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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Sexual Behavior (Asked July--December Only)

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%)
TOTAL 2,649 207 9.8 8.1-11.8 57 3.0 2.2- 4.3 23 1.5 0.8- 2.6 18 1.1 0.5- 2.3 2,344 84.6 82.3-86.7
GENDER
Male 995 79 10.5 7.8-13.9 37 4.7 3.1- 6.9 19 2.3 1.2- 4.4 11 1.9 0.8- 4.3 849 80.7 76.6-84.2
Female 1,654 128 9.0 7.2-11.2 20 1.4 0.8- 2.5 4 0.6 0.2- 1.9 7 0.3 0.1- 0.7 1,495 88.7 86.3-90.7
RACE
White 1,839 105 7.6 5.8- 9.9 34 2.6 1.6- 4.0 11 0.6 0.2- 1.7 10 0.5 0.2- 1.0 1,679 88.8 86.2-90.9
African American 457 49 10.5 7.3-15.0 15 4.5 2.3- 8.7 4 1.0 0.3- 3.6 6 2.6 0.7- 9.0 383 81.4 75.3-86.2
Asian 34 3 10.3 2.4-34.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 8.4 1.2-40.6 0 0.0 . - . 30 81.2 54.8-93.9
Native American 60 3 3.4 0.9-11.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 57 96.6 88.5-99.1
Other Minorities 250 45 20.5 14.1-28.9 8 4.5 2.1- 9.3 7 5.8 2.6-12.8 2 2.6 0.5-11.9 188 66.5 57.6-74.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 252 43 19.7 13.4-28.1 7 4.0 1.8- 8.8 5 5.5 2.3-12.5 1 2.1 0.3-13.2 196 68.7 59.7-76.5
-English Speaking 71 2 9.3 1.5-40.2 2 5.2 1.3-18.9 2 7.6 2.0-25.4 0 0.0 . - . 65 77.8 56.0-90.6
-Spanish Speaking 180 40 22.6 15.3-32.1 5 3.7 1.3- 9.5 3 4.8 1.6-13.9 1 2.7 0.4-16.8 131 66.2 55.8-75.2
Non-Hispanic 2,391 162 8.2 6.6-10.1 50 2.9 2.0- 4.2 18 0.9 0.4- 1.7 17 0.9 0.4- 2.0 2,144 87.1 84.8-89.1
AGE
18-24 194 35 21.9 15.3-30.3 16 9.8 5.8-16.1 7 4.2 1.9- 9.1 4 3.9 1.2-11.6 132 60.3 51.5-68.5
25-34 746 76 11.6 8.5-15.5 14 2.2 1.2- 4.3 7 1.6 0.6- 4.5 7 0.6 0.3- 1.4 642 84.0 79.7-87.5
35-44 1,116 60 4.2 3.1- 5.6 20 1.5 0.9- 2.6 5 0.5 0.1- 1.9 5 0.5 0.2- 1.6 1,026 93.3 91.4-94.8
45-49 577 36 5.8 3.8- 8.6 7 0.8 0.3- 2.1 4 0.5 0.2- 1.5 2 0.3 0.1- 1.4 528 92.6 89.7-94.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 286 41 16.0 10.2-24.3 8 5.0 2.1-11.4 6 3.6 1.2-10.5 2 0.8 0.2- 3.4 229 74.6 65.7-81.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 705 61 11.3 8.2-15.5 24 4.7 2.8- 7.8 6 1.6 0.6- 4.3 6 1.4 0.4- 5.4 608 80.9 75.9-85.1
Some Post-H.S. 725 66 12.1 8.6-16.8 13 2.4 1.2- 4.6 6 1.0 0.3- 2.6 7 0.8 0.3- 1.7 633 83.8 79.0-87.6
College Graduate 932 38 3.7 2.5- 5.2 12 1.3 0.6- 2.5 5 0.9 0.3- 3.0 3 1.2 0.3- 5.0 874 93.0 90.1-95.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 170 28 19.6 10.8-32.8 8 3.6 1.4- 8.6 1 2.6 0.4-16.1 2 5.0 0.9-22.8 131 69.3 55.6-80.2
$15,000- 24,999 370 51 13.3 9.4-18.4 11 5.0 2.5- 9.7 6 2.7 0.9- 7.8 3 0.5 0.1- 1.7 299 78.6 72.2-83.9
$25,000- 34,999 279 18 8.4 4.9-14.2 4 2.3 0.5- 9.8 3 0.8 0.3- 2.6 4 3.0 0.5-14.9 250 85.5 77.0-91.2
$35,000- 49,999 409 30 7.3 4.3-12.3 11 3.4 1.4- 8.1 8 2.2 0.8- 5.8 1 0.1 0.0- 0.8 359 86.9 81.0-91.2
$50,000-74,999 446 25 6.6 3.7-11.7 13 4.8 2.4- 9.1 1 0.0 0.0- 0.3 4 1.1 0.3- 3.3 403 87.5 81.8-91.6
$75,000+ 716 22 3.9 2.1- 7.3 3 0.4 0.1- 1.7 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6 1 0.2 0.0- 1.5 689 94.9 91.4-97.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 602 61 13.4 9.5-18.5 16 3.4 1.7- 6.5 5 2.8 1.1- 7.1 6 0.7 0.3- 1.6 514 79.8 74.1-84.5
No 2,039 146 8.8 7.0-11.0 40 2.8 1.9- 4.1 18 1.1 0.6- 2.2 12 1.2 0.5- 2.8 1,823 86.1 83.4-88.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 221 10 3.4 1.7- 6.9 10 4.5 2.1- 9.5 3 0.7 0.2- 2.7 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6 197 90.8 85.4-94.3
Non-Veteran 2,428 197 10.3 8.5-12.5 47 2.9 2.0- 4.2 20 1.5 0.9- 2.7 17 1.1 0.5- 2.5 2,147 84.1 81.5-86.3

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*This question was asked of respondents less than age 50 who had sexual intercourse in the last 12 months.

^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.

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