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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Immunization--FEMALE 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 4,073 952 20.0 18.2-21.9 3,121 80.0 78.1-81.8
RACE
White 3,106 800 21.6 19.6-23.7 2,306 78.4 76.3-80.4
African American 676 112 16.2 12.5-20.9 564 83.8 79.1-87.5
Asian 37 2 0.8 0.2- 3.8 35 99.2 96.2-99.8
Native American 110 16 8.6 4.6-15.5 94 91.4 84.5-95.4
Other Minorities 114 13 13.9 6.8-26.3 101 86.1 73.7-93.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 135 20 13.3 6.6-25.1 115 86.7 74.9-93.4
-English Speaking 68 15 25.3 11.6-46.7 53 74.7 53.3-88.4
-Spanish Speaking 67 5 6.2 1.6-21.3 62 93.8 78.7-98.4
Non-Hispanic 3,931 930 20.2 18.4-22.1 3,001 79.8 77.9-81.6
AGE
18-24 281 18 8.8 4.4-16.8 263 91.2 83.2-95.6
25-34 677 22 3.9 2.2- 6.9 655 96.1 93.1-97.8
35-44 750 46 6.5 4.2- 9.8 704 93.5 90.2-95.8
45-54 794 92 14.3 10.9-18.6 702 85.7 81.4-89.1
55-64 596 141 19.9 16.0-24.3 455 80.1 75.7-84.0
65-74 499 305 57.3 50.7-63.7 194 42.7 36.3-49.3
75+ 434 317 72.6 66.2-78.2 117 27.4 21.8-33.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 624 238 31.4 26.0-37.4 386 68.6 62.6-74.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,192 292 20.9 17.9-24.3 900 79.1 75.7-82.1
Some Post-H.S. 1,027 214 17.9 14.6-21.6 813 82.1 78.4-85.4
College Graduate 1,216 203 13.4 11.0-16.2 1,013 86.6 83.8-89.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 460 162 27.7 22.3-33.8 298 72.3 66.2-77.7
$15,000- 24,999 679 176 26.5 21.4-32.5 503 73.5 67.5-78.6
$25,000- 34,999 489 123 20.7 16.1-26.3 366 79.3 73.7-83.9
$35,000- 49,999 497 75 12.8 9.5-17.1 422 87.2 82.9-90.5
$50,000-74,999 446 52 9.5 6.4-13.8 394 90.5 86.2-93.6
$75,000+ 443 35 8.4 5.4-12.8 408 91.6 87.2-94.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 251 73 25.3 20.0-31.5 178 74.7 68.5-80.0
Forsyth 282 57 16.0 12.1-20.8 225 84.0 79.2-87.9
Guilford 265 63 20.4 15.6-26.1 202 79.6 73.9-84.4
Henderson/Transylvania 284 98 28.5 22.1-36.0 186 71.5 64.0-77.9
Mecklenburg 283 72 23.2 18.0-29.3 211 76.8 70.7-82.0
Orange 252 53 19.1 12.5-28.0 199 80.9 72.0-87.5
Pitt 255 44 13.5 9.6-18.6 211 86.5 81.4-90.4
Randolph 256 64 20.0 14.9-26.2 192 80.0 73.8-85.1
Robeson 262 57 20.5 15.6-26.5 205 79.5 73.5-84.4
Wake 244 28 8.2 5.4-12.2 216 91.8 87.8-94.6
Western NC 373 99 23.4 19.2-28.4 274 76.6 71.6-80.8
Piedmont NC 558 125 20.6 16.9-24.8 433 79.4 75.2-83.1
Eastern NC 508 119 20.6 16.8-25.0 389 79.4 75.0-83.2

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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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