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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Family Planning

What is your main reason for not doing anything to keep you/your partner from getting pregnant?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Want to get pregnant Had hysterectomy Believe can't get pregnant Vasectomy/Tubes tied Other
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 618 101 19.9 15.9-24.7 88 11.6 8.9-14.9 92 15.4 11.8-19.7 96 12.8 10.0-16.2 241 40.4 34.9-46.1
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 7 2 59.5 20.4-89.4 1 6.7 0.8-39.5 1 6.7 0.8-39.5 1 18.6 2.4-68.0 2 8.4 1.6-33.9
Buncombe 16 4 27.9 10.2-56.9 1 3.6 0.5-22.3 0 0.0 . - . 3 15.5 4.8-39.9 8 53.0 27.9-76.6
Cabarrus 19 3 20.2 5.4-52.8 4 14.5 5.0-35.1 0 0.0 . - . 4 19.5 6.0-47.7 8 45.8 22.3-71.3
Catawba 15 1 3.5 0.5-22.8 2 8.9 1.9-33.7 2 9.5 2.1-34.2 3 15.9 4.3-44.3 7 62.2 32.2-85.1
Cumberland 18 3 15.8 4.5-42.8 1 4.1 0.6-24.5 4 24.6 9.0-51.7 4 17.1 6.2-39.0 6 38.4 17.7-64.3
Davidson 13 1 13.1 1.9-54.0 2 15.1 3.7-44.9 0 0.0 . - . 3 16.5 4.7-44.3 7 55.3 27.9-79.8
Durham 15 3 27.1 9.4-57.1 1 2.8 0.4-18.0 3 24.4 7.0-57.9 4 30.9 11.4-60.8 4 14.9 5.1-36.3
Forsyth 15 1 8.8 1.2-42.9 4 20.1 6.9-46.2 3 30.9 10.2-63.8 2 19.0 4.5-53.9 5 21.1 7.8-46.0
Gaston 16 2 9.3 2.2-31.8 2 8.9 2.1-30.9 3 15.0 4.5-39.6 2 17.2 3.7-52.8 7 49.6 24.1-75.3
Guilford 7 1 16.0 2.2-61.9 1 14.8 2.0-59.9 1 24.3 3.6-73.1 0 0.0 . - . 4 44.9 14.5-79.7
Iredell 22 2 7.2 1.7-25.7 3 13.2 2.9-43.4 7 29.8 12.9-54.9 3 12.9 3.7-36.4 7 36.9 16.2-63.8
Johnston 16 4 39.5 11.4-76.9 1 2.7 0.3-18.4 0 0.0 . - . 4 24.6 7.2-57.8 7 33.2 12.2-64.1
Mecklenburg 28 5 30.0 11.6-58.3 2 6.5 1.5-23.6 5 15.7 5.8-36.2 2 7.5 1.6-28.9 14 40.3 21.7-62.2
New Hanover 15 6 44.7 21.0-71.1 0 0.0 . - . 3 14.7 4.4-39.0 2 15.5 3.8-45.7 4 25.1 9.1-53.0
Onslow 23 3 12.6 3.5-36.9 8 37.3 16.4-64.3 5 32.1 8.9-69.4 1 3.3 0.4-21.0 6 14.7 5.7-32.9
Orange 18 3 12.2 3.0-38.5 0 0.0 . - . 4 11.9 3.7-32.4 4 10.8 3.2-30.5 7 65.1 36.1-86.0
Pitt 12 3 28.3 8.6-62.3 2 13.4 3.0-43.6 4 40.4 14.7-72.7 0 0.0 . - . 3 18.0 5.4-45.9
Randolph 11 3 31.8 8.8-69.2 3 19.4 5.5-50.2 1 5.9 0.8-33.8 1 4.3 0.6-26.6 3 38.5 12.5-73.4
Robeson 23 4 23.1 7.9-51.2 3 9.7 2.8-29.0 2 6.4 1.5-24.0 5 16.9 5.3-42.7 9 43.8 21.7-68.8
Rowan 16 2 18.6 4.7-51.5 1 12.2 1.7-52.3 1 2.0 0.3-14.0 6 22.0 8.5-46.0 6 45.2 19.7-73.5
Union 16 3 18.9 5.4-48.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.5 0.5-22.2 2 19.3 3.7-59.5 10 58.3 28.8-82.9
Wake 27 4 22.7 8.5-48.0 4 13.6 4.7-33.5 4 12.3 4.4-30.0 3 7.5 2.0-24.0 12 43.9 24.2-65.8
Wayne 23 5 37.4 13.0-70.6 6 13.9 5.0-33.0 1 2.2 0.3-14.9 2 4.7 1.0-19.6 9 41.8 16.3-72.7
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 218 39 20.2 14.0-28.3 35 14.7 9.5-22.0 29 12.6 8.1-19.2 33 12.8 8.6-18.6 82 39.7 31.1-48.9
Piedmont 280 42 19.0 13.4-26.3 35 9.8 6.6-14.3 46 17.8 12.4-24.9 43 12.0 8.3-17.1 114 41.4 33.4-50.0
Western NC 120 20 22.9 14.9-33.6 18 11.7 6.8-19.5 17 11.8 7.0-19.3 20 15.8 9.4-25.3 45 37.8 28.2-48.4
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 76 10 16.4 8.6-29.0 13 13.1 7.1-23.1 14 17.7 10.2-29.0 11 13.8 7.4-24.5 28 38.9 27.3-52.0
Northwest 134 18 17.9 11.1-27.4 17 11.2 6.4-18.9 20 15.5 9.2-24.7 27 17.3 10.9-26.4 52 38.2 28.6-48.8
Charlotte 87 14 21.0 10.9-36.8 9 6.9 3.3-13.9 10 11.3 5.5-21.6 12 14.3 7.4-26.0 42 46.5 33.9-59.5
Greensboro 50 10 20.2 9.8-37.0 7 12.6 4.9-28.7 10 24.7 10.6-47.6 6 5.6 2.2-13.7 17 37.0 20.9-56.5
Southern Regional 74 12 16.6 8.6-29.7 8 8.9 4.0-18.4 10 18.0 7.6-36.9 14 12.1 6.2-22.2 30 44.4 29.2-60.8
Coastal 26 8 37.6 19.1-60.6 1 5.4 0.8-30.0 4 11.6 3.9-29.4 2 7.1 1.7-25.0 11 38.3 21.0-59.2
Wake 68 13 23.9 13.0-40.0 7 8.2 3.4-18.3 10 13.9 6.9-26.2 12 13.5 6.9-24.9 26 40.5 23.7-59.8
Area L 19 3 13.9 3.2-44.0 4 17.6 6.0-41.7 3 17.2 4.9-45.6 3 14.5 4.1-40.6 6 36.7 15.4-65.0
Eastern 84 13 16.7 8.5-30.0 22 26.2 14.6-42.4 11 11.6 4.7-25.7 9 9.4 4.4-18.9 29 36.2 22.9-52.1

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* 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.

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