BRFSS 2006 - North Carolina Counties and Regions: (During the past twelve months, with how many people have you had sexual intercourse?*)

2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Sexual Behavior (Asked July--December Only)

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
North Carolina	3,032	2,451	76.9	74.3-79.3	102	4.2	3.2- 5.5	50	3.1	2.2- 4.4	37	1.7	1.0- 2.8	392	14.1	12.1-16.4
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance	60	46	80.8	67.6-89.5	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	14	19.2	10.5-32.4
Buncombe	70	60	84.8	68.6-93.5	2	6.8	1.3-28.6	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	8	8.4	3.5-18.5
Cabarrus	83	75	86.2	71.2-94.1	3	2.3	0.7- 7.2	1	4.7	0.7-26.1	0	0.0	. - .	4	6.8	2.2-18.9
Catawba	67	56	75.8	58.2-87.6	2	7.7	1.7-29.1	1	2.0	0.3-12.7	0	0.0	. - .	8	14.5	6.1-30.9
Cumberland	105	77	67.1	52.9-78.8	4	4.5	1.1-16.0	4	8.4	2.9-22.0	2	2.3	0.5- 9.5	18	17.7	9.1-31.8
Davidson	82	67	82.2	69.5-90.3	3	2.3	0.6- 7.8	1	1.3	0.2- 9.0	0	0.0	. - .	11	14.2	6.9-27.0
Durham	90	62	59.6	43.2-74.0	6	7.8	2.3-23.2	0	0.0	. - .	2	8.2	1.4-36.9	20	24.4	13.5-39.9
Forsyth	75	60	85.6	73.8-92.6	3	2.7	0.7- 9.5	2	1.4	0.3- 6.1	0	0.0	. - .	10	10.3	4.4-22.4
Gaston	72	61	87.0	72.3-94.5	2	1.7	0.3- 8.3	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	9	11.2	4.3-26.5
Guilford	84	62	68.2	53.6-80.0	6	9.3	3.8-21.0	3	3.9	0.8-16.4	2	6.3	1.2-26.9	11	12.3	6.2-22.9
Iredell	84	74	93.2	86.8-96.6	2	1.2	0.3- 5.1	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	8	5.6	2.6-11.8
Johnston	94	77	85.2	75.3-91.6	2	1.4	0.3- 5.5	0	0.0	. - .	2	3.5	0.8-14.1	13	9.9	5.1-18.2
Mecklenburg	239	191	75.8	67.6-82.5	9	4.9	2.1-11.0	3	3.9	1.2-11.4	6	3.7	1.4- 9.7	30	11.7	7.5-17.8
New Hanover	62	47	73.1	52.7-86.9	2	9.9	1.9-38.9	2	7.2	1.3-32.1	1	0.8	0.1- 5.4	10	9.0	4.4-17.6
Onslow	87	72	79.8	65.3-89.3	0	0.0	. - .	2	6.6	1.7-23.0	2	6.2	1.5-22.0	11	7.3	3.5-14.6
Orange	72	58	81.6	65.7-91.1	3	1.7	0.5- 5.4	1	1.4	0.2- 9.1	2	2.7	0.6-11.9	8	12.6	4.6-30.3
Pitt	85	72	85.4	71.5-93.2	3	2.0	0.6- 6.5	0	0.0	. - .	1	0.7	0.1- 4.7	9	11.9	4.7-26.7
Randolph	67	60	90.1	74.4-96.6	1	1.3	0.2- 8.9	0	0.0	. - .	1	0.3	0.0- 2.0	5	8.3	2.4-25.0
Robeson	80	65	82.0	69.6-90.1	4	3.5	1.3- 9.2	0	0.0	. - .	2	1.1	0.3- 4.4	9	13.4	6.3-26.3
Rowan	78	65	82.4	66.7-91.7	2	7.6	1.7-28.5	0	0.0	. - .	2	3.4	0.6-16.3	9	6.6	3.1-13.5
Union	79	71	89.4	76.0-95.8	1	2.6	0.4-16.1	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	7	8.0	2.8-20.8
Wake	177	147	73.7	61.1-83.3	8	3.5	1.5- 7.8	5	4.4	1.5-12.2	0	0.0	. - .	17	18.4	9.6-32.3
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico	72	56	63.5	44.2-79.2	3	2.8	0.8- 9.6	3	10.9	2.7-34.7	1	1.1	0.2- 7.7	9	21.7	9.1-43.5
Northeast Partnership II***	87	74	81.4	66.3-90.7	1	1.8	0.3-11.8	2	1.9	0.4- 7.4	0	0.0	. - .	10	14.9	6.5-30.8
Northeast Partnership I***	63	49	82.3	68.9-90.7	1	2.7	0.4-16.9	2	4.1	0.9-16.7	0	0.0	. - .	11	11.0	5.4-20.9
