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Yes | No | Not Sexually Active | Same sex partner | |||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 6,240 | 3,822 | 61.1 | 59.4-62.8 | 1,478 | 23.2 | 21.9-24.6 | 914 | 15.2 | 13.9-16.7 | 26 | 0.4 | 0.3- 0.6 |
COUNTY/REGIONS | |||||||||||||
Alamance | 143 | 80 | 56.4 | 45.2-67.1 | 31 | 20.8 | 13.4-30.8 | 32 | 22.8 | 14.1-34.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Buncombe | 134 | 83 | 65.9 | 55.8-74.7 | 27 | 20.0 | 13.3-28.9 | 22 | 13.1 | 7.5-21.8 | 2 | 1.1 | 0.2- 4.5 |
Cabarrus | 159 | 100 | 62.4 | 52.8-71.1 | 41 | 24.1 | 17.2-32.7 | 18 | 13.4 | 7.6-22.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Catawba | 161 | 96 | 64.6 | 54.8-73.3 | 44 | 22.8 | 16.5-30.8 | 21 | 12.6 | 6.9-21.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Cumberland | 196 | 120 | 60.1 | 50.8-68.6 | 41 | 22.4 | 16.1-30.4 | 34 | 16.7 | 10.2-26.0 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.1- 5.7 |
Davidson | 166 | 101 | 59.2 | 49.7-68.1 | 38 | 25.0 | 17.9-33.9 | 26 | 15.2 | 9.2-24.1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.6 |
Durham | 204 | 113 | 56.3 | 47.2-65.0 | 47 | 21.8 | 15.7-29.5 | 41 | 19.7 | 13.4-28.0 | 3 | 2.2 | 0.7- 7.1 |
Forsyth | 172 | 106 | 60.4 | 50.9-69.1 | 37 | 21.5 | 15.3-29.5 | 27 | 17.2 | 10.4-27.1 | 2 | 0.9 | 0.2- 3.5 |
Gaston | 145 | 81 | 55.9 | 45.6-65.6 | 38 | 26.0 | 18.5-35.3 | 26 | 18.1 | 11.1-28.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Guilford | 189 | 117 | 64.9 | 56.4-72.6 | 47 | 24.6 | 17.9-32.9 | 22 | 8.8 | 5.3-14.2 | 3 | 1.7 | 0.5- 5.5 |
Iredell | 193 | 119 | 61.3 | 52.0-69.9 | 54 | 28.7 | 21.4-37.2 | 20 | 10.0 | 4.8-19.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Johnston | 208 | 140 | 69.3 | 60.4-77.0 | 40 | 19.4 | 13.3-27.6 | 27 | 10.9 | 6.4-18.1 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.3 |
Mecklenburg | 377 | 230 | 59.7 | 52.9-66.1 | 86 | 23.5 | 18.6-29.2 | 57 | 16.2 | 11.2-22.7 | 4 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.0 |
New Hanover | 125 | 69 | 57.5 | 45.7-68.5 | 32 | 23.9 | 16.4-33.4 | 23 | 18.2 | 9.7-31.6 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.6 |
Onslow | 173 | 114 | 62.0 | 52.1-71.0 | 38 | 29.2 | 20.7-39.4 | 20 | 8.7 | 4.9-15.0 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.1 |
Orange | 157 | 104 | 64.5 | 53.7-74.0 | 28 | 15.5 | 10.2-22.8 | 25 | 20.0 | 12.0-31.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Pitt | 170 | 109 | 63.9 | 55.1-71.9 | 37 | 24.0 | 17.2-32.4 | 24 | 12.0 | 7.4-19.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Randolph | 152 | 96 | 59.4 | 48.4-69.5 | 31 | 17.9 | 12.0-25.9 | 24 | 22.2 | 13.4-34.3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.6 |
Robeson | 158 | 89 | 53.4 | 43.5-62.9 | 50 | 33.0 | 24.5-42.8 | 18 | 13.3 | 7.3-22.9 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.7 |
Rowan | 168 | 99 | 61.7 | 52.2-70.4 | 38 | 20.4 | 14.2-28.4 | 30 | 17.7 | 11.1-27.2 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.6 |
Union | 171 | 114 | 64.3 | 54.5-73.1 | 44 | 29.5 | 21.3-39.4 | 13 | 6.1 | 3.0-12.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Wake | 302 | 198 | 63.6 | 56.0-70.5 | 67 | 22.2 | 17.0-28.5 | 37 | 14.2 | 8.8-22.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 133 | 70 | 48.7 | 37.7-59.7 | 37 | 27.7 | 19.6-37.5 | 26 | 23.7 | 14.5-36.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Northeast Partnership II*** | 172 | 95 | 59.2 | 49.7-68.1 | 44 | 23.9 | 17.1-32.3 | 33 | 16.9 | 10.7-25.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Northeast Partnership I*** | 141 | 90 | 63.6 | 52.3-73.6 | 28 | 24.2 | 15.2-36.2 | 23 | 12.2 | 7.2-19.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 179 | 101 | 61.7 | 53.2-69.6 | 48 | 26.0 | 19.3-34.1 | 30 | 12.3 | 7.9-18.