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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Gaston County

Immunization

Have you ever had a pneumonia shot? This shot is usually given only once or twice in a person's lifetime and is different from the flu shot. It is also called the pneumococcal vaccine.

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,026 1,357 21.1 19.6-22.7 4,669 78.9 77.3-80.4
Gaston County 456 114 21.0 17.4-25.1 342 79.0 74.9-82.6
GENDER
Male 170 35 17.9 12.8-24.6 135 82.1 75.4-87.2
Female 286 79 23.7 19.0-29.1 207 76.3 70.9-81.0
RACE
White 382 101 23.4 19.2-28.1 281 76.6 71.9-80.8
Other 72 13 12.2 6.6-21.5 59 87.8 78.5-93.4
AGE
18-44 212 20 8.9 5.5-14.1 192 91.1 85.9-94.5
45+ 240 92 33.3 27.4-39.9 148 66.7 60.1-72.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 242 63 21.5 16.6-27.5 179 78.5 72.5-83.4
Some College + 214 51 20.4 15.5-26.5 163 79.6 73.5-84.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 261 70 21.6 16.9-27.3 191 78.4 72.7-83.1
$50,000+ 98 14 13.9 8.3-22.6 84 86.1 77.4-91.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 407 89 20.5 16.4-25.5 318 79.5 74.5-83.6
Cumberland 411 102 25.5 19.8-32.1 309 74.5 67.9-80.2
Durham 392 78 18.4 14.2-23.3 314 81.6 76.7-85.8
Forsyth 446 124 25.1 20.9-29.8 322 74.9 70.2-79.1
Guilford 409 81 17.1 13.6-21.3 328 82.9 78.7-86.4
Mecklenburg 421 80 16.3 12.9-20.3 341 83.7 79.7-87.1
New Hanover 386 83 18.4 14.4-23.2 303 81.6 76.8-85.6
Onslow 419 68 15.2 11.5-19.7 351 84.8 80.3-88.5
Wake 412 67 15.0 11.5-19.4 345 85.0 80.6-88.5
Western NC 606 175 26.4 22.8-30.4 431 73.6 69.6-77.2
Piedmont NC 659 151 20.5 17.3-24.2 508 79.5 75.8-82.7
Eastern NC 602 145 23.6 19.7-27.9 457 76.4 72.1-80.3

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#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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