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Want to get pregnant | Had hysterectomy | Believe can't get pregnant | Vasectomy/Tubes tied | Other | |||||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 1,365 | 224 | 19.0 | 16.4-21.9 | 135 | 9.3 | 7.6-11.5 | 201 | 12.9 | 10.9-15.1 | 239 | 16.5 | 14.2-19.1 | 566 | 42.3 | 39.0-45.6 |
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Alamance | 29 | 4 | 11.7 | 3.9-30.3 | 4 | 12.5 | 4.3-31.3 | 8 | 20.9 | 9.5-40.0 | 5 | 13.5 | 5.2-30.7 | 8 | 41.4 | 19.3-67.6 |
Buncombe | 23 | 3 | 13.2 | 4.1-35.3 | 4 | 15.1 | 4.9-38.0 | 6 | 23.4 | 10.1-45.4 | 3 | 11.3 | 3.0-34.6 | 7 | 36.9 | 18.4-60.4 |
Cabarrus | 35 | 4 | 20.6 | 6.7-48.2 | 5 | 9.3 | 3.7-21.5 | 6 | 14.0 | 6.0-29.3 | 5 | 13.9 | 4.9-33.7 | 15 | 42.3 | 24.7-62.0 |
Catawba | 42 | 3 | 9.7 | 3.1-26.8 | 7 | 21.6 | 10.3-39.8 | 3 | 5.4 | 1.6-16.6 | 9 | 21.7 | 11.3-37.7 | 20 | 41.5 | 27.1-57.5 |
Cumberland | 37 | 4 | 12.1 | 4.0-31.0 | 3 | 9.5 | 2.8-27.4 | 7 | 14.9 | 6.7-30.0 | 7 | 15.9 | 6.5-34.0 | 16 | 47.6 | 29.8-65.9 |
Davidson | 35 | 6 | 23.2 | 10.5-43.8 | 4 | 8.2 | 2.8-22.0 | 10 | 24.8 | 12.3-43.6 | 4 | 11.0 | 4.0-26.8 | 11 | 32.7 | 17.0-53.7 |
Durham | 46 | 9 | 22.3 | 11.3-39.3 | 2 | 2.5 | 0.5-10.8 | 7 | 10.6 | 4.7-22.3 | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1- 6.2 | 27 | 63.7 | 46.8-77.8 |
Forsyth | 35 | 4 | 9.0 | 3.2-23.0 | 4 | 10.3 | 3.8-25.0 | 5 | 17.8 | 7.1-38.0 | 7 | 20.2 | 9.0-39.6 | 15 | 42.6 | 25.8-61.4 |
Gaston | 33 | 5 | 14.9 | 6.0-32.4 | 3 | 8.2 | 2.4-24.3 | 7 | 17.4 | 8.0-34.0 | 5 | 15.9 | 5.8-36.6 | 13 | 43.6 | 26.1-62.8 |
Guilford | 45 | 7 | 17.2 | 8.0-33.0 | 1 | 3.5 | 0.5-21.1 | 7 | 11.0 | 4.7-23.8 | 11 | 22.2 | 11.8-37.9 | 19 | 46.1 | 29.1-64.1 |
Iredell | 49 | 10 | 27.1 | 14.0-46.0 | 5 | 8.0 | 3.2-18.7 | 6 | 10.7 | 4.5-23.2 | 10 | 15.5 | 8.0-28.1 | 18 | 38.7 | 23.7-56.2 |
Johnston | 40 | 10 | 25.6 | 12.9-44.4 | 1 | 1.7 | 0.2-11.5 | 7 | 18.7 | 7.2-40.5 | 8 | 19.2 | 7.6-40.6 | 14 | 34.8 | 18.1-56.3 |
Mecklenburg | 76 | 12 | 17.0 | 9.4-28.9 | 4 | 7.3 | 2.5-19.5 | 13 | 12.5 | 6.8-21.8 | 12 | 16.8 | 8.7-29.9 | 35 | 46.4 | 34.0-59.2 |
New Hanover | 30 | 7 | 23.0 | 10.5-43.2 | 3 | 10.0 | 3.0-28.1 | 6 | 17.4 | 7.6-34.9 | 1 | 6.3 | 0.9-33.0 | 13 | 43.3 | 26.0-62.5 |
Onslow | 36 | 13 | 35.4 | 18.9-56.2 | 3 | 9.5 | 2.9-26.8 | 1 | 1.4 | 0.2- 9.4 | 7 | 8.6 | 3.8-18.6 | 12 | 45.1 | 26.1-65.7 |
Orange | 25 | 4 | 16.8 | 6.3-37.7 | 3 | 6.2 | 1.8-19.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 4.4 | 1.0-17.0 | 16 | 72.6 | 52.1-86.5 |
Pitt | 36 | 5 | 18.0 | 7.6-37.0 | 2 | 5.0 | 0.9-22.4 | 3 | 7.7 | 2.3-22.5 | 9 | 24.6 | 12.1-43.6 | 17 | 44.7 | 27.6-63.2 |
