BRFSS 2004 - North Carolina Counties and Regions: (What are you or your husband/wife/partner doing now to keep from getting pregnant?*)

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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	Total Respond.^	Tubes tied	Vasectomy	Pill	Condoms	Other
North Carolina	3,978	996	24.4	22.8-26.1	521	13.0	11.8-14.3	1,112	27.2	25.6-29.0	613	16.0	14.6-17.4	736	19.4	17.9-21.1
COUNTY/REGIONS***
Alamance	92	18	19.6	11.8-30.7	6	6.5	2.9-14.2	38	42.3	31.1-54.4	13	13.2	7.0-23.6	17	18.4	11.0-29.1
Buncombe	89	16	16.2	9.6-26.0	13	13.7	7.8-22.9	26	33.6	23.4-45.7	13	13.9	7.8-23.5	21	22.6	14.6-33.3
Cabarrus	122	20	14.9	9.5-22.7	28	22.7	15.7-31.6	35	32.1	23.4-42.3	19	11.9	7.4-18.7	20	18.4	11.9-27.2
Catawba	97	25	28.3	19.1-39.8	17	17.9	10.9-28.1	21	18.7	11.7-28.5	19	21.9	12.0-36.6	15	13.2	7.8-21.5
Cumberland	138	28	18.8	12.8-26.7	24	17.5	11.5-25.6	43	30.4	22.3-39.9	25	22.1	14.5-32.2	18	11.3	6.9-17.9
Davidson	89	33	32.5	22.1-44.9	11	14.9	7.4-27.7	22	28.9	17.5-43.8	3	2.7	0.7- 9.6	20	21.0	13.0-32.0
Durham	128	17	11.5	6.7-19.0	7	6.3	3.0-12.9	44	38.7	29.1-49.2	32	22.9	15.6-32.4	28	20.6	13.9-29.4
Forsyth	114	32	29.6	21.1-39.9	14	15.0	8.9-24.3	34	25.4	17.7-35.0	17	16.7	10.2-26.2	17	13.3	8.0-21.2
Gaston	92	25	24.4	16.3-34.8	18	20.1	12.6-30.5	17	19.0	11.5-29.7	16	18.0	11.0-28.1	16	18.5	11.0-29.4
Guilford	98	22	20.6	13.1-30.9	15	16.2	9.6-25.9	24	22.3	14.6-32.6	17	18.3	11.2-28.4	20	22.6	14.6-33.3
Iredell	124	41	33.8	25.3-43.4	14	10.8	6.3-17.9	39	30.7	22.7-40.2	14	11.7	6.7-19.4	16	13.0	7.8-20.9
Johnston	125	28	23.4	15.7-33.5	14	11.6	6.3-20.2	44	36.4	26.7-47.3	12	10.2	5.2-19.0	27	18.4	12.3-26.7
Mecklenburg	194	43	24.0	18.0-31.3	20	9.4	5.9-14.6	53	23.6	18.0-30.2	41	22.8	16.9-30.0	37	20.2	14.4-27.4
New Hanover	93	17	14.8	8.9-23.5	10	9.9	5.2-18.2	31	32.3	22.8-43.5	12	14.0	7.8-23.8	23	29.0	19.3-41.2
Onslow	133	30	19.6	13.5-27.4	26	19.8	13.4-28.3	36	27.5	20.2-36.4	13	9.1	5.1-15.6	28	24.0	16.9-32.9
Orange	125	12	8.9	4.8-16.0	17	17.1	10.6-26.5	43	34.4	25.4-44.7	30	21.1	14.4-29.7	23	18.5	11.8-27.8
Pitt	117	26	23.9	16.3-33.5	8	5.9	2.9-11.7	35	27.3	19.5-36.8	23	21.1	13.9-30.7	25	21.8	14.4-31.7
Randolph	100	34	32.6	23.3-43.5	7	6.0	2.6-13.2	23	20.8	13.6-30.5	15	17.4	10.1-28.2	21	23.3	14.8-34.6
Robeson	93	40	41.6	30.7-53.5	6	5.8	2.4-13.5	18	18.9	11.1-30.2	15	17.3	9.9-28.4	14	16.4	9.5-26.9
Rowan	113	26	20.3	13.5-29.3	23	19.1	12.7-27.8	25	22.1	15.0-31.5	16	15.8	9.0-26.3	23	22.7	14.9-32.9
Union	133	32	28.2	19.2-39.4	27	16.9	11.3-24.4	40	31.2	22.4-41.5	17	12.5	7.4-20.3	17	11.3	6.8-18.3
Wake	199	21	12.6	7.8-19.8	29	13.6	9.4-19.4	79	35.2	28.3-42.9	37	18.0	12.9-24.6	33	20.6	14.6-28.2
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico	93	23	24.9	16.0-36.6	14	17.1	10.0-27.8	28	30.0	20.7-41.4	13	11.1	6.2-19.0	15	16.8	10.0-26.8
Northeast Partnership II	89	28	31.2	21.7-42.6	10	12.2	6.5-21.8	22	21.2	13.7-31.5	8	11.4	5.5-22.1	21	24.0	15.6-35.0
Northeast Partnership I	82	34	38.3	27.4-50.5	6	7.9	3.4-17.4	13	22.8	13.2-36.5	19	20.6	12.6-31.8	10	10.4	5.5-18.7
