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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Family Planning

Some things people do to keep from getting pregnant include not having sex at certain times, using birth
control methods such as the pill, Norplant, shots or Depo-provera, condoms, diaphragm, foam, IUD, having
their tubes tied, or having a vasectomy.

Are you or your husband/wife/partner doing anything now to keep from getting pregnant?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No Not Sexually Active Same sex partner
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,674 1,579 61.3 58.6-64.0 690 24.4 22.2-26.7 393 14.0 12.1-16.2 12 0.3 0.2- 0.7
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 56 32 57.7 42.0-72.0 8 14.7 6.3-30.6 16 27.6 15.7-43.9 0 0.0 . - .
Buncombe 59 30 60.8 46.0-73.8 17 24.9 15.0-38.5 10 13.2 5.9-26.9 2 1.1 0.2- 4.5
Cabarrus 68 40 65.5 49.5-78.7 21 30.7 18.3-46.7 7 3.8 1.7- 8.1 0 0.0 . - .
Catawba 61 34 54.4 36.4-71.3 15 26.3 13.6-44.8 12 19.3 8.6-37.9 0 0.0 . - .
Cumberland 73 39 55.6 40.8-69.5 20 25.1 15.5-38.0 13 17.4 8.4-32.5 1 1.9 0.3-12.6
Davidson 60 36 64.1 46.7-78.4 15 14.4 8.0-24.5 9 21.6 9.5-41.8 0 0.0 . - .
Durham 66 36 56.7 41.8-70.4 16 31.6 19.3-47.2 12 10.2 4.9-19.8 2 1.5 0.4- 6.5
Forsyth 70 40 59.6 44.7-72.9 19 23.5 13.8-37.2 10 14.9 6.5-30.6 1 2.0 0.3-13.2
Gaston 68 37 47.6 32.8-62.8 17 23.1 13.4-36.9 14 29.3 16.0-47.3 0 0.0 . - .
Guilford 61 42 76.0 62.5-85.7 11 16.9 8.8-30.0 8 7.1 3.0-15.8 0 0.0 . - .
Iredell 79 47 60.5 46.6-72.9 24 28.5 18.1-41.9 8 11.0 4.3-25.3 0 0.0 . - .
Johnston 91 67 68.9 51.3-82.4 17 19.6 10.1-34.6 7 11.5 3.4-32.3 0 0.0 . - .
Mecklenburg 138 89 64.7 54.1-74.0 31 19.9 13.2-29.0 17 14.8 8.2-25.2 1 0.6 0.1- 4.0
New Hanover 64 38 70.7 52.2-84.2 17 18.9 9.8-33.3 8 10.0 3.4-25.8 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1
Onslow 90 52 64.2 50.2-76.1 28 26.7 16.3-40.6 10 9.1 4.1-18.9 0 0.0 . - .
Orange 69 39 53.3 36.3-69.6 21 37.3 21.8-56.0 9 9.3 3.3-23.7 0 0.0 . - .
Pitt 62 34 60.4 45.6-73.4 17 27.4 16.4-42.0 11 12.3 6.2-22.9 0 0.0 . - .
Randolph 80 60 74.9 61.1-85.0 11 15.1 7.8-27.4 9 9.9 3.9-23.0 0 0.0 . - .
Robeson 82 42 49.6 36.9-62.4 26 33.6 22.2-47.3 14 16.8 8.8-29.6 0 0.0 . - .
Rowan 76 46 48.2 34.6-62.0 17 33.0 20.4-48.6 13 18.8 9.9-33.0 0 0.0 . - .
Union 80 55 65.6 51.6-77.4 18 26.8 16.2-41.0 7 7.5 2.8-18.7 0 0.0 . - .
Wake 138 90 71.3 60.1-80.3 28 15.0 9.6-22.6 20 13.7 6.9-25.4 0 0.0 . - .
Wayne 64 33 50.5 32.4-68.6 25 36.9 21.1-56.2 6 12.6 3.6-35.3 0 0.0 . - .
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 884 508 57.9 53.2-62.4 247 27.3 23.5-31.6 125 14.4 11.3-18.2 4 0.4 0.1- 1.3
Piedmont 1,326 813 63.6 59.8-67.3 311 22.0 19.1-25.2 197 14.1 11.4-17.3 5 0.3 0.1- 0.9
Western NC 464 258 57.7 52.2-63.1 132 29.4 24.7-34.7 71 12.4 9.3-16.4 3 0.4 0.1- 1.2
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 279 156 57.7 50.5-64.6 83 29.8 23.9-36.6 37 11.8 7.8-17.5 3 0.6 0.2- 1.9
Northwest 559 320 59.5 53.8-64.9 148 24.8 20.5-29.7 90 15.3 11.5-20.1 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1
Charlotte 389 240 60.8 53.9-67.4 98 23.5 18.6-29.2 50 15.4 10.3-22.3 1 0.3 0.0- 2.0
Greensboro 312 200 67.3 59.9-74.0 59 19.8 14.2-26.7 52 12.8 8.9-18.0 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2
Southern Regional 266 139 52.1 43.7-60.4 81 31.9 24.5-40.3 45 15.5 10.6-22.0 1 0.6 0.1- 3.9
Coastal 111 65 65.8 52.8-76.8 31 24.3 15.6-35.8 13 9.4 4.5-18.9 2 0.4 0.1- 1.7
Wake 324 209 66.8 58.6-74.1 71 20.9 15.2-28.0 42 12.1 7.4-19.4 2 0.2 0.0- 0.9
Area L 65 34 47.1 32.6-62.2 20 34.7 21.8-50.4 10 16.5 6.2-37.3 1 1.6 0.2-10.7
Eastern 369 216 60.4 53.2-67.1 99 23.9 18.4-30.5 54 15.7 11.1-21.7 0 0.0 . - .

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*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.

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