Franklin/Nash/Wilson	93	70	76.6	63.8-85.8	4	2.4	0.8- 7.1	2	6.6	1.7-22.8	0	0.0	. - .	17	14.4	8.0-24.5
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	82	63	78.6	65.1-87.9	5	6.4	1.9-19.3	3	2.9	0.8- 9.4	2	4.5	0.8-21.9	9	7.5	3.5-15.3
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	63	52	73.1	50.9-87.7	4	8.2	2.7-22.6	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	7	18.6	6.1-44.7
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	76	64	84.6	71.0-92.5	2	1.4	0.3- 6.7	1	1.4	0.2- 9.7	1	1.4	0.2- 9.4	8	11.1	4.4-25.3
Chatham/Lee/Moore	96	76	67.8	50.7-81.1	1	0.7	0.1- 4.9	3	4.4	1.2-14.8	1	0.5	0.1- 3.2	15	26.7	13.9-45.0
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	107	86	78.5	64.9-87.8	4	8.2	2.5-23.7	3	1.4	0.4- 5.0	1	0.4	0.1- 2.9	13	11.4	5.4-22.6
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	66	56	76.7	57.0-89.1	1	6.6	1.0-33.9	1	0.7	0.1- 4.8	0	0.0	. - .	8	16.1	6.6-34.2
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	79	58	67.6	51.0-80.7	3	6.7	1.3-28.0	2	3.0	0.6-14.2	2	1.8	0.4- 7.1	14	20.9	10.6-37.1
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	78	64	84.1	71.0-92.0	2	0.9	0.2- 3.4	2	5.8	1.4-21.0	1	0.5	0.1- 3.2	9	8.8	3.8-19.3
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	78	58	73.1	57.6-84.6	3	3.7	0.9-13.3	1	0.9	0.1- 6.5	3	2.8	0.6-11.2	13	19.4	9.5-35.6
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP***
Yes	180	145	76.3	65.0-84.8	4	2.3	0.8- 6.6	7	7.5	2.7-19.4	1	0.6	0.1- 3.9	23	13.4	7.3-23.3
No	2,852	2,306	77.0	74.3-79.4	98	4.3	3.2- 5.6	43	2.8	1.9- 4.1	36	1.8	1.1- 3.0	369	14.1	12.1-16.5
NC REGIONS**
Eastern NC	997	793	76.1	71.6-80.1	33	4.0	2.4- 6.4	20	4.3	2.5- 7.3	13	1.8	0.8- 3.8	138	13.9	10.8-17.8
Piedmont	1,748	1,433	77.8	74.3-81.0	58	3.9	2.8- 5.5	26	2.7	1.7- 4.5	18	1.7	0.8- 3.6	213	13.8	11.1-17.0
Western NC	287	225	74.6	66.5-81.3	11	5.8	2.6-12.5	4	2.2	0.6- 7.3	6	1.5	0.5- 4.1	41	15.9	10.6-23.2
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)
Mountain AHEC***	148	118	77.4	66.2-85.7	5	4.8	1.6-13.3	1	0.6	0.1- 4.2	3	1.8	0.4- 7.2	21	15.4	8.5-26.3
Northwest	560	458	80.0	74.4-84.7	18	4.4	2.2- 8.8	8	2.1	0.8- 5.5	5	0.6	0.2- 1.6	71	12.8	9.2-17.6
Charlotte	531	447	80.7	75.2-85.1	16	3.8	2.0- 7.3	5	3.2	1.3- 7.5	7	2.2	0.8- 5.6	56	10.2	7.3-14.1
Greensboro	359	287	77.3	69.9-83.3	12	4.7	2.2- 9.7	5	2.5	0.8- 7.6	5	3.0	0.7-12.1	50	12.5	8.7-17.8
Southern Regional	335	258	71.2	63.0-78.2	12	3.8	1.7- 8.5	11	4.9	2.3-10.0	5	1.1	0.4- 3.5	49	19.0	12.9-27.0
Coastal	130	102	73.6	59.0-84.4	6	8.5	3.2-20.7	3	3.4	0.8-14.1	1	0.3	0.0- 2.2	18	14.1	6.0-29.8
Wake	472	382	74.8	66.8-81.4	18	3.5	1.8- 6.6	7	3.1	1.3- 7.6	5	1.8	0.4- 6.9	60	16.8	10.9-25.0
Area L	121	93	78.9	68.1-86.7	4	2.7	0.9- 7.9	4	5.8	1.7-17.6	0	0.0	. - .	20	12.6	7.3-21.1
Eastern	376	306	74.6	66.3-81.4	11	3.7	1.5- 8.5	6	4.1	1.4-11.2	6	3.1	1.1- 8.8	47	14.5	9.2-21.9