Franklin/Nash/Wilson	98	32	27.3	18.7-37.9	14	15.5	9.1-25.0	17	19.9	11.9-31.3	15	16.4	9.6-26.8	20	20.9	12.8-32.4
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	133	39	28.6	20.9-37.7	17	13.2	8.1-20.8	41	29.0	21.4-38.0	17	12.2	7.3-19.6	19	17.1	10.9-25.9
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	105	29	28.1	19.7-38.3	13	13.1	7.6-21.7	25	22.9	15.3-32.6	12	10.5	5.6-18.8	26	25.4	16.6-36.9
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	101	25	25.0	16.7-35.6	13	11.8	6.7-20.0	29	28.7	20.2-39.1	12	10.7	6.0-18.5	22	23.7	15.8-34.1
Chatham/Lee/Moore	103	23	20.4	13.3-30.0	10	8.7	4.5-16.3	26	20.2	13.4-29.3	22	25.7	16.7-37.3	22	24.9	16.3-36.2
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	127	40	31.0	22.4-41.2	16	11.9	6.8-20.0	37	26.6	18.9-36.0	14	14.6	8.5-23.7	20	15.9	9.7-25.0
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	108	36	35.3	26.1-45.6	15	14.1	8.5-22.4	26	22.0	14.9-31.2	9	7.4	3.6-14.5	22	21.3	14.1-30.9
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes	85	24	28.0	18.0-40.8	6	8.0	3.4-17.4	28	33.8	22.4-47.5	15	11.0	6.2-18.8	12	19.2	7.7-40.5
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	110	37	35.8	26.2-46.7	19	13.6	8.4-21.1	19	17.1	10.6-26.4	16	15.2	9.0-24.5	19	18.3	11.1-28.6
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	136	40	26.3	18.2-36.3	14	10.9	6.1-18.8	31	26.2	18.0-36.6	22	15.8	10.0-24.1	29	20.8	13.7-30.3
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP**
Yes	207	73	33.6	26.7-41.2	19	9.7	6.1-15.2	48	26.2	19.7-34.0	32	14.2	9.8-20.3	35	16.3	11.6-22.4
No	3,771	923	23.9	22.3-25.7	502	13.1	11.9-14.5	1,064	27.3	25.6-29.1	581	16.0	14.6-17.6	701	19.6	18.0-21.3
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	1,333	365	26.3	23.7-29.2	168	13.3	11.3-15.6	363	26.6	23.9-29.5	185	14.5	12.4-17.0	252	19.2	16.8-21.9
Piedmont	2,255	525	22.8	20.8-25.1	308	13.2	11.7-15.0	650	27.8	25.6-30.1	366	17.0	15.1-19.1	406	19.1	17.1-21.3
Western NC	390	106	26.6	21.6-32.3	45	11.2	8.1-15.2	99	26.4	21.4-32.0	62	14.6	11.1-19.1	78	21.2	16.4-26.9
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)****
Mountain AHEC	215	53	22.1	16.0-29.6	27	12.6	8.3-18.8	53	28.6	21.5-36.8	35	16.3	11.4-22.9	47	20.4	14.7-27.6
Northwest	747	224	31.5	27.5-35.8	106	14.3	11.6-17.6	191	24.2	20.7-28.2	100	13.4	10.6-16.8	126	16.6	13.6-20.1
Charlotte	623	150	25.7	21.7-30.2	106	13.8	11.1-17.0	165	24.9	21.2-29.1	100	17.9	14.4-22.0	102	17.7	14.2-21.8
Greensboro	518	110	21.4	17.3-26.2	60	12.7	9.5-16.8	165	28.1	23.7-32.9	85	16.1	12.5-20.5	98	21.7	17.4-26.7
Southern Regional	413	125	26.9	22.4-32.0	51	13.3	9.9-17.6	106	24.9	20.3-30.1	65	18.4	14.1-23.7	66	16.6	12.5-21.6
Coastal	192	41	20.4	14.9-27.1	23	12.3	8.1-18.3	59	30.8	24.0-38.5	22	11.0	7.1-16.6	47	25.6	19.2-33.3
Wake	588	103	15.6	12.2-19.9	63	11.2	8.5-14.7	202	34.7	30.0-39.6	101	17.6	14.1-21.7	119	20.9	16.9-25.6
Area L	154	53	31.7	24.0-40.4	18	13.2	8.2-20.4	22	15.1	9.8-22.7	31	19.4	13.2-27.6	30	20.6	13.9-29.4
Eastern	503	130	27.2	22.5-32.4	67	13.8	10.5-17.8	141	26.8	22.5-31.7	68	12.5	9.6-16.1	97	19.7	15.9-24.3

