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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Family Planning-MALES

What are you or your husband/wife/partner doing now to keep from getting pregnant?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Tubes tied Vasectomy Pill Condoms Other
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,899 420 22.7 20.5-25.0 306 15.1 13.4-17.0 454 24.0 21.8-26.4 331 17.4 15.5-19.6 388 20.8 18.6-23.1
RACE
White 1,417 279 20.6 18.1-23.3 278 19.0 16.8-21.5 361 25.2 22.6-28.1 215 15.1 13.0-17.5 284 20.1 17.6-22.7
African American 303 106 36.0 29.9-42.7 17 5.7 3.4- 9.4 48 17.9 13.2-23.8 70 22.8 17.7-28.9 62 17.5 13.4-22.7
Asian 19 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 6 26.1 10.8-50.7 10 58.1 33.4-79.3 3 15.9 4.0-46.1
Native American 36 16 45.8 27.2-65.7 3 7.5 2.3-21.7 4 9.1 3.0-24.2 6 14.5 5.9-31.3 7 23.1 9.9-45.1
Other Minorities 117 19 14.7 8.9-23.2 7 3.7 1.6- 8.3 34 28.6 19.9-39.2 28 21.3 14.1-30.9 29 31.8 21.6-44.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 121 20 14.8 9.1-23.2 6 2.6 1.1- 6.0 32 27.2 18.9-37.5 29 21.9 14.8-31.3 34 33.5 23.4-45.3
-English Speaking 42 5 13.9 5.5-30.6 5 7.3 2.8-17.7 9 19.4 9.3-36.2 11 31.9 17.9-50.3 12 27.4 14.7-45.3
-Spanish Speaking 79 15 15.3 8.6-25.7 1 0.4 0.1- 2.9 23 30.7 20.0-44.0 18 17.3 10.2-27.8 22 36.3 23.5-51.3
Non-Hispanic 1,776 400 23.5 21.1-25.9 300 16.3 14.5-18.4 421 23.7 21.4-26.2 301 16.9 14.9-19.1 354 19.6 17.4-21.9
AGE
18-24 171 2 1.0 0.3- 4.1 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 67 39.2 30.9-48.3 79 47.7 38.9-56.6 22 11.8 7.4-18.4
25-34 509 72 15.0 11.7-19.0 29 5.3 3.5- 8.0 206 40.0 35.0-45.2 99 19.4 15.7-23.8 103 20.4 16.5-24.8
35-44 588 144 26.4 22.2-31.1 113 18.2 14.9-22.0 125 20.7 17.1-24.7 89 13.9 11.0-17.5 117 20.8 16.9-25.4
45-54 463 148 32.2 27.3-37.6 117 25.9 21.4-30.9 50 9.0 6.6-12.2 53 10.3 7.5-13.9 95 22.7 18.0-28.1
55-64 168 54 35.5 26.8-45.2 46 25.6 18.8-33.9 6 5.5 2.3-12.4 11 5.6 2.7-11.2 51 27.8 20.6-36.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 226 66 27.1 20.9-34.2 12 4.4 2.4- 8.0 41 19.9 14.3-27.1 52 24.7 18.5-32.1 55 23.9 17.8-31.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 562 148 26.5 22.4-31.0 72 12.8 9.9-16.4 118 20.1 16.5-24.3 97 15.7 12.5-19.5 127 25.0 20.5-30.0
Some Post-H.S. 501 124 25.3 21.0-30.2 77 14.3 11.2-18.2 119 25.6 21.2-30.5 81 16.3 12.7-20.5 100 18.5 14.9-22.7
College Graduate 610 82 15.3 11.9-19.5 145 22.3 18.8-26.3 176 28.2 24.0-32.8 101 16.9 13.6-20.7 106 17.3 14.0-21.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 101 19 16.7 9.9-26.7 2 1.6 0.4- 6.7 19 19.9 11.7-31.8 30 24.5 15.9-35.6 31 37.3 25.0-51.5
$15,000- 24,999 245 59 23.4 17.6-30.3 13 4.7 2.6- 8.4 54 24.6 18.6-31.8 55 22.8 17.1-29.7 64 24.5 18.7-31.5
$25,000- 34,999 214 46 26.6 20.0-34.4 16 7.5 4.4-12.5 60 26.9 20.6-34.2 42 16.2 11.5-22.3 50 22.9 17.1-29.9
$35,000- 49,999 332 82 25.4 20.2-31.4 53 16.1 12.0-21.1 80 23.4 18.3-29.4 56 16.0 11.9-21.1 61 19.1 14.5-24.9
$50,000-74,999 337 70 20.2 15.7-25.7 78 23.7 18.8-29.4 78 23.2 18.3-28.9 45 13.5 9.8-18.2 66 19.4 14.9-24.8
$75,000+ 417 71 18.5 14.1-23.7 110 23.3 19.1-28.2 106 23.5 19.2-28.4 60 17.8 13.6-23.0 70 16.9 12.8-21.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 395 108 27.0 22.2-32.4 66 15.1 11.6-19.4 56 13.2 9.9-17.3 61 15.4 11.5-20.3 104 29.3 24.0-35.3
No 1,460 298 21.2 18.7-23.9 235 15.3 13.3-17.5 386 26.9 24.2-29.7 265 18.1 15.9-20.6 276 18.5 16.2-21.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 357 91 27.3 22.1-33.3 90 25.5 20.6-31.1 52 16.3 12.2-21.6 39 8.2 5.7-11.6 85 22.7 17.6-28.8
Non-Veteran 1,470 319 22.1 19.6-24.8 207 12.9 11.1-15.0 373 25.2 22.6-28.0 283 19.6 17.2-22.1 288 20.2 17.8-22.9
Currently Serving 72 10 12.1 6.0-22.9 9 11.9 5.8-22.7 29 37.2 26.0-50.1 9 15.9 7.9-29.3 15 22.9 13.4-36.2

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* This question was asked of female respondents who reported being ages 18-44 years old and not pregnant
and of male respondents who reported being ages 18-59 years old.

^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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