Total
Respond.^

One partner

Two partners

Three partners

Four or more partners

None

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

3,032

2,451

76.9

74.3-79.3

102

4.2

3.2- 5.5

3.1

2.2- 4.4

1.7

1.0- 2.8

392

14.1

12.1-16.4

COUNTY/REGIONS

Alamance

80.8

67.6-89.5

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

19.2

10.5-32.4

Buncombe

84.8

68.6-93.5

6.8

1.3-28.6

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

8.4

3.5-18.5

Cabarrus

86.2

71.2-94.1

2.3

0.7- 7.2

4.7

0.7-26.1

0.0

. - .

6.8

2.2-18.9

Catawba

75.8

58.2-87.6

7.7

1.7-29.1

2.0

0.3-12.7

0.0

. - .

14.5

6.1-30.9

Cumberland

105

67.1

52.9-78.8

4.5

1.1-16.0

8.4

2.9-22.0

2.3

0.5- 9.5

17.7

9.1-31.8

Davidson

82.2

69.5-90.3

2.3

0.6- 7.8

1.3

0.2- 9.0

0.0

. - .

14.2

6.9-27.0

Durham

59.6

43.2-74.0

7.8

2.3-23.2

0.0

. - .

8.2

1.4-36.9

24.4

13.5-39.9

Forsyth

85.6

73.8-92.6

2.7

0.7- 9.5

1.4

0.3- 6.1

0.0

. - .

10.3

4.4-22.4

Gaston

87.0

72.3-94.5

1.7

0.3- 8.3

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

11.2

4.3-26.5

Guilford

68.2

53.6-80.0

9.3

3.8-21.0

3.9

0.8-16.4

6.3

1.2-26.9

12.3

6.2-22.9

Iredell

93.2

86.8-96.6

1.2

0.3- 5.1

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

5.6

2.6-11.8

Johnston

85.2

75.3-91.6

1.4

0.3- 5.5

0.0

. - .

3.5

0.8-14.1

9.9

5.1-18.2

Mecklenburg

239

191

75.8

67.6-82.5

4.9

2.1-11.0

3.9

1.2-11.4

3.7

1.4- 9.7

11.7

7.5-17.8

New Hanover

73.1

52.7-86.9

9.9

1.9-38.9

7.2

1.3-32.1

0.8

0.1- 5.4

9.0

4.4-17.6

Onslow

79.8

65.3-89.3

0.0

. - .

6.6

1.7-23.0

6.2

1.5-22.0

7.3

3.5-14.6

Orange

81.6

65.7-91.1

1.7

0.5- 5.4

1.4

0.2- 9.1

2.7

0.6-11.9

12.6

4.6-30.3

Pitt

85.4

71.5-93.2

2.0

0.6- 6.5

0.0

. - .

0.7

0.1- 4.7

11.9

4.7-26.7

Randolph

90.1

74.4-96.6

1.3

0.2- 8.9

0.0

. - .

0.3

0.0- 2.0

8.3

2.4-25.0

Robeson

82.0

69.6-90.1

3.5

1.3- 9.2

0.0

. - .

1.1

0.3- 4.4

13.4

6.3-26.3

Rowan

82.4

66.7-91.7

7.6

1.7-28.5

0.0

. - .

3.4

0.6-16.3

6.6

3.1-13.5

Union

89.4

76.0-95.8

2.6

0.4-16.1

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

8.0

2.8-20.8

Wake

177

147

73.7

61.1-83.3

3.5

1.5- 7.8

4.4

1.5-12.2

0.0

. - .

18.4

9.6-32.3

Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico

63.5

44.2-79.2

2.8

0.8- 9.6

10.9

2.7-34.7

1.1

0.2- 7.7

21.7

9.1-43.5

Northeast Partnership II***

81.4

66.3-90.7

1.8

0.3-11.8

1.9

0.4- 7.4

0.0

. - .

