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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Sexual Behavior-FEMALES

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,658 710 18.8 17.3-20.4 2,948 81.2 79.6-82.7
RACE
White 2,598 425 15.9 14.2-17.7 2,173 84.1 82.3-85.8
African American 693 206 29.0 25.0-33.3 487 71.0 66.7-75.0
Asian 29 14 43.7 23.1-66.8 15 56.3 33.2-76.9
Native American 79 14 12.4 6.6-22.0 65 87.6 78.0-93.4
Other Minorities 243 48 17.9 13.2-23.8 195 82.1 76.2-86.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 251 48 18.0 13.1-24.2 203 82.0 75.8-86.9
-English Speaking 95 21 22.9 14.2-35.0 74 77.1 65.0-85.8
-Spanish Speaking 156 27 15.5 10.1-22.9 129 84.5 77.1-89.9
Non-Hispanic 3,405 662 18.9 17.4-20.6 2,743 81.1 79.4-82.6
AGE
18-24 393 148 40.1 34.4-46.2 245 59.9 53.8-65.6
25-34 1,277 294 22.2 19.6-25.0 983 77.8 75.0-80.4
35-44 1,352 210 14.2 12.1-16.7 1,142 85.8 83.3-87.9
45-54 636 58 7.2 5.3- 9.7 578 92.8 90.3-94.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 397 81 18.7 14.7-23.5 316 81.3 76.5-85.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 995 162 15.7 13.1-18.7 833 84.3 81.3-86.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,036 204 19.6 16.8-22.7 832 80.4 77.3-83.2
College Graduate 1,228 263 20.7 18.1-23.6 965 79.3 76.4-81.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 315 96 29.4 23.7-35.9 219 70.6 64.1-76.3
$15,000- 24,999 607 145 22.5 18.6-26.9 462 77.5 73.1-81.4
$25,000- 34,999 475 118 24.5 20.2-29.5 357 75.5 70.5-79.8
$35,000- 49,999 525 94 16.3 13.0-20.3 431 83.7 79.7-87.0
$50,000-74,999 526 67 14.9 11.6-19.1 459 85.1 80.9-88.4
$75,000+ 617 58 9.3 6.8-12.5 559 90.7 87.5-93.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 771 149 17.8 14.9-21.1 622 82.2 78.9-85.1
No 2,872 557 19.1 17.4-20.9 2,315 80.9 79.1-82.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 84 15 15.9 8.8-27.1 69 84.1 72.9-91.2
Non-Veteran 3,547 689 18.9 17.4-20.5 2,858 81.1 79.5-82.6
Currently Serving 27 6 13.5 5.5-29.5 21 86.5 70.5-94.5

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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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