 7 1 7.4 0.9-40.5 2 42.0 11.8-79.7 4 50.5 16.9-83.7 0 0.0 . - .

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

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* This question was asked of female respondents who reported being ages 18-44 years old and not pregnant, or male respondents who reported being ages 18-59 years old and who wanted to have chidl (now or in the future)

^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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