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Tubes tied | Vasectomy | Pill | Condoms | 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 | 3,713 | 875 | 19.8 | 18.3-21.4 | 614 | 14.5 | 13.3-15.9 | 884 | 26.4 | 24.5-28.5 | 612 | 19.5 | 17.7-21.5 | 728 | 19.7 | 18.1-21.4 |
COUNTY/REGIONS | ||||||||||||||||
Alamance | 78 | 20 | 20.1 | 12.4-30.9 | 14 | 16.0 | 8.8-27.2 | 16 | 22.1 | 12.0-36.9 | 12 | 17.8 | 8.9-32.3 | 16 | 24.1 | 13.5-39.3 |
Buncombe | 81 | 15 | 16.3 | 9.5-26.4 | 17 | 15.4 | 9.3-24.4 | 17 | 29.3 | 18.3-43.5 | 12 | 16.2 | 8.3-29.2 | 20 | 22.8 | 14.4-34.3 |
Cabarrus | 98 | 24 | 24.5 | 15.3-36.7 | 17 | 16.1 | 9.9-25.1 | 23 | 27.0 | 17.4-39.3 | 14 | 14.3 | 7.9-24.3 | 20 | 18.2 | 11.4-27.7 |
Catawba | 94 | 26 | 27.2 | 16.7-41.2 | 17 | 12.9 | 7.6-21.0 | 22 | 22.6 | 13.8-34.6 | 9 | 7.8 | 3.7-15.9 | 20 | 29.5 | 16.8-46.3 |
Cumberland | 118 | 38 | 27.4 | 19.5-37.1 | 17 | 11.5 | 6.7-18.9 | 28 | 21.1 | 13.9-30.7 | 16 | 15.7 | 9.0-26.0 | 19 | 24.3 | 14.7-37.4 |
Davidson | 101 | 19 | 13.3 | 8.1-21.1 | 27 | 23.6 | 15.9-33.7 | 22 | 28.9 | 18.1-42.7 | 12 | 11.9 | 6.3-21.3 | 21 | 22.3 | 13.9-33.8 |
Durham | 106 | 15 | 11.2 | 6.4-18.9 | 12 | 11.2 | 6.0-20.1 | 40 | 43.8 | 32.0-56.4 | 16 | 14.7 | 7.6-26.6 | 23 | 19.0 | 11.9-28.9 |
Forsyth | 105 | 24 | 19.5 | 12.7-28.8 | 22 | 18.7 | 12.1-27.7 | 21 | 22.7 | 14.2-34.4 | 16 | 18.2 | 10.4-29.8 | 22 | 20.9 | 13.7-30.6 |
Gaston | 80 | 23 | 23.8 | 15.4-34.9 | 17 | 14.9 | 8.8-24.1 | 12 | 15.2 | 7.5-28.3 | 8 | 17.1 | 7.7-33.8 | 20 | 29.0 | 17.9-43.4 |
Guilford | 116 | 22 | 20.5 | 12.6-31.6 | 22 | 17.6 | 11.3-26.4 | 32 | 25.3 | 17.4-35.2 | 26 | 24.9 | 15.9-36.7 | 14 | 11.8 | 6.7-19.8 |
Iredell | 116 | 30 | 20.7 | 14.1-29.5 | 21 | 13.7 | 8.5-21.3 | 32 | 33.1 | 22.9-45.3 | 16 | 19.2 | 11.1-31.2 | 17 | 13.3 | 8.1-21.2 |
Johnston | 135 | 25 | 13.9 | 8.7-21.5 | 13 | 7.8 | 4.3-13.8 | 37 | 29.8 | 20.2-41.6 | 24 | 21.9 | 13.5-33.4 | 36 | 26.6 | 18.3-37.0 |
Mecklenburg | 223 | 36 | 14.2 | 9.9-20.0 | 41 | 15.6 | 11.2-21.2 | 61 | 26.4 | 19.6-34.5 | 47 | 25.1 | 17.3-34.8 | 38 | 18.8 | 13.2-26.0 |
New Hanover | 69 | 15 | 18.5 | 10.5-30.6 | 10 | 11.3 | 5.6-21.3 | 17 | 27.7 | 16.1-43.2 | 15 | 24.9 | 12.8-42.7 | 12 | 17.7 | 9.0-31.9 |
Onslow | 112 | 25 | 21.8 | 13.7-32.9 | 21 | 16.1 | 10.0-24.9 | 32 | 30.7 | 21.7-41.6 | 7 | 6.7 | 2.6-16.6 | 27 | 24.6 | 16.6-35.0 |
Orange | 96 | 9 | 8.8 | 4.1-18.0 | 23 | 18.8 | 11.8-28.5 | 22 | 20.3 | 12.4-31.3 | 20 | 23.9 | 14.5-36.8 | 22 | 28.3 | 15.7-45.5 |
Pitt | 105 | 29 | 25.6 | 17.7-35.6 | 9 | 8.9 | 4.5-16.8 | 25 | 24.2 | 16.0-34.8 | 17 | 13.3 | 7.9-21.6 | 25 | 27.9 | 18.7-39.5 |
