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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Appalachian/Wilkes Counties

Immunization

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Respond.^
Doctor's office Health department Workplace Other
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,516 1,928 52.9 50.2-55.5 476 11.9 10.3-13.8 603 19.5 17.5-21.8 509 15.7 13.8-17.9
-Appalachian/Wilkes 170 96 53.4 44.6-61.9 20 11.9 7.4-18.6 30 17.2 12.0-24.1 24 17.5 10.8-27.1
GENDER
Male 63 39 56.3 41.7-70.0 7 11.1 4.9-23.4 9 12.8 6.5-23.6 8 19.8 9.1-37.9
Female 107 57 50.6 40.4-60.8 13 12.7 7.3-21.1 21 21.3 14.0-31.0 16 15.4 9.2-24.6
RACE
White 161 91 53.8 44.9-62.6 18 10.1 6.3-15.9 29 17.9 12.4-25.1 23 18.1 11.2-28.1
Other 9 5 44.9 13.8-80.5 2 43.6 11.7-81.9 1 4.9 0.6-30.7 1 6.6 0.8-37.6
AGE
18-44 34 7 12.7 5.5-26.5 5 17.6 6.5-39.5 11 26.0 13.4-44.5 11 43.8 23.7-66.2
45+ 134 89 66.8 57.8-74.8 14 9.7 5.7-16.1 18 14.0 8.7-21.6 13 9.5 5.4-16.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 90 57 57.6 45.9-68.4 9 12.4 6.0-24.0 15 19.4 11.9-30.1 9 10.6 5.3-20.3
Some College + 79 38 48.4 35.6-61.3 11 11.7 6.3-20.7 15 15.5 9.0-25.3 15 24.4 13.4-40.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 97 51 50.4 39.4-61.3 13 13.5 7.8-22.4 19 20.0 12.8-29.9 14 16.1 9.0-27.2
$50,000+ 35 18 47.5 28.9-66.7 3 4.7 1.4-14.6 7 18.3 8.3-35.6 7 29.5 12.6-54.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 183 107 58.3 49.8-66.3 22 12.9 8.3-19.7 33 18.5 13.0-25.8 21 10.2 6.5-15.8
Guilford 170 100 55.7 46.5-64.6 6 4.9 2.0-11.7 31 16.3 10.9-23.6 33 23.1 15.8-32.5
Mecklenburg 155 81 52.7 43.0-62.3 18 12.4 7.0-21.0 30 18.9 12.8-27.1 26 15.9 10.6-23.2
Orange 171 85 46.0 36.7-55.6 20 14.5 8.5-23.5 34 24.3 15.5-35.9 32 15.2 10.3-22.0
Wake 161 79 48.9 40.1-57.8 13 8.7 4.2-17.2 38 25.4 18.5-33.8 31 17.0 11.6-24.3
Chatham/Lee 165 98 59.1 49.0-68.6 9 7.4 3.4-15.1 34 20.5 14.1-28.8 24 13.0 8.3-19.8
Nash/Wilson 139 60 39.1 30.6-48.4 29 20.7 14.1-29.3 32 22.6 15.8-31.3 18 17.6 10.4-28.2
Craven/Pamlico 202 122 56.5 48.2-64.5 30 15.3 10.2-22.2 22 11.8 7.2-18.9 28 16.4 10.8-24.0
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 157 82 42.8 32.8-53.5 26 18.1 11.7-27.1 32 20.5 14.0-29.0 17 18.6 8.4-36.1
Franklin/Gran./Vance 172 87 44.6 33.9-55.9 21 10.2 6.3-16.0 37 28.7 18.7-41.4 27 16.5 9.9-26.1
Graham/Swain/Jackson 155 76 38.3 24.6-54.0 45 25.4 15.5-38.8 16 24.1 7.3-55.9 18 12.3 5.7-24.7
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 147 79 52.3 42.7-61.7 27 15.0 9.9-22.1 22 17.1 10.8-26.1 19 15.6 9.5-24.5
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 133 73 45.5 34.1-57.4 18 13.7 7.9-22.7 21 26.6 14.5-43.5 21 14.2 8.6-22.5
Northeast NC I 171 102 50.6 38.1-63.0 31 15.1 9.1-24.0 16 9.2 5.1-15.9 22 25.2 12.7-43.8
Northeast NC II 175 102 57.8 49.1-66.1 35 20.1 14.0-28.1 19 10.6 6.4-17.1 19 11.5 7.1-18.1
Northeastern Partnership 346 204 54.9 47.4-62.2 66 18.1 13.4-23.9 35 10.0 6.8-14.5 41 17.0 10.6-26.1
Mountain AHEC 530 273 47.6 41.7-53.4 106 18.9 14.9-23.6 75 17.6 12.9-23.6 76 16.0 11.9-21.0
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,201 679 52.6 47.5-57.7 189 14.4 11.1-18.4 176 16.5 13.2-20.4 157 16.6 12.7-21.3
Piedmont 1,511 829 54.9 51.1-58.6 146 9.3 7.3-11.9 294 20.5 17.6-23.6 242 15.3 12.9-18.1
Western NC 804 420 45.4 40.3-50.5 141 16.8 13.6-20.6 133 22.5 17.7-28.1 110 15.4 11.6-20.0

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** 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, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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