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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Immunization--AFRICAN AMERICAN Respondents Only

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%)
TOTAL 1,037 174 15.4 12.5-18.8 863 84.6 81.2-87.5
GENDER
Male 361 62 14.3 10.1-19.8 299 85.7 80.2-89.9
Female 676 112 16.2 12.5-20.9 564 83.8 79.1-87.5
AGE
18-24 87 10 14.4 6.1-30.2 77 85.6 69.8-93.9
25-34 189 7 2.9 1.2- 7.0 182 97.1 93.0-98.8
35-44 236 21 7.7 4.3-13.6 215 92.3 86.4-95.7
45-54 217 24 14.4 8.8-22.6 193 85.6 77.4-91.2
55-64 127 37 26.8 17.9-38.1 90 73.2 61.9-82.1
65-74 92 36 35.4 23.4-49.6 56 64.6 50.4-76.6
75+ 69 34 48.3 33.3-63.7 35 51.7 36.3-66.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 199 55 21.1 14.2-30.2 144 78.9 69.8-85.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 346 53 14.5 10.3-20.1 293 85.5 79.9-89.7
Some Post-H.S. 280 35 14.2 8.5-22.7 245 85.8 77.3-91.5
College Graduate 203 27 12.1 7.6-18.9 176 87.9 81.1-92.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 147 36 20.6 12.7-31.6 111 79.4 68.4-87.3
$15,000- 24,999 235 39 17.9 11.2-27.4 196 82.1 72.6-88.8
$25,000- 34,999 159 22 11.0 6.5-18.0 137 89.0 82.0-93.5
$35,000- 49,999 123 8 10.2 3.9-24.0 115 89.8 76.0-96.1
$50,000-74,999 62 3 3.6 1.0-12.0 59 96.4 88.0-99.0
$75,000+ 59 4 2.3 0.8- 6.8 55 97.7 93.2-99.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 25 6 21.4 8.8-43.2 19 78.6 56.8-91.2
Forsyth 94 13 15.3 8.6-25.8 81 84.7 74.2-91.4
Guilford 113 16 14.0 7.9-23.6 97 86.0 76.4-92.1
Henderson/Transylvania 13 2 12.6 1.9-51.9 11 87.4 48.1-98.1
Mecklenburg 132 25 16.9 10.7-25.6 107 83.1 74.4-89.3
Orange 41 8 18.7 8.5-36.2 33 81.3 63.8-91.5
Pitt 106 21 24.4 14.4-38.2 85 75.6 61.8-85.6
Randolph 16 3 14.6 4.4-38.6 13 85.4 61.4-95.6
Robeson 95 14 14.7 8.1-25.2 81 85.3 74.8-91.9
Wake 74 8 9.3 4.0-20.0 66 90.7 80.0-96.0
Western NC 23 5 17.3 6.7-37.9 18 82.7 62.1-93.3
Piedmont NC 115 18 13.3 7.9-21.5 97 86.7 78.5-92.1
Eastern NC 190 35 17.0 11.4-24.7 155 83.0 75.3-88.6

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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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