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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont Western North Carolina**

Family Planning

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  Total
Respond.^
Less than 12 mos. 12 mos. to 2 years 2 to 5 years 5 or more years
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % 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
-Piedmont NC 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
GENDER
Male 340 93 29.6 24.0-35.9 96 26.2 21.0-32.0 97 27.1 22.1-32.9 54 17.1 12.6-22.8
Female 401 97 25.4 20.5-31.1 121 29.3 24.3-34.9 129 30.7 25.6-36.3 54 14.5 10.7-19.5
RACE
White 543 143 27.7 23.3-32.6 163 28.7 24.4-33.5 166 29.6 25.2-34.4 71 14.0 10.6-18.2
African American 105 23 24.2 15.6-35.5 29 25.2 16.6-36.3 29 24.8 16.8-35.0 24 25.8 16.9-37.4
Other Minorities 13 2 19.6 3.6-61.3 7 51.2 23.2-78.4 4 29.2 10.4-59.5 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-24 160 13 8.1 4.3-14.8 27 12.3 8.1-18.5 56 34.1 25.9-43.4 64 45.4 36.0-55.1
25-34 424 112 29.7 24.6-35.4 147 33.9 28.8-39.5 132 28.6 23.9-33.8 33 7.7 5.1-11.5
35-44 132 54 42.8 32.4-53.9 34 23.9 16.3-33.6 35 25.2 17.3-35.2 9 8.1 3.7-16.6
45-54 (All Males*) 19 8 42.2 19.5-68.7 8 38.3 16.1-66.7 2 14.8 3.6-44.5 1 4.7 0.6-27.4
55-59 (All Males*) 6 3 46.5 13.9-82.5 1 26.8 4.0-76.0 1 18.3 2.5-66.3 1 8.4 1.0-44.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 80 22 28.3 17.3-42.7 20 19.9 12.1-30.8 21 27.6 17.3-41.0 17 24.2 14.4-37.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 145 40 30.6 22.0-40.9 34 18.1 11.6-27.1 44 29.9 21.7-39.5 27 21.4 14.2-30.9
Some Post-H.S. 162 42 23.5 16.7-31.9 40 22.8 16.2-31.1 51 30.1 22.6-38.9 29 23.6 15.6-34.1
College Graduate 354 86 28.2 22.7-34.4 123 35.7 30.0-42.0 110 28.0 23.0-33.7 35 8.0 5.3-11.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 46 10 22.7 11.1-40.8 11 12.1 6.0-23.0 11 17.3 8.3-32.6 14 47.8 29.9-66.3
$15,000- 24,999 94 23 29.0 18.0-43.1 19 19.5 11.5-31.1 32 37.0 25.8-49.9 20 14.5 8.5-23.8
$25,000- 34,999 89 10 12.4 5.9-24.3 27 25.7 17.1-36.8 40 45.3 33.5-57.6 12 16.7 8.4-30.4
$35,000- 49,999 122 24 20.7 13.5-30.5 42 34.1 24.3-45.5 44 35.0 25.5-45.8 12 10.2 5.1-19.4
$50,000-74,999 128 39 32.8 23.8-43.3 45 34.8 25.8-45.1 39 29.2 21.0-39.0 5 3.2 1.2- 8.4
$75,000+ 142 49 35.9 27.1-45.8 49 32.1 24.0-41.4 33 23.1 16.1-31.9 11 8.9 4.3-17.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 108 30 27.6 18.1-39.6 34 29.7 20.5-40.8 26 22.3 14.3-33.0 18 20.4 12.0-32.5
No 621 156 27.2 23.1-31.8 181 27.6 23.6-32.0 194 29.8 25.8-34.2 90 15.4 12.1-19.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 42 17 33.9 20.5-50.5 11 28.3 15.3-46.2 11 31.3 17.5-49.5 3 6.5 1.4-25.1
Non-Veteran 693 171 27.3 23.3-31.7 205 27.6 23.8-31.8 212 28.3 24.6-32.4 105 16.7 13.4-20.7
Currently Serving 6 2 22.1 4.7-61.7 1 20.5 2.9-69.3 3 57.5 20.3-87.8 0 0.0 . - .

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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, 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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