2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina

Family Planning

Women in need of Contraceptive Services
(Calculated variable.)*

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  Total
Respond.^
Need Services Do not need Services
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 602 301 47.0 42.3-51.7 301 53.0 48.3-57.7
Western 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 47 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 19 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 29 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 17 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 14 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 22 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 28 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
VETERAN STATUS
Non-Veteran 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 45 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unemployed 5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 1 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 3 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 16 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 2 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 12 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 22 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 20 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 2 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 10 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 33 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 20 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rent 28 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other arrangement 8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Regional City or Suburban County 31 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 42 *** *** *** *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 31 *** *** *** *** *** ***
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
2nd Quartile 14 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 13 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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*Data in this table were derived from Family Planning questions 2, 3 and 6, asked of female respondents aged 18-49. Please see the 2024 BRFSS Technical Notes for details.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2024 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2024 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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.

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