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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont Western North Carolina**

Family Planning

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%)
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
-Piedmont NC 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
GENDER
Male 1,088 232 22.2 19.3-25.4 184 15.7 13.4-18.4 259 23.5 20.6-26.7 196 18.5 15.9-21.5 217 20.0 17.2-23.1
Female 1,167 293 23.7 20.8-26.8 124 9.8 8.0-11.9 391 33.7 30.4-37.1 170 14.9 12.5-17.7 189 17.9 15.2-21.0
RACE
White 1,690 361 20.8 18.5-23.3 289 17.3 15.2-19.6 523 30.0 27.4-32.8 233 14.3 12.3-16.6 284 17.5 15.4-19.9
African American 340 127 36.1 30.0-42.7 11 3.5 1.8- 6.7 70 21.5 16.6-27.5 69 21.9 16.8-28.0 63 17.0 12.7-22.4
Other Minorities 28 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.0 0.3-13.3 7 26.5 11.8-49.2 15 48.9 28.0-70.1 5 22.6 7.6-51.0
AGE
18-24 219 6 2.5 1.1- 5.9 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8 104 44.5 36.4-52.8 69 36.8 28.9-45.4 39 16.0 11.0-22.6
25-34 793 139 16.7 13.8-20.1 50 4.6 3.3- 6.3 312 40.5 36.4-44.7 147 20.2 16.9-23.9 145 18.0 15.1-21.4
35-44 874 262 29.0 25.3-33.0 158 18.1 15.2-21.4 201 20.8 17.8-24.2 113 12.6 10.1-15.7 140 19.5 15.9-23.5
45-54 265 84 31.4 25.2-38.3 69 27.6 21.6-34.6 28 9.0 5.8-13.6 30 10.9 7.1-16.4 54 21.0 15.8-27.4
55-64 104 34 38.2 26.7-51.2 30 25.4 17.0-36.1 5 7.9 3.2-18.3 7 3.5 1.5- 7.9 28 25.0 16.2-36.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 244 75 30.9 24.4-38.3 7 2.1 0.9- 4.7 52 20.7 15.3-27.3 49 21.8 16.1-28.9 61 24.5 18.6-31.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 579 190 31.0 26.7-35.7 62 10.3 7.6-13.7 136 23.7 19.6-28.2 84 14.0 10.8-17.9 107 21.0 16.8-26.0
Some Post-H.S. 549 147 24.8 20.6-29.6 80 13.4 10.4-17.2 151 27.8 23.4-32.8 71 14.9 11.4-19.3 100 19.0 15.2-23.5
College Graduate 882 113 14.2 11.3-17.7 159 18.2 15.4-21.5 311 32.5 28.9-36.4 162 18.8 15.8-22.2 137 16.3 13.4-19.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 124 39 24.6 16.9-34.4 3 2.8 0.9- 8.6 29 23.1 14.7-34.4 22 17.9 10.9-27.8 31 31.6 21.2-44.3
$15,000- 24,999 293 92 30.4 24.1-37.4 9 2.3 1.1- 4.9 67 22.4 17.0-28.7 55 22.2 16.3-29.3 70 22.8 17.4-29.3
$25,000- 34,999 258 58 20.0 14.7-26.6 13 4.8 2.6- 8.6 80 30.1 23.7-37.4 56 22.5 16.6-29.8 51 22.6 16.9-29.6
$35,000- 49,999 366 89 26.1 21.0-31.9 49 12.9 9.4-17.5 113 30.0 24.4-36.1 63 14.9 11.3-19.5 52 16.1 11.8-21.5
$50,000-74,999 382 66 16.4 12.4-21.3 67 17.6 13.4-22.8 123 30.7 25.5-36.4 52 14.3 10.6-19.0 74 21.0 16.4-26.6
$75,000+ 492 88 18.3 14.3-23.3 122 22.9 18.9-27.6 139 26.3 22.0-31.1 67 16.7 12.8-21.5 76 15.7 11.9-20.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 363 113 27.7 22.7-33.3 49 14.2 10.3-19.2 71 19.4 15.0-24.8 56 16.9 12.3-22.8 74 21.7 16.9-27.5
No 1,849 397 21.6 19.3-24.1 252 13.0 11.3-14.9 571 29.5 27.0-32.1 306 17.2 15.1-19.4 323 18.6 16.4-21.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 219 47 24.2 18.0-31.7 50 22.1 16.4-29.2 41 21.3 15.4-28.7 23 7.3 4.5-11.6 58 25.1 18.9-32.6
Non-Veteran 2,021 474 22.7 20.5-25.1 256 12.0 10.5-13.8 605 28.7 26.4-31.2 339 18.1 16.0-20.4 347 18.4 16.3-20.7
Currently Serving 15 4 21.4 7.3-48.6 2 19.3 4.9-52.3 4 17.1 5.8-41.1 4 32.8 12.7-62.0 1 9.4 1.3-44.5

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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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