Randolph | 92 | 24 | 20.0 | 12.8-29.8 | 15 | 12.0 | 6.8-20.2 | 22 | 31.2 | 18.4-47.8 | 12 | 12.8 | 6.9-22.5 | 19 | 24.1 | 14.3-37.5 |
Robeson | 87 | 32 | 30.2 | 20.8-41.7 | 2 | 2.1 | 0.5- 8.0 | 22 | 27.4 | 17.4-40.2 | 14 | 19.9 | 10.0-35.7 | 17 | 20.4 | 12.2-32.2 |
Rowan | 95 | 27 | 26.0 | 17.4-37.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 11.1-27.9 | 22 | 25.0 | 15.5-37.6 | 13 | 12.0 | 6.6-21.0 | 15 | 18.9 | 10.7-31.2 |
Union | 114 | 21 | 17.4 | 10.9-26.8 | 27 | 20.8 | 13.8-30.2 | 24 | 19.5 | 12.5-29.2 | 23 | 25.2 | 15.0-39.1 | 19 | 17.0 | 9.6-28.4 |
Wake | 189 | 28 | 12.4 | 8.3-18.1 | 43 | 19.3 | 14.0-25.9 | 48 | 31.0 | 23.5-39.7 | 38 | 21.3 | 15.2-28.9 | 32 | 16.0 | 11.2-22.4 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 68 | 20 | 28.2 | 17.2-42.7 | 13 | 14.3 | 7.7-24.9 | 16 | 22.9 | 12.6-38.0 | 9 | 16.8 | 6.8-35.7 | 10 | 17.9 | 7.7-36.1 |
Northeast Partnership II*** | 93 | 23 | 20.2 | 12.9-30.2 | 12 | 9.7 | 5.1-17.7 | 17 | 16.0 | 9.5-25.7 | 13 | 22.7 | 12.6-37.6 | 28 | 31.4 | 20.7-44.5 |
Northeast Partnership I*** | 86 | 26 | 23.8 | 15.5-34.7 | 10 | 11.9 | 6.0-22.2 | 14 | 20.4 | 10.4-36.2 | 19 | 22.3 | 13.5-34.5 | 17 | 21.6 | 13.1-33.5 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 98 | 20 | 14.7 | 8.9-23.4 | 10 | 8.4 | 4.3-15.7 | 23 | 25.7 | 16.8-37.3 | 29 | 34.3 | 23.8-46.6 | 16 | 16.9 | 9.8-27.5 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 121 | 30 | 17.7 | 11.7-26.1 | 18 | 14.7 | 9.0-23.2 | 26 | 23.3 | 14.8-34.7 | 19 | 21.2 | 12.5-33.6 | 28 | 23.0 | 15.4-32.9 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 78 | 28 | 34.5 | 23.8-47.0 | 10 | 13.7 | 7.2-24.4 | 14 | 17.2 | 9.3-29.6 | 10 | 13.2 | 6.5-25.2 | 16 | 21.4 | 12.7-33.8 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 103 | 34 | 25.7 | 17.1-36.7 | 10 | 7.2 | 3.7-13.7 | 21 | 25.3 | 14.9-39.7 | 20 | 27.0 | 16.5-40.9 | 18 | 14.8 | 8.7-24.0 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 116 | 26 | 19.6 | 12.9-28.5 | 17 | 12.8 | 7.8-20.4 | 28 | 25.6 | 17.1-36.5 | 24 | 21.9 | 14.2-32.3 | 21 | 20.1 | 12.4-30.8 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 135 | 41 | 26.7 | 19.0-36.2 | 20 | 13.4 | 8.1-21.4 | 38 | 33.3 | 24.0-44.2 | 21 | 15.0 | 8.5-25.0 | 15 | 11.5 | 6.8-19.0 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 101 | 27 | 27.0 | 18.7-37.3 | 18 | 15.8 | 9.8-24.4 | 19 | 23.7 | 15.2-34.9 | 12 | 9.9 | 5.4-17.5 | 25 | 23.6 | 15.9-33.6 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 93 | 20 | 22.6 | 13.9-34.5 | 13 | 11.0 | 6.2-18.9 | 24 | 34.3 | 22.3-48.6 | 19 | 17.7 | 11.0-27.3 | 17 | 14.4 | 8.5-23.2 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 