Total
Respond.^

Tubes tied

Vasectomy

Pill

Condoms

Other

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

3,978

996

24.4

22.8-26.1

521

13.0

11.8-14.3

1,112

27.2

25.6-29.0

613

16.0

14.6-17.4

736

19.4

17.9-21.1

COUNTY/REGIONS***

Alamance

19.6

11.8-30.7

6.5

2.9-14.2

42.3

31.1-54.4

13.2

7.0-23.6

18.4

11.0-29.1

Buncombe

16.2

9.6-26.0

13.7

7.8-22.9

33.6

23.4-45.7

13.9

7.8-23.5

22.6

14.6-33.3

Cabarrus

122

14.9

9.5-22.7

22.7

15.7-31.6

32.1

23.4-42.3

11.9

7.4-18.7

18.4

11.9-27.2

Catawba

28.3

19.1-39.8

17.9

10.9-28.1

18.7

11.7-28.5

21.9

12.0-36.6

13.2

7.8-21.5

Cumberland

138

18.8

12.8-26.7

17.5

11.5-25.6

30.4

22.3-39.9

22.1

14.5-32.2

11.3

6.9-17.9

Davidson

32.5

22.1-44.9

14.9

7.4-27.7

28.9

17.5-43.8

2.7

0.7- 9.6

21.0

13.0-32.0

Durham

128

11.5

6.7-19.0

6.3

3.0-12.9

38.7

29.1-49.2

22.9

15.6-32.4

20.6

13.9-29.4

Forsyth

114

29.6

21.1-39.9

15.0

8.9-24.3

25.4

17.7-35.0

16.7

10.2-26.2

13.3

8.0-21.2

Gaston

24.4

16.3-34.8

20.1

12.6-30.5

19.0

11.5-29.7

18.0

11.0-28.1

18.5

11.0-29.4

Guilford

20.6

13.1-30.9

16.2

9.6-25.9

22.3

14.6-32.6

18.3

11.2-28.4

22.6

14.6-33.3

Iredell

124

33.8

25.3-43.4

10.8

6.3-17.9

30.7

22.7-40.2

11.7

6.7-19.4

13.0

7.8-20.9

Johnston

125

23.4

15.7-33.5

11.6

6.3-20.2

36.4

26.7-47.3

10.2

5.2-19.0

18.4

12.3-26.7

Mecklenburg

194

24.0

18.0-31.3

9.4

5.9-14.6

23.6

18.0-30.2

22.8

16.9-30.0

20.2

14.4-27.4

New Hanover

14.8

8.9-23.5

9.9

5.2-18.2

32.3

22.8-43.5

14.0

7.8-23.8

29.0

19.3-41.2

Onslow

133

19.6

13.5-27.4

19.8

13.4-28.3

27.5

20.2-36.4

9.1

5.1-15.6

24.0

16.9-32.9

Orange

125

8.9

4.8-16.0

17.1

10.6-26.5

34.4

25.4-44.7

21.1

14.4-29.7

18.5

11.8-27.8

Pitt

117

23.9

16.3-33.5

5.9

2.9-11.7

27.3

19.5-36.8

21.1

13.9-30.7

21.8

14.4-31.7

Randolph

100

32.6

23.3-43.5

6.0

2.6-13.2

20.8

13.6-30.5

17.4

10.1-28.2

23.3

14.8-34.6

Robeson

41.6

30.7-53.5

5.8

2.4-13.5

18.9

11.1-30.2

17.3

9.9-28.4

16.4

9.5-26.9

Rowan

113

20.3

13.5-29.3

19.1

12.7-27.8

22.1

15.0-31.5

15.8

9.0-26.3

22.7

14.9-32.9

Union

133

28.2

19.2-39.4

16.9

11.3-24.4

31.2

22.4-41.5

12.5

7.4-20.3

11.3

6.8-18.3

Wake

199

12.6

7.8-19.8

13.6

9.4-19.4

35.2

28.3-42.9

18.0

12.9-24.6

20.6

14.6-28.2

Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico

24.9

16.0-36.6

17.1

10.0-27.8

30.0

20.7-41.4

11.1

6.2-19.0

16.8

10.0-26.8

Northeast Partnership II

31.2

21.7-42.6

12.2

6.5-21.8

21.2

13.7-31.5

11.4

5.5-22.1

24.0

15.6-35.0

Northeast Partnership I

38.3

27.4-50.5

7.9

3.4-17.4

22.8

13.2-36.5

20.6

12.6-31.8

10.4

5.5-18.7

Franklin/Nash/Wilson

27.3

18.7-37.9

15.5

9.1-25.0

19.9

11.9-31.3

16.4

9.6-26.8

20.9

12.8-32.4

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

133

28.6

20.9-37.7

13.2

8.1-20.8

29.0

21.4-38.0

12.2

7.3-19.6

17.1

10.9-25.9

Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender

105

28.1

19.7-38.3

13.1

