BRFSS 2004 - North Carolina Counties and Regions: (How soon would you want to have a child? Would you say:)

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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	Total Respond.^	Less than 12 mos.	12 mos. to 2 years	2 to 5 years	5 or more years
North Carolina	1,281	323	27.0	24.0-30.1	366	28.0	25.1-31.0	405	29.4	26.6-32.4	187	15.6	13.3-18.3
COUNTY/REGIONS***
Alamance	30	6	21.3	8.4-44.4	8	21.6	9.5-42.1	12	45.2	25.4-66.7	4	11.8	4.1-29.6
Buncombe	31	7	24.7	11.8-44.5	11	32.6	17.7-52.2	6	17.8	7.5-36.7	7	24.9	10.7-47.7
Cabarrus	46	9	19.6	10.2-34.3	23	48.8	33.8-64.0	7	15.6	6.7-32.0	7	16.1	7.4-31.3
Catawba	26	7	21.3	9.6-41.1	11	43.9	24.2-65.7	8	34.8	17.6-57.2	0	0.0	. - .
Cumberland	50	10	20.0	10.6-34.7	13	27.5	14.7-45.4	22	39.9	26.2-55.4	5	12.6	5.2-27.4
Davidson	18	6	29.3	11.3-57.4	6	41.6	16.6-71.8	4	16.2	5.4-39.8	2	12.9	3.0-41.1
Durham	61	16	31.8	20.1-46.2	15	23.9	14.1-37.4	18	29.0	18.3-42.6	12	15.4	8.5-26.3
Forsyth	32	7	22.9	10.8-42.1	8	26.0	13.2-44.8	11	39.8	23.1-59.2	6	11.4	4.8-24.7
Gaston	19	3	12.6	3.8-34.5	10	50.7	27.6-73.5	5	28.7	11.4-55.9	1	7.9	1.1-39.6
Guilford	39	13	29.6	16.6-47.1	11	29.8	16.3-48.1	8	20.4	10.2-36.6	7	20.1	9.1-38.7
Iredell	41	13	31.6	18.4-48.6	19	47.7	31.6-64.3	6	14.5	6.1-30.8	3	6.2	1.6-21.5
Johnston	53	17	33.3	20.3-49.4	17	32.0	19.4-47.8	15	27.7	15.9-43.7	4	7.0	2.4-19.2
Mecklenburg	83	21	27.9	18.7-39.5	22	26.1	17.5-37.0	29	30.7	21.6-41.7	11	15.3	8.3-26.3
New Hanover	37	11	31.0	15.6-52.2	4	9.3	3.4-23.1	19	51.8	33.5-69.7	3	7.9	2.4-22.7
Onslow	44	11	28.3	16.1-44.7	9	21.0	11.1-36.2	18	37.0	23.9-52.5	6	13.7	6.0-28.2
Orange	50	14	26.6	15.2-42.1	8	13.9	6.6-26.8	17	33.4	20.0-50.0	11	26.2	13.1-45.4
Pitt	46	10	22.7	12.1-38.6	12	29.8	17.3-46.3	13	28.1	16.1-44.4	11	19.3	10.2-33.5
Randolph	28	8	19.5	9.2-36.7	7	28.3	13.8-49.3	8	23.9	11.2-44.0	5	28.3	12.2-52.9
Robeson	29	5	23.9	9.7-47.9	6	19.9	8.3-40.6	10	22.8	11.4-40.5	8	33.4	16.3-56.4
Rowan	31	8	25.5	12.3-45.4	10	29.9	16.1-48.8	8	22.6	10.7-41.7	5	22.0	9.3-43.5
Union	33	6	21.1	9.5-40.4	9	25.4	12.9-43.8	14	37.5	21.8-56.5	4	16.0	5.6-38.2
Wake	81	22	32.5	22.0-45.2	21	22.3	14.2-33.3	26	26.9	18.0-38.1	12	18.3	10.2-30.5
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico	26	9	31.6	16.5-51.9	5	27.7	11.9-52.0	7	27.4	13.1-48.5	5	13.3	5.0-30.9
Northeast Partnership II	17	3	20.9	6.2-51.5	5	26.8	10.1-54.3	8	41.9	20.1-67.4	1	10.4	1.5-47.2
Northeast Partnership I	18	5	25.4	9.6-52.2	7	40.0	18.4-66.3	6	34.6	13.7-63.8	0	0.0	. - .
