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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Eastern North Carolina**

Immunization

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,423 3,519 33.9 32.4-35.4 5,904 66.1 64.6-67.6
-Eastern NC 3,310 1,201 34.6 31.9-37.5 2,109 65.4 62.5-68.1
GENDER
Male 1,162 413 35.4 30.9-40.2 749 64.6 59.8-69.1
Female 2,148 788 33.9 30.7-37.2 1,360 66.1 62.8-69.3
RACE
White 2,067 841 37.9 34.4-41.5 1,226 62.1 58.5-65.6
African American 977 286 29.1 24.5-34.3 691 70.9 65.7-75.5
Other Minorities 247 69 25.2 16.7-36.2 178 74.8 63.8-83.3
AGE
18-24 200 56 36.2 25.6-48.3 144 63.8 51.7-74.4
25-34 494 87 17.4 12.7-23.4 407 82.6 76.6-87.3
35-44 595 115 25.4 19.6-32.2 480 74.6 67.8-80.4
45-54 644 179 25.7 20.9-31.2 465 74.3 68.8-79.1
55-64 566 250 42.8 36.8-49.1 316 57.2 50.9-63.2
65-74 462 270 63.1 56.3-69.5 192 36.9 30.5-43.7
75+ 328 236 70.2 62.1-77.2 92 29.8 22.8-37.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 658 272 37.0 31.0-43.5 386 63.0 56.5-69.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,108 370 31.1 26.8-35.7 738 68.9 64.3-73.2
Some Post-H.S. 848 289 33.9 27.9-40.4 559 66.1 59.6-72.1
College Graduate 690 268 38.9 33.4-44.7 422 61.1 55.3-66.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 469 195 37.8 30.8-45.4 274 62.2 54.6-69.2
$15,000- 24,999 656 212 28.9 23.2-35.4 444 71.1 64.6-76.8
$25,000- 34,999 381 124 28.4 21.9-36.1 257 71.6 63.9-78.1
$35,000- 49,999 424 143 33.7 27.1-40.9 281 66.3 59.1-72.9
$50,000-74,999 333 111 33.4 25.0-43.0 222 66.6 57.0-75.0
$75,000+ 290 108 34.4 26.6-43.3 182 65.6 56.7-73.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 453 183 36.2 31.2-41.5 270 63.8 58.5-68.8
Guilford 446 171 36.4 31.2-41.8 275 63.6 58.2-68.8
Mecklenburg 447 155 30.4 25.4-35.9 292 69.6 64.1-74.6
Orange 450 171 29.3 23.9-35.3 279 70.7 64.7-76.1
Wake 453 161 29.4 25.0-34.3 292 70.6 65.7-75.0
Chatham/Lee 398 165 37.0 31.1-43.3 233 63.0 56.7-68.9
Nash/Wilson 380 139 31.6 26.7-37.0 241 68.4 63.0-73.3
Craven/Pamlico 454 202 39.7 34.5-45.1 252 60.3 54.9-65.5
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 437 157 34.7 29.0-40.9 280 65.3 59.1-71.0
Appalachian/Wilkes 454 170 30.6 25.6-36.1 284 69.4 63.9-74.4
Franklin/Gran./Vance 477 172 34.2 27.5-41.6 305 65.8 58.4-72.5
Graham/Swain/Jackson 425 155 35.3 25.7-46.4 270 64.7 53.6-74.3
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 474 147 29.2 24.6-34.2 327 70.8 65.8-75.4
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 415 133 30.9 25.2-37.3 282 69.1 62.7-74.8
Northeast NC I 460 171 37.6 31.2-44.5 289 62.4 55.5-68.8
Northeast NC II 513 175 30.3 25.9-35.1 338 69.7 64.9-74.1
Northeastern Partnership 973 346 32.9 29.1-36.9 627 67.1 63.1-70.9
Mountain AHEC 1,303 530 37.7 33.9-41.7 773 62.3 58.3-66.1
NC REGIONS***
Piedmont 4,040 1,514 33.4 31.3-35.5 2,526 66.6 64.5-68.7
Western NC 2,073 804 34.4 31.3-37.6 1,269 65.6 62.4-68.7

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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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