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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Immunization-AFRICAN AMERICANS

During the past 12 months, have you had a flu shot?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,866 548 29.0 25.9-32.3 1,318 71.0 67.7-74.1
GENDER
Male 602 182 32.8 27.3-38.8 420 67.2 61.2-72.7
Female 1,264 366 26.0 22.6-29.8 898 74.0 70.2-77.4
AGE
18-24 146 39 26.0 17.5-36.8 107 74.0 63.2-82.5
25-34 286 55 19.5 13.3-27.7 231 80.5 72.3-86.7
35-44 371 68 23.9 17.6-31.6 303 76.1 68.4-82.4
45-54 414 107 27.9 21.5-35.4 307 72.1 64.6-78.5
55-64 285 108 36.4 28.8-44.7 177 63.6 55.3-71.2
65-74 208 87 46.1 35.9-56.8 121 53.9 43.2-64.1
75+ 141 79 54.6 42.4-66.2 62 45.4 33.8-57.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 443 166 34.7 28.2-41.9 277 65.3 58.1-71.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 651 173 28.5 23.4-34.2 478 71.5 65.8-76.6
Some Post-H.S. 433 114 26.0 19.8-33.4 319 74.0 66.6-80.2
College Graduate 332 94 28.1 21.6-35.7 238 71.9 64.3-78.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 348 111 29.6 22.7-37.5 237 70.4 62.5-77.3
$15,000- 24,999 435 119 26.6 20.5-33.9 316 73.4 66.1-79.5
$25,000- 34,999 227 61 27.1 19.4-36.4 166 72.9 63.6-80.6
$35,000- 49,999 197 56 30.8 22.0-41.3 141 69.2 58.7-78.0
$50,000-74,999 118 28 26.0 16.1-39.2 90 74.0 60.8-83.9
$75,000+ 94 27 33.2 21.9-46.7 67 66.8 53.3-78.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 29 7 25.4 11.4-47.4 22 74.6 52.6-88.6
Guilford 116 32 29.8 20.1-41.7 84 70.2 58.3-79.9
Mecklenburg 120 38 29.6 21.5-39.1 82 70.4 60.9-78.5
Orange 48 13 22.2 11.7-38.0 35 77.8 62.0-88.3
Wake 86 23 19.5 12.4-29.3 63 80.5 70.7-87.6
Chatham/Lee 70 19 36.7 20.0-57.4 51 63.3 42.6-80.0
Nash/Wilson 125 29 21.1 13.8-30.7 96 78.9 69.3-86.2
Craven/Pamlico 92 33 31.2 21.1-43.6 59 68.8 56.4-78.9
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 15 3 18.1 4.1-53.3 12 81.9 46.7-95.9
Appalachian/Wilkes 9 4 39.6 13.8-72.9 5 60.4 27.1-86.2
Franklin/Gran./Vance 165 44 22.0 13.9-33.1 121 78.0 66.9-86.1
Graham/Swain/Jackson 10 3 29.7 9.5-62.8 7 70.3 37.2-90.5
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 144 39 22.8 16.3-30.9 105 77.2 69.1-83.7
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 126 43 39.4 26.4-54.0 83 60.6 46.0-73.6
Northeast NC I 237 75 30.2 23.5-37.8 162 69.8 62.2-76.5
Northeast NC II 147 37 26.6 18.5-36.8 110 73.4 63.2-81.5
Northeastern Partnership 384 112 28.4 22.8-34.6 272 71.6 65.4-77.2
Mountain AHEC 51 14 24.9 13.1-42.1 37 75.1 57.9-86.9
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 977 286 29.1 24.5-34.3 691 70.9 65.7-75.5
Piedmont 815 239 28.5 24.4-33.0 576 71.5 67.0-75.6
Western NC 74 23 36.9 19.0-59.4 51 63.1 40.6-81.0

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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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