Franklin/Nash/Wilson	22	3	16.2	5.2-40.5	6	26.6	11.0-51.6	8	28.7	13.6-50.8	5	28.5	11.9-54.0
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	42	11	28.7	15.2-47.5	16	38.6	24.0-55.7	10	25.3	13.4-42.6	5	7.4	2.8-17.8
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	32	8	28.6	11.4-55.5	10	32.3	16.5-53.4	9	20.1	9.6-37.2	5	19.0	7.5-40.6
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	32	9	36.6	20.3-56.6	8	20.6	10.1-37.4	14	40.4	23.8-59.4	1	2.5	0.3-15.8
Chatham/Lee/Moore	35	9	33.0	17.5-53.3	7	18.6	8.6-35.6	12	27.8	15.2-45.2	7	20.7	8.4-42.4
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	48	10	15.7	7.9-28.9	13	28.4	16.4-44.6	17	37.7	23.6-54.2	8	18.2	9.0-33.3
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	19	5	24.1	9.9-48.0	5	32.6	14.3-58.2	7	34.0	16.1-58.1	2	9.3	2.1-32.5
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes	25	6	30.1	13.3-54.8	8	25.9	12.4-46.3	5	13.7	5.2-31.3	6	30.3	12.6-56.7
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	21	5	22.3	8.5-47.1	7	36.0	16.3-61.9	4	15.5	5.5-36.7	5	26.2	10.0-53.4
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	36	10	27.7	14.1-47.3	9	24.3	12.0-43.0	14	38.2	22.1-57.2	3	9.8	3.1-26.9
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP**
Yes	49	13	26.5	15.2-42.0	15	32.6	19.2-49.6	17	32.1	19.3-48.3	4	8.8	3.0-22.8
No	1,232	310	27.0	24.0-30.2	351	27.8	24.9-30.9	388	29.3	26.4-32.4	183	15.9	13.5-18.7
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	434	106	25.8	21.0-31.4	117	28.3	23.4-33.8	150	31.9	27.0-37.1	61	14.0	10.6-18.2
Piedmont	741	190	27.7	23.8-31.9	217	27.6	23.9-31.6	226	28.8	25.1-32.8	108	15.9	12.8-19.7
Western NC	106	27	26.3	17.8-37.2	32	29.1	20.0-40.2	29	26.1	17.6-36.9	18	18.5	11.1-29.1
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)****
Mountain AHEC	66	16	25.2	15.0-39.3	20	27.9	17.5-41.4	20	31.0	19.6-45.3	10	15.8	7.9-29.0
Northwest	197	54	26.4	19.7-34.3	69	34.9	26.9-43.8	49	24.9	18.4-32.7	25	13.9	8.8-21.4
Charlotte	201	43	23.6	17.2-31.5	68	30.5	23.8-38.1	62	30.1	23.3-37.8	28	15.8	10.4-23.3
Greensboro	174	45	24.8	17.7-33.6	38	24.1	16.8-33.2	58	29.9	22.4-38.5	33	21.3	14.4-30.5
Southern Regional	149	31	26.1	17.7-36.7	43	28.7	20.7-38.3	55	32.7	24.6-41.9	20	12.5	7.7-19.6
Coastal	65	17	24.3	13.8-39.3	14	23.1	13.5-36.7	26	38.1	26.0-51.9	8	14.5	7.0-27.4
Wake	234	67	33.1	25.9-41.1	64	23.9	18.1-30.8	73	27.6	21.5-34.7	30	15.4	10.2-22.7
Area L	35	7	20.1	9.2-38.6	8	25.2	12.1-45.3	15	34.6	19.8-53.0	5	20.0	8.2-41.3
Eastern	150	40	28.7	21.1-37.7	38	28.2	20.4-37.5	45	27.9	20.6-36.6	27	15.3	10.1-22.5