96 | 23 | 20.3 | 12.8-30.4 | 12 | 11.0 | 6.1-19.3 | 28 | 36.8 | 25.6-49.6 | 15 | 19.9 | 11.2-32.9 | 18 | 12.0 | 7.1-19.5 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 115 | 30 | 21.6 | 14.4-31.2 | 26 | 17.6 | 10.8-27.3 | 19 | 20.6 | 12.4-32.4 | 15 | 20.6 | 11.6-33.8 | 25 | 19.6 | 12.2-30.1 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP*** | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 206 | 56 | 21.5 | 16.0-28.2 | 26 | 10.9 | 7.1-16.3 | 37 | 17.8 | 12.2-25.1 | 38 | 24.2 | 16.4-34.2 | 49 | 25.6 | 18.7-34.0 |
No | 3,507 | 819 | 19.7 | 18.2-21.4 | 588 | 14.7 | 13.4-16.2 | 847 | 26.9 | 24.9-29.0 | 574 | 19.2 | 17.4-21.2 | 679 | 19.4 | 17.8-21.1 |
NC REGIONS** | ||||||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 1,200 | 322 | 22.5 | 19.8-25.4 | 150 | 11.5 | 9.6-13.8 | 281 | 23.6 | 20.5-27.0 | 192 | 19.3 | 16.1-22.9 | 255 | 23.1 | 20.0-26.5 |
Piedmont | 2,155 | 476 | 18.5 | 16.6-20.5 | 400 | 15.9 | 14.2-17.8 | 526 | 27.9 | 25.3-30.6 | 360 | 19.7 | 17.3-22.3 | 393 | 18.0 | 16.1-20.2 |
Western NC | 358 | 77 | 20.4 | 16.0-25.6 | 64 | 14.5 | 10.8-19.3 | 77 | 25.9 | 20.3-32.4 | 60 | 19.1 | 14.0-25.5 | 80 | 20.1 | 15.6-25.5 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC) | ||||||||||||||||
Mountain AHEC*** | 196 | 45 | 19.8 | 14.3-26.8 | 43 | 16.8 | 11.6-23.7 | 36 | 23.6 | 16.5-32.5 | 27 | 19.1 | 12.2-28.6 | 45 | 20.7 | 14.7-28.3 |
Northwest | 726 | 173 | 21.3 | 18.0-25.1 | 137 | 15.6 | 13.0-18.7 | 172 | 28.0 | 23.8-32.7 | 103 | 15.1 | 12.1-18.8 | 141 | 19.8 | 16.5-23.7 |
Charlotte | 596 | 126 | 17.9 | 14.6-21.7 | 110 | 14.9 | 12.0-18.3 | 146 | 27.0 | 22.3-32.3 | 107 | 22.4 | 17.5-28.3 | 107 | 17.8 | 14.2-22.0 |
Greensboro | 488 | 105 | 20.0 | 15.7-25.2 | 87 | 15.2 | 11.8-19.4 | 116 | 24.7 | 19.9-30.3 | 89 | 21.0 | 16.2-26.8 | 91 | 19.0 | 14.9-24.0 |
Southern Regional | 403 | 118 | 24.0 | 19.4-29.2 | 55 | 13.6 | 10.1-18.1 | 90 | 21.4 | 16.7-26.9 | 65 | 18.6 | 13.6-24.7 | 75 | 22.6 | 17.4-28.7 |
Coastal | 146 | 45 | 29.5 | 21.8-38.6 | 19 | 11.9 | 7.2-18.9 | 32 | 23.0 | 15.6-32.5 | 24 | 17.9 | 11.0-27.9 | 26 | 17.7 | 11.4-26.4 |
Wake | 574 | 112 | 14.5 | 11.6-18.0 | 84 | 14.9 | 11.7-18.7 | 159 | 32.3 | 27.3-37.8 | 106 | 21.1 | 17.0-25.9 | 113 | 17.2 | 13.9-21.1 |
Area L | 138 | 36 | 18.3 | 12.5-26.1 | 14 | 8.0 | 4.5-13.7 | 26 | 23.9 | 15.7-34.7 | 37 | 29.0 | 20.3-39.5 | 25 | 20.8 | 13.4-30.8 |
Eastern | 446 | 115 | 22.7 | 18.4-27.7 | 65 | 12.9 | 9.7-16.9 | 107 | 23.8 | 18.8-29.7 | 54 | 16.0 | 11.0-22.7 | 105 | 24.6 | 19.5-30.6 |
*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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