14.9

6.5-30.8

Northeast Partnership I***

82.3

68.9-90.7

2.7

0.4-16.9

4.1

0.9-16.7

0.0

. - .

11.0

5.4-20.9

Franklin/Nash/Wilson

76.6

63.8-85.8

2.4

0.8- 7.1

6.6

1.7-22.8

0.0

. - .

14.4

8.0-24.5

Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne

78.6

65.1-87.9

6.4

1.9-19.3

2.9

0.8- 9.4

4.5

0.8-21.9

7.5

3.5-15.3

Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender

73.1

50.9-87.7

8.2

2.7-22.6

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

18.6

6.1-44.7

Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance

84.6

71.0-92.5

1.4

0.3- 6.7

1.4

0.2- 9.7

1.4

0.2- 9.4

11.1

4.4-25.3

Chatham/Lee/Moore

67.8

50.7-81.1

0.7

0.1- 4.9

4.4

1.2-14.8

0.5

0.1- 3.2

26.7

13.9-45.0

Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly

107

78.5

64.9-87.8

8.2

2.5-23.7

1.4

0.4- 5.0

0.4

0.1- 2.9

11.4

5.4-22.6

Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

76.7

57.0-89.1

6.6

1.0-33.9

0.7

0.1- 4.8

0.0

. - .

16.1

6.6-34.2

Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes

67.6

51.0-80.7

6.7

1.3-28.0

3.0

0.6-14.2

1.8

0.4- 7.1

20.9

10.6-37.1

Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln

84.1

71.0-92.0

0.9

0.2- 3.4

5.8

1.4-21.0

0.5

0.1- 3.2

8.8

3.8-19.3

Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)

73.1

57.6-84.6

3.7

0.9-13.3

0.9

0.1- 6.5

2.8

0.6-11.2

19.4

9.5-35.6

NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP***

Yes

180

145

76.3

65.0-84.8

2.3

0.8- 6.6

7.5

2.7-19.4

0.6

0.1- 3.9

13.4

7.3-23.3

2,852

2,306

77.0

74.3-79.4

4.3

3.2- 5.6

2.8

1.9- 4.1

1.8

1.1- 3.0

369

14.1

12.1-16.5

NC REGIONS**

Eastern NC

997

793

76.1

71.6-80.1

4.0

2.4- 6.4

4.3

2.5- 7.3

1.8

0.8- 3.8

138

13.9

10.8-17.8

Piedmont

1,748

1,433

77.8

74.3-81.0

3.9

2.8- 5.5

2.7

1.7- 4.5

1.7

0.8- 3.6

213

13.8

11.1-17.0

Western NC

287

225

74.6

66.5-81.3

5.8

2.6-12.5

2.2

0.6- 7.3

1.5

0.5- 4.1

15.9

10.6-23.2

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)

Mountain AHEC***

148

118

77.4

66.2-85.7

4.8

1.6-13.3

0.6

0.1- 4.2

1.8

0.4- 7.2

15.4

8.5-26.3

Northwest

560

458

80.0

74.4-84.7

4.4

2.2- 8.8

2.1

0.8- 5.5

0.6

0.2- 1.6

12.8

9.2-17.6

Charlotte

531

447

80.7

75.2-85.1

3.8

2.0- 7.3

3.2

1.3- 7.5

2.2

0.8- 5.6

10.2

7.3-14.1

Greensboro

359

287

77.3

69.9-83.3

4.7

2.2- 9.7

2.5

0.8- 7.6

3.0

0.7-12.1

12.5

8.7-17.8

Southern Regional

335

258

71.2

63.0-78.2

3.8

1.7- 8.5

4.9

2.3-10.0

1.1

0.4- 3.5

19.0

12.9-27.0

Coastal

130

102

73.6

59.0-84.4

8.5

3.2-20.7

3.4

0.8-14.1

0.3

0.0- 2.2

14.1

6.0-29.8

Wake

472

382

74.8

66.8-81.4

3.5

1.8- 6.6

3.1

1.3- 7.6

1.8

0.4- 6.9

16.8

10.9-25.0

Area L

121

78.9

68.1-86.7

2.7

0.9- 7.9

5.8

1.7-17.6

0.0

. - .

12.6

7.3-21.1

Eastern

376

306

74.6

66.3-81.4

3.7

1.5- 8.5

4.1

1.4-11.2

3.1

1.1- 8.8

14.5

9.2-21.9

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*This question was asked of all respondents less than age 50.

^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.

**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.

***Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Edgecombe, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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