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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Immunization

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  Total
Respond.^
Doctor's office Health department Workplace Other
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 1,246 672 51.2 46.8-55.6 152 10.9 8.4-13.9 228 21.6 18.3-25.4 194 16.3 13.2-19.9
Female 2,270 1,256 54.3 51.1-57.5 324 12.9 10.8-15.3 375 17.6 15.3-20.3 315 15.2 12.9-17.8
RACE
White 2,783 1,536 54.4 51.4-57.4 366 10.8 9.1-12.9 483 19.9 17.6-22.4 398 14.9 12.9-17.1
African American 548 311 53.6 47.1-60.1 71 11.6 8.4-15.7 93 17.9 13.4-23.6 73 16.9 12.0-23.2
Asian 16 4 22.7 6.5-55.5 4 16.9 3.8-51.1 4 10.3 2.7-32.2 4 50.1 18.9-81.2
Native American 70 42 59.8 39.5-77.2 11 24.5 9.6-49.7 7 10.1 3.8-24.1 10 5.7 2.5-12.3
Other Minorities 89 30 25.7 15.3-39.9 24 28.2 16.0-44.9 15 23.6 11.9-41.2 20 22.5 11.1-40.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 100 35 22.6 12.8-36.6 25 29.9 17.1-46.9 18 23.7 12.2-41.1 22 23.8 12.0-41.6
-English Speaking 53 31 37.5 19.8-59.2 6 24.6 8.0-55.1 7 16.3 4.7-43.4 9 21.6 8.9-43.7
-Spanish Speaking 47 4 13.8 4.6-34.8 19 33.0 16.7-54.9 11 28.1 12.5-51.7 13 25.0 9.7-50.8
Non-Hispanic 3,414 1,891 54.2 51.5-56.9 451 11.1 9.5-12.9 585 19.4 17.3-21.6 487 15.4 13.5-17.5
AGE
18-24 137 47 46.1 33.3-59.5 34 19.2 10.9-31.6 21 12.9 6.7-23.3 35 21.8 13.6-33.0
25-34 252 84 34.4 25.9-44.1 30 10.0 5.8-16.8 102 38.3 29.6-47.8 36 17.3 10.4-27.3
35-44 372 140 32.2 25.9-39.3 38 9.8 6.0-15.6 138 39.5 32.4-47.2 56 18.5 12.8-25.9
45-54 578 248 42.8 36.8-49.0 65 6.9 4.9- 9.7 197 36.0 30.3-42.1 68 14.2 10.0-19.8
55-64 665 368 57.3 51.7-62.7 80 11.1 8.1-15.2 118 17.3 13.6-21.8 99 14.3 11.0-18.4
65-74 800 537 69.4 64.6-73.8 126 14.4 11.3-18.3 19 1.9 1.0- 3.5 118 14.3 11.1-18.3
75+ 682 486 73.1 68.1-77.6 100 13.4 10.2-17.4 2 0.1 0.0- 0.3 94 13.5 10.2-17.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 675 454 62.6 56.1-68.7 105 17.3 12.9-22.8 44 7.7 4.8-12.0 72 12.4 8.3-18.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 987 544 53.3 48.3-58.3 142 10.8 8.5-13.7 163 21.5 17.4-26.1 138 14.4 11.1-18.4
Some Post-H.S. 828 446 54.1 48.0-60.1 111 12.6 8.8-17.8 142 14.7 11.5-18.6 129 18.5 14.3-23.8
College Graduate 1,015 476 44.8 40.4-49.4 116 9.1 7.0-11.7 254 29.4 25.2-33.9 169 16.7 13.6-20.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 426 281 65.5 58.2-72.1 60 12.9 8.8-18.5 17 5.4 2.8-10.2 68 16.2 11.4-22.5
$15,000- 24,999 592 335 55.5 48.4-62.4 102 15.5 11.3-20.9 86 16.2 11.5-22.3 69 12.8 8.6-18.7
$25,000- 34,999 369 179 47.0 38.9-55.3 52 8.1 5.5-11.9 80 23.7 17.2-31.8 58 21.1 14.3-30.0
$35,000- 49,999 430 203 43.5 37.0-50.3 56 13.2 8.9-19.1 110 26.6 20.8-33.2 61 16.7 12.0-22.9
$50,000-74,999 351 167 48.1 39.3-57.1 43 12.1 6.5-21.5 89 25.1 18.7-32.8 52 14.7 9.9-21.3
$75,000+ 427 198 42.6 36.2-49.2 28 5.1 3.0- 8.5 141 39.9 33.5-46.7 60 12.4 8.9-17.1
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
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
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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