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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership**

Sexual Behavior

During the past twelve months, with how many people have you had sexual intercourse?

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  Total
Respond.^
One partner Two partners Three partners Four or more partners None
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,909 5,310 78.1 76.8-79.3 341 4.7 4.1- 5.3 139 2.1 1.7- 2.6 131 2.4 1.9- 3.0 988 12.8 11.8-13.8
-Northeastern Partnership 371 288 78.6 72.6-83.6 16 4.3 2.3- 7.8 9 2.7 1.1- 6.4 4 1.3 0.4- 3.8 54 13.1 9.1-18.6
GENDER
Male 127 96 72.4 61.3-81.3 7 6.3 2.7-13.8 5 4.8 1.7-12.7 3 2.4 0.7- 7.9 16 14.2 7.4-25.3
Female 244 192 84.1 78.8-88.3 9 2.6 1.3- 5.1 4 0.9 0.3- 2.5 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8 38 12.2 8.5-17.2
RACE
White 200 164 84.0 77.3-89.0 8 4.0 1.6- 9.2 6 3.1 1.2- 8.1 0 0.0 . - . 22 8.9 5.5-13.9
African American 143 104 75.9 66.7-83.2 7 4.1 1.8- 8.9 2 0.5 0.1- 2.4 4 3.5 1.1-10.1 26 16.0 10.0-24.7
Other Minorities 1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - .
AGE
18-24 33 19 53.7 30.9-75.1 3 11.9 3.2-35.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 11 34.4 14.7-61.3
25-34 113 94 81.8 70.8-89.3 8 7.2 3.1-15.8 3 1.4 0.4- 4.2 3 3.7 1.1-11.9 5 6.0 2.0-16.9
35-44 143 111 82.2 73.9-88.2 4 1.9 0.6- 5.9 5 4.3 1.3-13.3 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7 22 11.2 7.0-17.6
45-54 82 64 80.7 68.9-88.8 1 0.6 0.1- 4.4 1 3.1 0.4-18.6 0 0.0 . - . 16 15.6 8.8-26.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 55 40 67.7 48.2-82.6 3 3.5 1.0-11.2 2 5.5 1.0-24.8 1 2.8 0.4-17.4 9 20.5 8.2-42.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 132 99 77.5 67.9-84.8 4 4.5 1.4-13.7 4 2.9 0.7-10.7 2 0.9 0.2- 3.4 23 14.2 8.9-22.0
Some Post-H.S. 110 87 82.0 71.6-89.2 6 5.5 2.0-14.3 3 2.4 0.6- 8.2 0 0.0 . - . 14 10.2 5.0-19.6
College Graduate 74 62 86.5 75.7-92.9 3 2.9 0.8- 9.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.5 0.3-15.5 8 8.2 3.7-17.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 52 34 67.8 50.4-81.4 4 6.0 2.1-15.6 3 9.0 1.8-34.5 1 1.2 0.2- 7.9 10 16.0 7.6-30.7
$15,000- 24,999 70 49 68.2 49.4-82.5 2 5.1 1.0-22.9 2 1.6 0.4- 6.3 1 0.8 0.1- 5.6 16 24.4 11.4-44.6
$25,000- 34,999 45 32 70.8 53.3-83.7 5 12.4 4.4-30.3 1 3.3 0.5-20.1 1 3.5 0.5-20.9 6 10.0 3.8-24.0
$35,000- 49,999 67 57 85.9 73.8-92.9 2 2.5 0.5-12.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 8 11.6 5.4-23.2
$50,000-74,999 41 36 89.7 75.6-96.1 1 3.7 0.5-21.7 1 1.3 0.2- 8.9 0 0.0 . - . 3 5.3 1.6-16.6
$75,000+ 37 35 92.5 70.1-98.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 6.0 0.9-31.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.5 0.2- 9.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 101 71 68.9 54.5-80.4 8 7.6 3.2-17.2 3 3.1 0.7-13.5 1 0.6 0.1- 3.9 18 19.8 10.0-35.4
No 268 215 82.1 75.9-87.0 8 3.1 1.3- 7.2 6 2.6 0.9- 7.2 3 1.5 0.4- 5.1 36 10.7 7.2-15.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 25 18 69.1 46.0-85.5 2 7.0 1.5-27.0 1 8.4 1.2-40.5 1 1.9 0.3-12.7 3 13.6 4.2-35.8
Non-Veteran 340 264 79.0 72.6-84.2 14 4.2 2.1- 7.9 8 2.3 0.9- 5.9 3 1.2 0.4- 4.1 51 13.3 9.0-19.2
Currently Serving 6 6 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .

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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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