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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Immunization--WHITE 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 4,997 1,235 20.4 18.8-22.1 3,762 79.6 77.9-81.2
GENDER
Male 1,891 435 19.1 16.6-21.9 1,456 80.9 78.1-83.4
Female 3,106 800 21.6 19.6-23.7 2,306 78.4 76.3-80.4
AGE
18-24 301 21 8.7 4.2-16.9 280 91.3 83.1-95.8
25-34 779 29 3.3 2.0- 5.5 750 96.7 94.5-98.0
35-44 922 54 6.1 4.1- 9.0 868 93.9 91.0-95.9
45-54 1,006 109 12.1 9.1-15.9 897 87.9 84.1-90.9
55-64 766 182 23.4 19.5-27.9 584 76.6 72.1-80.5
65-74 662 432 63.1 57.5-68.4 230 36.9 31.6-42.5
75+ 524 398 73.8 67.5-79.2 126 26.2 20.8-32.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 657 274 36.1 30.5-42.1 383 63.9 57.9-69.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,457 373 20.0 17.3-23.1 1,084 80.0 76.9-82.7
Some Post-H.S. 1,161 264 18.6 15.6-22.1 897 81.4 77.9-84.4
College Graduate 1,710 319 14.7 12.5-17.2 1,391 85.3 82.8-87.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 430 170 34.3 27.2-42.2 260 65.7 57.8-72.8
$15,000- 24,999 682 215 27.6 22.9-32.9 467 72.4 67.1-77.1
$25,000- 34,999 578 160 22.7 18.3-27.7 418 77.3 72.3-81.7
$35,000- 49,999 712 135 17.0 13.4-21.4 577 83.0 78.6-86.6
$50,000-74,999 639 90 11.2 8.3-15.0 549 88.8 85.0-91.7
$75,000+ 753 79 11.0 8.2-14.7 674 89.0 85.3-91.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 360 99 22.9 18.5-27.9 261 77.1 72.1-81.5
Forsyth 340 73 17.5 13.3-22.5 267 82.5 77.5-86.7
Guilford 272 78 23.9 19.0-29.7 194 76.1 70.3-81.0
Henderson/Transylvania 426 150 30.3 25.4-35.8 276 69.7 64.2-74.6
Mecklenburg 267 65 17.7 13.5-23.0 202 82.3 77.0-86.5
Orange 349 72 17.9 12.9-24.3 277 82.1 75.7-87.1
Pitt 284 52 15.6 11.4-21.1 232 84.4 78.9-88.6
Randolph 382 91 19.7 15.6-24.5 291 80.3 75.5-84.4
Robeson 171 48 22.6 16.6-30.0 123 77.4 70.0-83.4
Wake 303 48 12.7 9.3-17.0 255 87.3 83.0-90.7
Western NC 596 151 20.7 17.5-24.3 445 79.3 75.7-82.5
Piedmont NC 710 168 21.2 17.6-25.3 542 78.8 74.7-82.4
Eastern NC 537 140 21.9 18.3-26.0 397 78.1 74.0-81.7

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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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