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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Union County

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
-Union County 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
GENDER
Male 59 18 37.2 23.3-53.6 11 15.3 8.2-26.9 15 23.3 13.8-36.7 6 10.0 4.0-22.6 9 14.2 7.2-26.1
Female 74 14 18.0 9.7-30.9 16 18.6 11.1-29.6 25 40.0 26.8-55.0 11 15.4 8.2-27.0 8 8.0 3.8-16.0
RACE
White 112 24 28.1 18.1-40.9 27 20.6 13.9-29.6 36 31.0 21.9-41.8 9 7.4 3.6-14.7 16 12.9 7.6-21.1
Other 21 8 28.6 12.0-54.0 0 0.0 . - . 4 31.9 11.6-62.7 8 35.3 16.1-60.9 1 4.2 0.6-25.0
AGE
18-44 110 20 19.6 11.9-30.6 23 18.3 12.0-27.1 39 39.4 28.9-50.9 16 14.7 8.6-24.1 12 8.0 4.4-14.2
45+ 23 12 57.5 33.9-78.1 4 11.9 3.9-30.8 1 3.2 0.4-20.1 1 4.8 0.7-27.8 5 22.5 9.1-45.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 42 14 37.7 22.4-55.9 7 13.1 5.9-26.5 10 21.2 11.0-36.9 9 22.6 11.3-40.2 2 5.4 1.3-19.8
Some College + 91 18 23.4 13.2-38.1 20 18.8 11.7-28.7 30 36.2 24.8-49.5 8 7.3 3.4-15.0 15 14.3 8.2-23.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 48 19 44.1 28.7-60.8 7 13.0 5.9-26.0 9 14.5 7.0-27.5 9 18.0 8.5-34.3 4 10.4 3.9-25.0
$50,000+ 69 10 19.9 9.0-38.3 17 19.7 11.7-31.2 26 41.3 27.7-56.4 6 8.4 3.5-18.7 10 10.8 5.4-20.3

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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, 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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