Randolph | 26 | 3 | 16.2 | 5.2-40.5 | 1 | 3.8 | 0.5-22.7 | 4 | 10.4 | 3.6-26.5 | 3 | 6.6 | 2.0-19.3 | 15 | 63.0 | 41.7-80.2 |
Robeson | 45 | 8 | 21.2 | 8.5-43.6 | 3 | 6.4 | 2.0-18.7 | 8 | 13.5 | 6.3-26.7 | 6 | 11.9 | 4.7-27.1 | 20 | 47.0 | 29.9-64.8 |
Rowan | 36 | 8 | 41.5 | 23.5-62.0 | 7 | 16.7 | 7.4-33.3 | 7 | 15.3 | 6.8-30.7 | 6 | 8.6 | 3.5-19.8 | 8 | 18.0 | 8.1-35.3 |
Union | 41 | 8 | 24.8 | 11.6-45.3 | 5 | 15.3 | 4.4-41.6 | 7 | 12.9 | 5.2-28.8 | 4 | 7.3 | 2.3-20.5 | 17 | 39.6 | 23.3-58.7 |
Wake | 62 | 13 | 24.8 | 14.7-38.6 | 5 | 8.6 | 3.4-20.1 | 6 | 10.8 | 4.7-22.9 | 9 | 11.5 | 5.7-21.8 | 29 | 44.3 | 31.6-57.8 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 35 | 6 | 19.4 | 8.2-39.1 | 3 | 6.5 | 2.1-18.7 | 3 | 11.2 | 3.3-31.7 | 8 | 21.0 | 10.2-38.4 | 15 | 41.9 | 25.6-60.2 |
Northeast Partnership II*** | 41 | 5 | 14.6 | 5.4-33.8 | 7 | 13.3 | 5.8-27.5 | 6 | 13.7 | 5.7-29.7 | 11 | 26.6 | 14.2-44.2 | 12 | 31.8 | 16.6-52.1 |
Northeast Partnership I*** | 24 | 4 | 39.3 | 14.1-71.9 | 2 | 6.7 | 1.3-28.5 | 3 | 10.5 | 3.0-30.9 | 7 | 17.9 | 7.0-38.7 | 8 | 25.6 | 10.9-49.3 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 45 | 7 | 18.6 | 8.6-35.6 | 4 | 8.5 | 2.8-23.4 | 7 | 12.9 | 5.7-26.6 | 6 | 21.3 | 9.2-41.8 | 21 | 38.7 | 24.6-55.0 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 35 | 6 | 25.1 | 10.6-48.8 | 5 | 9.7 | 3.6-23.4 | 1 | 3.4 | 0.5-20.9 | 8 | 30.3 | 14.7-52.3 | 15 | 31.5 | 17.6-49.7 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 34 | 4 | 16.5 | 5.8-38.7 | 3 | 8.3 | 2.6-23.7 | 5 | 13.4 | 4.9-31.5 | 11 | 28.4 | 15.5-46.1 | 11 | 33.4 | 18.9-51.9 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 45 | 9 | 21.3 | 10.6-38.1 | 3 | 3.7 | 1.0-12.0 | 4 | 8.5 | 3.1-21.4 | 6 | 9.5 | 3.7-22.2 | 23 | 57.0 | 40.9-71.7 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 36 | 6 | 22.4 | 10.1-42.7 | 4 | 13.3 | 4.8-31.6 | 7 | 13.5 | 5.5-29.2 | 3 | 9.5 | 3.0-26.2 | 16 | 41.4 | 25.0-59.9 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 58 | 9 | 13.8 | 6.6-26.7 | 6 | 7.1 | 2.9-16.4 | 6 | 11.6 | 4.9-24.8 | 11 | 13.2 | 6.8-23.9 | 26 | 54.3 | 39.0-68.9 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 36 | 5 | 12.5 | 4.8-28.9 | 7 | 27.6 | 11.7-52.3 | 4 | 8.2 | 2.9-20.8 | 9 | 20.5 | 10.0-37.3 | 11 | 31.3 | 15.1-53.7 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 36 | 3 | 5.3 | 1.5-16.7 | 2 | 3.0 | 0.6-12.9 | 6 | 28.0 | 10.5-56.3 | 9 | 20.0 | 9.6-37.3 | 16 | 43.7 | 25.4-63.9 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 38 | 7 | 23.5 | 10.0-45.9 | 5 | 9.0 | 3.2-22.5 | 7 | 15.0 | 6.2-32.1 | 3 | 7.5 | 2.2-22.3 | 16 | 45.0 | 27.5-63.9 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 40 | 3 | 7.7 | 2.2-23.6 | 5 | 13.4 | 5.0-31.0 | 8 | 19.1 | 8.6-37.1 | 13 | 31.2 | 16.4-51.2 | 11 | 28.7 | 14.1-49.7 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP*** | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 74 | 11 | 22.6 | 11.3-40.2 | 12 | 13.6 | 7.3-23.9 | 9 | 10.8 | 5.3-20.9 | 20 | 22.7 | 13.9-34.7 | 22 | 30.3 | 18.9-44.8 |
