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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

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
-Western NC 698 534 78.8 74.8-82.2 46 6.2 4.4- 8.7 19 2.4 1.3- 4.4 12 1.6 0.8- 3.1 87 11.1 8.5-14.2
GENDER
Male 275 200 77.5 71.3-82.7 23 7.6 4.7-12.0 12 3.5 1.6- 7.3 6 1.3 0.6- 2.9 34 10.2 6.7-15.0
Female 423 334 80.1 74.9-84.4 23 4.8 2.9- 7.9 7 1.3 0.5- 3.5 6 1.9 0.7- 5.1 53 12.0 8.6-16.5
RACE
White 595 469 79.8 75.6-83.4 36 6.0 4.1- 8.7 14 2.4 1.2- 4.7 10 1.5 0.7- 3.3 66 10.3 7.7-13.6
African American 35 26 84.9 69.4-93.3 3 5.6 1.3-20.4 1 2.5 0.3-16.2 1 2.5 0.3-16.2 4 4.4 1.3-14.0
Other Minorities 2 2 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-24 86 43 50.4 38.4-62.3 14 14.8 8.2-25.2 7 9.2 3.7-20.9 3 4.8 1.4-14.9 19 20.9 12.5-32.8
25-34 200 159 83.4 76.2-88.8 14 5.4 2.8-10.1 6 1.1 0.4- 3.2 4 1.6 0.5- 4.7 17 8.5 4.6-15.2
35-44 281 228 85.1 79.8-89.3 13 5.5 2.8-10.2 5 1.0 0.4- 2.6 3 0.6 0.2- 2.4 32 7.8 5.1-11.7
45-54 131 104 81.5 72.0-88.3 5 1.9 0.7- 4.8 1 1.6 0.2-10.4 2 0.9 0.2- 3.7 19 14.2 8.2-23.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 96 66 71.1 58.8-80.9 9 6.5 2.8-14.4 3 3.2 0.7-13.5 2 1.5 0.4- 5.8 16 17.7 10.0-29.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 208 154 76.1 68.5-82.3 12 6.6 3.4-12.3 7 2.1 0.8- 5.7 5 3.3 1.3- 8.4 30 11.9 7.7-17.9
Some Post-H.S. 205 162 81.5 74.0-87.2 15 7.2 3.8-13.1 6 2.1 0.8- 5.6 3 0.9 0.2- 3.2 19 8.4 4.6-14.6
College Graduate 188 151 84.4 77.8-89.3 10 4.3 2.2- 8.2 3 2.3 0.5-10.0 2 0.3 0.1- 1.4 22 8.6 5.4-13.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 72 40 61.2 45.5-74.9 9 11.9 5.0-25.5 6 9.6 3.3-25.2 3 4.5 1.4-13.7 14 12.7 6.1-24.7
$15,000- 24,999 138 103 75.8 65.6-83.7 8 5.5 2.3-12.2 1 0.3 0.0- 1.9 3 1.5 0.4- 5.6 23 17.0 10.3-26.8
$25,000- 34,999 110 82 79.2 69.1-86.6 9 7.3 3.4-15.0 4 2.7 0.7- 9.1 3 2.5 0.7- 8.0 12 8.3 3.9-17.0
$35,000- 49,999 113 88 83.3 74.2-89.6 6 6.0 2.3-14.7 3 1.6 0.4- 5.9 1 0.1 0.0- 0.6 15 9.1 5.0-15.9
$50,000-74,999 94 85 89.3 78.7-95.0 3 3.0 0.7-11.3 1 2.9 0.4-17.7 0 0.0 . - . 5 4.8 1.9-11.4
$75,000+ 72 68 94.0 80.6-98.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 4.2 0.8-20.4 2 1.8 0.4- 7.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 175 129 77.6 69.3-84.1 12 5.8 2.7-12.0 6 2.3 1.0- 5.4 2 1.3 0.3- 5.4 26 13.0 8.1-20.3
No 520 404 79.4 74.8-83.3 33 6.2 4.1- 9.2 13 2.4 1.1- 5.1 10 1.7 0.8- 3.6 60 10.4 7.5-14.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 40 34 92.3 81.7-97.0 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.8 0.4- 7.0 1 1.7 0.2-11.5 3 4.2 1.1-14.8
Non-Veteran 654 497 77.9 73.7-81.5 46 6.6 4.7- 9.3 16 2.4 1.2- 4.5 11 1.6 0.8- 3.2 84 11.6 8.9-14.9
Currently Serving 4 3 89.2 43.3-98.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 10.8 1.1-56.7 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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