7.6-21.7

22.9

15.3-32.6

10.5

5.6-18.8

25.4

16.6-36.9

Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance

101

25.0

16.7-35.6

11.8

6.7-20.0

28.7

20.2-39.1

10.7

6.0-18.5

23.7

15.8-34.1

Chatham/Lee/Moore

103

20.4

13.3-30.0

8.7

4.5-16.3

20.2

13.4-29.3

25.7

16.7-37.3

24.9

16.3-36.2

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

127

31.0

22.4-41.2

11.9

6.8-20.0

26.6

18.9-36.0

14.6

8.5-23.7

15.9

9.7-25.0

Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

108

35.3

26.1-45.6

14.1

8.5-22.4

22.0

14.9-31.2

7.4

3.6-14.5

21.3

14.1-30.9

Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes

28.0

18.0-40.8

8.0

3.4-17.4

33.8

22.4-47.5

11.0

6.2-18.8

19.2

7.7-40.5

Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln

110

35.8

26.2-46.7

13.6

8.4-21.1

17.1

10.6-26.4

15.2

9.0-24.5

18.3

11.1-28.6

Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)

136

26.3

18.2-36.3

10.9

6.1-18.8

26.2

18.0-36.6

15.8

10.0-24.1

20.8

13.7-30.3

NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP**

Yes

207

33.6

26.7-41.2

9.7

6.1-15.2

26.2

19.7-34.0

14.2

9.8-20.3

16.3

11.6-22.4

3,771

923

23.9

22.3-25.7

502

13.1

11.9-14.5

1,064

27.3

25.6-29.1

581

16.0

14.6-17.6

701

19.6

18.0-21.3

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

1,333

365

26.3

23.7-29.2

168

13.3

11.3-15.6

363

26.6

23.9-29.5

185

14.5

12.4-17.0

252

19.2

16.8-21.9

Piedmont

2,255

525

22.8

20.8-25.1

308

13.2

11.7-15.0

650

27.8

25.6-30.1

366

17.0

15.1-19.1

406

19.1

17.1-21.3

Western NC

390

106

26.6

21.6-32.3

11.2

8.1-15.2

26.4

21.4-32.0

14.6

11.1-19.1

21.2

16.4-26.9

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)****

Mountain AHEC

215

22.1

16.0-29.6

12.6

8.3-18.8

28.6

21.5-36.8

16.3

11.4-22.9

20.4

14.7-27.6

Northwest

747

224

31.5

27.5-35.8

106

14.3

11.6-17.6

191

24.2

20.7-28.2

100

13.4

10.6-16.8

126

16.6

13.6-20.1

Charlotte

623

150

25.7

21.7-30.2

106

13.8

11.1-17.0

165

24.9

21.2-29.1

100

17.9

14.4-22.0

102

17.7

14.2-21.8

Greensboro

518

110

21.4

17.3-26.2

12.7

9.5-16.8

165

28.1

23.7-32.9

16.1

12.5-20.5

21.7

17.4-26.7

Southern Regional

413

125

26.9

22.4-32.0

13.3

9.9-17.6

106

24.9

20.3-30.1

18.4

14.1-23.7

16.6

12.5-21.6

Coastal

192

20.4

14.9-27.1

12.3

8.1-18.3

30.8

24.0-38.5

11.0

7.1-16.6

25.6

19.2-33.3

Wake

588

103

15.6

12.2-19.9

11.2

8.5-14.7

202

34.7

30.0-39.6

101

17.6

14.1-21.7

119

20.9

16.9-25.6

Area L

154

31.7

24.0-40.4

13.2

8.2-20.4

15.1

9.8-22.7

19.4

13.2-27.6

20.6

13.9-29.4

Eastern

503

130

27.2

22.5-32.4

13.8

10.5-17.8

141

26.8

22.5-31.7

12.5

9.6-16.1

19.7

15.9-24.3

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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, 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.

****Click here to learn about other NC Area Health Education Centers

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