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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Sexual Behavior

How many new sex partners did you have during the past twelve months?

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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 5,977 634 10.2 9.3-11.2 187 3.3 2.8- 4.0 65 1.1 0.8- 1.4 72 1.5 1.1- 2.0 5,019 83.9 82.7-85.1
-Western NC 618 70 10.2 7.6-13.6 22 3.2 2.0- 5.2 11 1.6 0.7- 3.7 8 1.4 0.6- 3.1 507 83.7 79.7-87.0
GENDER
Male 244 23 9.1 5.4-14.8 15 4.9 2.7- 8.6 8 3.0 1.2- 7.2 3 0.7 0.2- 2.2 195 82.4 75.9-87.4
Female 374 47 11.3 8.0-15.7 7 1.5 0.7- 3.3 3 0.2 0.0- 1.0 5 2.1 0.7- 5.7 312 85.0 80.0-88.9
RACE
White 534 55 8.4 6.2-11.4 18 3.1 1.8- 5.2 11 1.8 0.8- 4.3 6 1.2 0.5- 3.3 444 85.4 81.5-88.5
African American 31 3 7.1 2.0-22.1 1 2.6 0.4-16.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.6 0.4-16.9 26 87.6 71.5-95.2
Other Minorities 2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 100 . - .
AGE
18-24 66 12 20.0 10.8-34.0 8 10.4 4.8-21.3 4 8.0 2.4-23.4 3 6.2 1.9-18.8 39 55.3 41.4-68.5
25-34 185 23 11.1 6.1-19.3 8 3.5 1.5- 7.9 2 0.2 0.0- 1.3 4 1.7 0.5- 5.1 148 83.5 75.2-89.4
35-44 253 23 7.3 4.6-11.5 5 1.8 0.7- 4.9 4 0.9 0.3- 3.0 0 0.0 . - . 221 89.9 85.3-93.2
45-54 114 12 7.9 3.8-15.6 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4 1 0.7 0.1- 4.7 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4 99 90.7 83.1-95.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 81 13 19.6 10.2-34.2 5 3.7 1.1-11.8 1 2.9 0.4-17.9 2 1.8 0.4- 7.0 60 72.0 57.6-83.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 182 16 7.1 3.9-12.6 9 5.1 2.4-10.4 2 0.4 0.1- 1.5 4 3.4 1.2- 9.2 151 84.1 76.8-89.4
Some Post-H.S. 186 21 9.3 5.5-15.4 5 2.2 0.9- 5.7 4 1.3 0.5- 3.8 1 0.0 0.0- 0.3 155 87.0 80.7-91.6
College Graduate 168 20 9.0 5.3-14.8 3 1.7 0.5- 5.3 4 2.6 0.6-10.7 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 140 86.5 79.2-91.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 59 17 30.7 16.3-50.1 3 2.4 0.7- 8.2 3 7.2 1.7-25.4 2 3.5 0.8-13.9 34 56.2 38.4-72.5
$15,000- 24,999 115 12 11.2 5.8-20.7 2 2.5 0.6-10.1 1 0.1 0.0- 0.5 2 1.7 0.4- 6.7 98 84.5 74.5-91.0
$25,000- 34,999 98 8 4.4 1.9- 9.8 6 5.9 2.3-14.4 3 1.4 0.4- 4.5 1 1.4 0.2- 9.2 80 86.9 78.1-92.5
$35,000- 49,999 101 9 9.9 4.9-19.1 4 3.7 1.1-11.6 1 1.0 0.1- 6.8 1 0.1 0.0- 0.6 86 85.3 75.3-91.7
$50,000-74,999 89 11 7.9 3.9-15.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.0 0.4-18.5 0 0.0 . - . 77 89.0 78.5-94.7
$75,000+ 71 4 5.0 1.8-13.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 4.3 0.8-20.7 65 90.7 77.9-96.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 152 21 7.8 4.5-13.3 8 3.9 1.7- 8.9 2 1.0 0.2- 4.1 2 1.5 0.3- 6.1 119 85.8 79.0-90.7
No 464 49 11.0 7.8-15.2 13 2.8 1.5- 5.1 9 1.8 0.7- 4.7 6 1.3 0.5- 3.6 387 83.1 78.3-87.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 39 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 2.6 0.6-11.0 0 0.0 . - . 37 97.4 89.0-99.4
Non-Veteran 575 70 11.0 8.1-14.6 22 3.4 2.1- 5.6 8 1.5 0.6- 3.9 8 1.5 0.6- 3.3 467 82.7 78.5-86.2
Currently Serving 4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 10.8 1.1-56.7 0 0.0 . - . 3 89.2 43.3-98.9

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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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