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 188 | 125 | 62.9 | 53.4-71.6 | 39 | 21.8 | 15.4-30.1 | 24 | 15.2 | 8.8-25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 141 | 81 | 56.1 | 45.4-66.3 | 36 | 25.3 | 18.0-34.4 | 24 | 18.6 | 10.2-31.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 172 | 104 | 60.4 | 50.9-69.2 | 45 | 24.1 | 17.6-32.1 | 23 | 15.4 | 9.2-24.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 185 | 121 | 60.4 | 50.0-69.9 | 40 | 20.3 | 14.4-27.8 | 23 | 19.1 | 10.7-31.9 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.5 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 223 | 138 | 60.6 | 52.0-68.6 | 61 | 25.1 | 18.8-32.6 | 24 | 14.3 | 8.6-22.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 171 | 105 | 60.4 | 51.0-69.1 | 38 | 24.6 | 17.2-33.8 | 27 | 14.8 | 8.9-23.5 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.7 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 159 | 96 | 57.3 | 46.3-67.6 | 40 | 23.1 | 15.7-32.6 | 22 | 18.2 | 10.0-30.8 | 1 | 1.4 | 0.2- 9.4 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 171 | 99 | 61.8 | 52.5-70.4 | 44 | 23.8 | 17.1-32.2 | 27 | 14.1 | 8.5-22.6 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.4 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 182 | 119 | 67.2 | 57.4-75.7 | 42 | 18.7 | 12.9-26.3 | 21 | 14.1 | 7.8-24.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP*** | |||||||||||||
Yes | 363 | 212 | 59.1 | 52.3-65.6 | 83 | 23.4 | 18.3-29.4 | 68 | 17.5 | 12.6-23.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
No | 5,877 | 3,610 | 61.2 | 59.5-63.0 | 1,395 | 23.2 | 21.9-24.7 | 846 | 15.1 | 13.7-16.7 | 26 | 0.4 | 0.3- 0.7 |
NC REGIONS** | |||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 2,026 | 1,232 | 59.9 | 56.9-62.8 | 484 | 24.6 | 22.2-27.2 | 305 | 15.3 | 12.9-18.0 | 5 | 0.2 | 0.0- 0.6 |
Piedmont | 3,619 | 2,222 | 61.4 | 59.2-63.6 | 850 | 22.7 | 21.0-24.6 | 529 | 15.3 | 13.6-17.3 | 18 | 0.5 | 0.3- 0.9 |
Western NC | 595 | 368 | 62.3 | 57.0-67.4 | 144 | 22.6 | 18.7-27.1 | 80 | 14.6 | 10.7-19.6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.1- 1.7 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC) | |||||||||||||
Mountain AHEC*** | 316 | 202 | 66.7 | 59.5-73.3 | 69 | 19.1 | 14.5-24.8 | 43 | 13.8 | 8.9-20.7 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.5 |
Northwest | 1,245 | 745 | 59.3 | 55.5-63.0 | 314 | 25.0 | 21.9-28.3 | 179 | 15.2 | 12.3-18.6 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.3 |
Charlotte | 990 | 608 | 61.2 | 56.9-65.3 | 242 | 23.3 | 20.1-26.9 | 136 | 15.2 | 11.9-19.0 | 4 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.0 |
Greensboro | 802 | 507 | 64.3 | 59.8-68.7 | 166 | 20.7 | 17.2-24.7 | 124 | 14.1 | 11.1-17.7 | 5 | 0.8 | 0.3- 2.2 |
Southern Regional | 672 | 412 | 58.6 | 53.1-63.9 | 168 | 24.5 | 20.4-29.2 | 90 | 16.5 | 12.2-22.0 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.8 |
Coastal | 261 | 149 | 56.8 | 48.7-64.5 | 68 | 26.0 | 20.2-32.9 | 43 | 17.0 | 10.7-26.1 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 1.0 |
Wake | 955 | 598 | 62.0 | 57.5-66.3 | 213 | 22.4 | 19.0-26.1 | 140 | 15.1 | 11.6-19.4 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.4 |
Area L | 257 | 142 | 58.2 | 50.6-65.4 | 68 | 26.3 | 20.2-33.5 | 47 | 15.5 | 10.8-21.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Eastern | 742 | 459 | 59.8 | 54.7-64.6 | 170 | 24.1 | 20.4-28.3 | 112 | 16.1 | 12.2-20.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0- 0.2 |
*This question was asked of female respondents who reported being ages 18-50 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.
**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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