Total
Respond.^

Less than 12 mos.

12 mos. to 2 years

2 to 5 years

5 or more years

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

1,281

323

27.0

24.0-30.1

366

28.0

25.1-31.0

405

29.4

26.6-32.4

187

15.6

13.3-18.3

COUNTY/REGIONS***

Alamance

21.3

8.4-44.4

21.6

9.5-42.1

45.2

25.4-66.7

11.8

4.1-29.6

Buncombe

24.7

11.8-44.5

32.6

17.7-52.2

17.8

7.5-36.7

24.9

10.7-47.7

Cabarrus

19.6

10.2-34.3

48.8

33.8-64.0

15.6

6.7-32.0

16.1

7.4-31.3

Catawba

21.3

9.6-41.1

43.9

24.2-65.7

34.8

17.6-57.2

0.0

. - .

Cumberland

20.0

10.6-34.7

27.5

14.7-45.4

39.9

26.2-55.4

12.6

5.2-27.4

Davidson

29.3

11.3-57.4

41.6

16.6-71.8

16.2

5.4-39.8

12.9

3.0-41.1

Durham

31.8

20.1-46.2

23.9

14.1-37.4

29.0

18.3-42.6

15.4

8.5-26.3

Forsyth

22.9

10.8-42.1

26.0

13.2-44.8

39.8

23.1-59.2

11.4

4.8-24.7

Gaston

12.6

3.8-34.5

50.7

27.6-73.5

28.7

11.4-55.9

7.9

1.1-39.6

Guilford

29.6

16.6-47.1

29.8

16.3-48.1

20.4

10.2-36.6

20.1

9.1-38.7

Iredell

31.6

18.4-48.6

47.7

31.6-64.3

14.5

6.1-30.8

6.2

1.6-21.5

Johnston

33.3

20.3-49.4

32.0

19.4-47.8

27.7

15.9-43.7

7.0

2.4-19.2

Mecklenburg

27.9

18.7-39.5

26.1

17.5-37.0

30.7

21.6-41.7

15.3

8.3-26.3

New Hanover

31.0

15.6-52.2

9.3

3.4-23.1

51.8

33.5-69.7

7.9

2.4-22.7

Onslow

28.3

16.1-44.7

21.0

11.1-36.2

37.0

23.9-52.5

13.7

6.0-28.2

Orange

26.6

15.2-42.1

13.9

6.6-26.8

33.4

20.0-50.0

26.2

13.1-45.4

Pitt

22.7

12.1-38.6

29.8

17.3-46.3

28.1

16.1-44.4

19.3

10.2-33.5

Randolph

19.5

9.2-36.7

28.3

13.8-49.3

23.9

11.2-44.0

28.3

12.2-52.9

Robeson

23.9

9.7-47.9

19.9

8.3-40.6

22.8

11.4-40.5

33.4

16.3-56.4

Rowan

25.5

12.3-45.4

29.9

16.1-48.8

22.6

10.7-41.7

22.0

9.3-43.5

Union

21.1

9.5-40.4

25.4

12.9-43.8

37.5

21.8-56.5

16.0

5.6-38.2

Wake

32.5

22.0-45.2

22.3

14.2-33.3

26.9

18.0-38.1

18.3

10.2-30.5

Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico

31.6

16.5-51.9

27.7

11.9-52.0

27.4

13.1-48.5

13.3

5.0-30.9

Northeast Partnership II

20.9

6.2-51.5

26.8

10.1-54.3

41.9

20.1-67.4

10.4

1.5-47.2

Northeast Partnership I

25.4

9.6-52.2

40.0

18.4-66.3

34.6

13.7-63.8

0.0

. - .

Franklin/Nash/Wilson

16.2

5.2-40.5

26.6

11.0-51.6

28.7

13.6-50.8

28.5

11.9-54.0

Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne

28.7

15.2-47.5

38.6

24.0-55.7

25.3

13.4-42.6

7.4

2.8-17.8

Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender

28.6

11.4-55.5

32.3

16.5-53.4

20.1

9.6-37.2

19.0

7.5-40.6

Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance

36.6

20.3-56.6

20.6

10.1-37.4

40.4

23.8-59.4

2.5

0.3-15.8

Chatham/Lee/Moore

33.0

17.5-53.3

18.6

8.6-35.6

27.8

15.2-45.2

20.7

8.4-42.4

Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly

15.7

7.9-28.9

28.4

16.4-44.6

37.7

23.6-54.2

18.2

9.0-33.3

Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

24.1

9.9-48.0

32.6

14.3-58.2

34.0

16.1-58.1

9.3

2.1-32.5

Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes

30.1

13.3-54.8

25.9

12.4-46.3

13.7

5.2-31.3

30.3

12.6-56.7

Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln

22.3

8.5-47.1

36.0

16.3-61.9

15.5

5.5-36.7

26.2

10.0-53.4

Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)

27.7

14.1-47.3

24.3

12.0-43.0

38.2

22.1-57.2

9.8

3.1-26.9

NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP**

Yes

26.5

15.2-42.0

32.6

19.2-49.6

32.1

19.3-48.3

8.8

3.0-22.8

1,232

310

27.0

24.0-30.2

351

27.8

24.9-30.9

388

29.3

26.4-32.4

183

15.9

13.5-18.7

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

434

106

25.8

21.0-31.4

117

28.3

23.4-33.8

150

31.9

27.0-37.1

14.0

10.6-18.2

Piedmont

741

190

27.7

23.8-31.9

217

27.6

23.9-31.6

226

28.8

25.1-32.8

108

15.9

12.8-19.7

Western NC

106

26.3

17.8-37.2

29.1

20.0-40.2

26.1

17.6-36.9

18.5

11.1-29.1

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)****

Mountain AHEC

25.2

15.0-39.3

27.9

17.5-41.4

31.0

19.6-45.3

15.8

7.9-29.0

Northwest

197

26.4

19.7-34.3

34.9

26.9-43.8

24.9

18.4-32.7

13.9

8.8-21.4

Charlotte

201

23.6

17.2-31.5

30.5

23.8-38.1

30.1

23.3-37.8

15.8

10.4-23.3

Greensboro

174

24.8

17.7-33.6

24.1

16.8-33.2

29.9

22.4-38.5

21.3

14.4-30.5

Southern Regional

149

26.1

17.7-36.7

28.7

20.7-38.3

32.7

24.6-41.9

12.5

7.7-19.6

Coastal

24.3

13.8-39.3

23.1

13.5-36.7

38.1

26.0-51.9

14.5

7.0-27.4

Wake

234

33.1

25.9-41.1

23.9

18.1-30.8

27.6

21.5-34.7

15.4

10.2-22.7

Area L

20.1

9.2-38.6

25.2

12.1-45.3

34.6

19.8-53.0

20.0

8.2-41.3

Eastern

150

28.7

21.1-37.7

28.2

20.4-37.5

27.9

20.6-36.6

15.3

10.1-22.5

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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, Edgecombe, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.

*** 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.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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