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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Mountain Area Health Education Center**

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%)
North Carolina 9,235 2,325 21.8 20.5-23.1 6,910 78.2 76.9-79.5
-Mountain AHEC 1,282 381 26.2 22.9-29.7 901 73.8 70.3-77.1
GENDER
Male 474 131 23.6 18.6-29.4 343 76.4 70.6-81.4
Female 808 250 28.6 24.8-32.9 558 71.4 67.1-75.2
RACE
White 1,145 351 27.0 23.6-30.6 794 73.0 69.4-76.4
Other 133 28 17.8 8.7-32.9 105 82.2 67.1-91.3
AGE
18-44 424 35 7.8 4.6-12.9 389 92.2 87.1-95.4
45+ 847 343 39.6 35.3-44.1 504 60.4 55.9-64.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 577 195 27.9 22.7-33.7 382 72.1 66.3-77.3
Some College + 701 186 24.6 20.7-29.0 515 75.4 71.0-79.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 738 235 29.1 24.7-34.0 503 70.9 66.0-75.3
$50,000+ 259 45 17.3 12.2-24.1 214 82.7 75.9-87.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 440 138 26.9 22.6-31.7 302 73.1 68.3-77.4
Guilford 436 109 23.6 19.2-28.5 327 76.4 71.5-80.8
Mecklenburg 429 96 19.3 15.2-24.2 333 80.7 75.8-84.8
Orange 438 77 11.5 8.7-15.1 361 88.5 84.9-91.3
Wake 443 82 15.3 11.7-19.8 361 84.7 80.2-88.3
Chatham/Lee 388 104 24.1 18.7-30.4 284 75.9 69.6-81.3
Nash/Wilson 373 84 18.0 14.4-22.3 289 82.0 77.7-85.6
Craven/Pamlico 445 133 24.5 20.5-29.1 312 75.5 70.9-79.5
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 431 114 24.8 19.4-31.1 317 75.2 68.9-80.6
Appalachian/Wilkes 443 115 21.4 17.1-26.4 328 78.6 73.6-82.9
Franklin/Gran./Vance 471 96 15.6 11.6-20.7 375 84.4 79.3-88.4
Graham/Swain/Jackson 419 114 25.6 16.6-37.4 305 74.4 62.6-83.4
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 468 103 21.8 17.6-26.5 365 78.2 73.5-82.4
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 411 115 25.5 20.5-31.3 296 74.5 68.7-79.5
Northeast NC I 453 115 21.9 17.6-26.9 338 78.1 73.1-82.4
Northeast NC II 498 139 24.8 20.7-29.5 359 75.2 70.5-79.3
Northeastern Partnership 951 254 23.8 20.6-27.2 697 76.2 72.8-79.4
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,244 833 22.7 20.5-25.1 2,411 77.3 74.9-79.5
Piedmont 3,953 924 21.0 19.3-22.9 3,029 79.0 77.1-80.7
Western NC 2,038 568 22.7 20.2-25.4 1,470 77.3 74.6-79.8

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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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