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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

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 6,584 1,483 18.8 17.4-20.3 5,101 81.2 79.7-82.6
Eastern NC 782 182 19.9 16.9-23.4 600 80.1 76.6-83.1
GENDER
Male 274 63 19.1 14.5-24.7 211 80.9 75.3-85.5
Female 508 119 20.6 16.8-25.0 389 79.4 75.0-83.2
RACE
White 537 140 21.9 18.3-26.0 397 78.1 74.0-81.7
Other 240 40 15.6 10.7-22.3 200 84.4 77.7-89.3
AGE
18-44 341 23 8.2 5.1-13.0 318 91.8 87.0-94.9
45+ 435 158 33.9 29.1-39.2 277 66.1 60.8-70.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 413 106 21.4 17.4-26.1 307 78.6 73.9-82.6
Some College + 365 76 18.4 14.0-23.8 289 81.6 76.2-86.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 440 112 22.0 17.9-26.8 328 78.0 73.2-82.1
$50,000+ 138 19 12.8 7.7-20.5 119 87.2 79.5-92.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 406 108 22.2 18.2-26.9 298 77.8 73.1-81.8
Forsyth 455 90 16.9 13.4-21.3 365 83.1 78.7-86.6
Guilford 410 94 18.9 15.2-23.3 316 81.1 76.7-84.8
Henderson/Transylvania 467 157 27.9 23.2-33.2 310 72.1 66.8-76.8
Mecklenburg 440 93 15.8 12.4-20.0 347 84.2 80.0-87.6
Orange 431 84 17.5 13.1-23.0 347 82.5 77.0-86.9
Pitt 406 74 18.0 13.6-23.3 332 82.0 76.7-86.4
Randolph 422 99 19.5 15.6-24.1 323 80.5 75.9-84.4
Robeson 433 91 17.5 14.0-21.7 342 82.5 78.3-86.0
Wake 418 59 11.7 8.8-15.4 359 88.3 84.6-91.2
Western NC 642 160 20.5 17.4-24.0 482 79.5 76.0-82.6
Piedmont NC 872 192 19.8 16.6-23.3 680 80.2 76.7-83.4

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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, 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, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Person, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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