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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: 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%)
TOTAL 6,584 1,483 18.8 17.4-20.3 5,101 81.2 79.7-82.6
GENDER
Male 2,511 531 17.5 15.4-19.8 1,980 82.5 80.2-84.6
Female 4,073 952 20.0 18.2-21.9 3,121 80.0 78.1-81.8
RACE
White 4,997 1,235 20.4 18.8-22.1 3,762 79.6 77.9-81.2
African American 1,037 174 15.4 12.5-18.8 863 84.6 81.2-87.5
Asian 72 3 0.9 0.2- 3.2 69 99.1 96.8-99.8
Native American 181 31 18.5 9.7-32.4 150 81.5 67.6-90.3
Other Minorities 251 30 11.9 7.2-19.3 221 88.1 80.7-92.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 281 32 8.6 5.1-14.3 249 91.4 85.7-94.9
-English Speaking 122 20 15.9 8.0-29.2 102 84.1 70.8-92.0
-Spanish Speaking 159 12 5.8 2.7-12.4 147 94.2 87.6-97.3
Non-Hispanic 6,291 1,449 19.5 18.1-21.0 4,842 80.5 79.0-81.9
AGE
18-24 450 40 10.9 6.8-16.9 410 89.1 83.1-93.2
25-34 1,101 45 4.0 2.7- 5.9 1,056 96.0 94.1-97.3
35-44 1,293 83 6.2 4.5- 8.5 1,210 93.8 91.5-95.5
45-54 1,314 143 12.2 9.6-15.3 1,171 87.8 84.7-90.4
55-64 961 229 22.9 19.4-26.8 732 77.1 73.2-80.6
65-74 784 480 58.3 53.1-63.3 304 41.7 36.7-46.9
75+ 618 446 70.2 64.4-75.5 172 29.8 24.5-35.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,052 362 27.7 23.7-32.1 690 72.3 67.9-76.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,936 445 18.7 16.4-21.3 1,491 81.3 78.7-83.6
Some Post-H.S. 1,534 310 17.4 14.7-20.6 1,224 82.6 79.4-85.3
College Graduate 2,041 357 14.1 12.1-16.2 1,684 85.9 83.8-87.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 660 224 28.5 23.2-34.5 436 71.5 65.5-76.8
$15,000- 24,999 1,072 269 21.5 18.0-25.5 803 78.5 74.5-82.0
$25,000- 34,999 797 193 20.7 17.0-25.0 604 79.3 75.0-83.0
$35,000- 49,999 881 145 15.2 12.0-19.1 736 84.8 80.9-88.0
$50,000-74,999 734 97 10.4 7.8-13.7 637 89.6 86.3-92.2
$75,000+ 861 86 10.0 7.5-13.2 775 90.0 86.8-92.5
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
Eastern NC 782 182 19.9 16.9-23.4 600 80.1 76.6-83.1

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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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