No | 1,291 | 213 | 18.8 | 16.2-21.7 | 123 | 9.1 | 7.3-11.3 | 192 | 13.0 | 11.0-15.3 | 219 | 16.2 | 13.8-18.9 | 544 | 42.9 | 39.5-46.4 |
NC REGIONS** | ||||||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 451 | 83 | 21.5 | 16.7-27.2 | 41 | 8.6 | 6.1-11.9 | 56 | 10.8 | 7.9-14.5 | 89 | 19.4 | 15.2-24.5 | 182 | 39.8 | 34.3-45.5 |
Piedmont | 783 | 126 | 19.2 | 16.0-22.9 | 79 | 8.8 | 6.7-11.5 | 120 | 12.8 | 10.4-15.8 | 121 | 14.4 | 11.7-17.7 | 337 | 44.7 | 40.3-49.2 |
Western NC | 131 | 15 | 11.8 | 6.1-21.4 | 15 | 13.7 | 7.0-25.1 | 25 | 18.2 | 11.4-27.6 | 29 | 19.5 | 12.6-29.0 | 47 | 36.8 | 27.2-47.6 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC) | ||||||||||||||||
Mountain AHEC*** | 63 | 6 | 9.3 | 3.9-20.7 | 9 | 13.9 | 6.6-26.9 | 14 | 20.4 | 11.3-33.9 | 16 | 25.2 | 14.1-40.8 | 18 | 31.2 | 18.7-47.1 |
Northwest | 290 | 44 | 18.1 | 12.9-24.8 | 37 | 12.9 | 8.2-19.6 | 46 | 15.2 | 10.6-21.3 | 53 | 15.0 | 10.9-20.3 | 110 | 38.9 | 31.8-46.5 |
Charlotte | 215 | 30 | 16.9 | 11.5-24.2 | 21 | 8.6 | 4.8-15.0 | 40 | 15.0 | 10.4-21.1 | 33 | 15.5 | 10.2-22.9 | 91 | 44.0 | 36.0-52.4 |
Greensboro | 153 | 21 | 15.0 | 9.2-23.3 | 12 | 7.2 | 3.5-14.1 | 25 | 11.9 | 7.4-18.5 | 29 | 19.0 | 12.6-27.7 | 66 | 47.0 | 36.6-57.6 |
Southern Regional | 154 | 27 | 19.7 | 11.9-30.8 | 13 | 7.9 | 4.2-14.3 | 20 | 10.2 | 6.1-16.4 | 22 | 15.4 | 8.4-26.5 | 72 | 46.8 | 36.6-57.3 |
Coastal | 63 | 12 | 22.4 | 11.9-38.0 | 6 | 8.6 | 3.7-18.7 | 10 | 14.2 | 6.8-27.3 | 13 | 23.8 | 13.8-37.9 | 22 | 31.0 | 20.2-44.4 |
Wake | 205 | 44 | 23.9 | 17.5-31.8 | 12 | 5.8 | 2.9-11.2 | 24 | 10.7 | 6.6-16.9 | 25 | 11.1 | 6.8-17.5 | 100 | 48.6 | 40.4-56.9 |
Area L | 61 | 9 | 22.1 | 9.8-42.5 | 8 | 13.6 | 6.2-27.1 | 7 | 9.6 | 4.2-20.2 | 12 | 20.2 | 10.9-34.4 | 25 | 34.5 | 22.4-49.1 |
Eastern | 161 | 31 | 22.3 | 15.3-31.4 | 17 | 9.3 | 5.5-15.2 | 15 | 9.1 | 5.1-16.0 | 36 | 19.1 | 13.2-26.8 | 62 | 40.2 | 31.4-49.6 |
* This question was asked of female respondents who reported being ages 18-50 years old and not pregnant, of male respondents who reported being ages 18-59 years old and reported NOT using birth control.
First five most frequent response categorie
s presented here. OTHER category was formed from the remaining responses.
^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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