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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Immunization

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 9,423 3,519 33.9 32.4-35.4 5,904 66.1 64.6-67.6
GENDER
Male 3,463 1,246 33.5 31.1-36.0 2,217 66.5 64.0-68.9
Female 5,960 2,273 34.3 32.5-36.1 3,687 65.7 63.9-67.5
RACE
White 6,917 2,786 36.4 34.6-38.2 4,131 63.6 61.8-65.4
African American 1,866 548 29.0 25.9-32.3 1,318 71.0 67.7-74.1
Asian 51 16 27.0 13.0-47.7 35 73.0 52.3-87.0
Native American 229 70 23.0 15.5-32.7 159 77.0 67.3-84.5
Other Minorities 323 89 24.2 17.9-31.9 234 75.8 68.1-82.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 337 100 24.1 17.7-31.8 237 75.9 68.2-82.3
-English Speaking 137 53 34.7 22.7-49.1 84 65.3 50.9-77.3
-Spanish Speaking 200 47 20.4 13.4-29.7 153 79.6 70.3-86.6
Non-Hispanic 9,076 3,417 34.5 33.0-36.1 5,659 65.5 63.9-67.0
AGE
18-24 574 137 27.2 21.6-33.6 437 72.8 66.4-78.4
25-34 1,415 252 17.0 14.2-20.2 1,163 83.0 79.8-85.8
35-44 1,785 372 22.8 19.9-25.9 1,413 77.2 74.1-80.1
45-54 1,842 578 31.4 28.3-34.8 1,264 68.6 65.2-71.7
55-64 1,531 665 41.4 37.8-45.1 866 58.6 54.9-62.2
65-74 1,274 801 64.5 60.5-68.2 473 35.5 31.8-39.5
75+ 932 684 73.6 69.2-77.6 248 26.4 22.4-30.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,595 677 36.4 32.7-40.4 918 63.6 59.6-67.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,823 987 31.8 29.1-34.5 1,836 68.2 65.5-70.9
Some Post-H.S. 2,344 829 32.1 29.0-35.4 1,515 67.9 64.6-71.0
College Graduate 2,632 1,015 36.3 33.7-39.0 1,617 63.7 61.0-66.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,101 428 34.6 30.2-39.1 673 65.4 60.9-69.8
$15,000- 24,999 1,726 593 30.3 26.8-34.0 1,133 69.7 66.0-73.2
$25,000- 34,999 1,037 369 31.8 27.5-36.5 668 68.2 63.5-72.5
$35,000- 49,999 1,239 430 32.0 28.4-35.9 809 68.0 64.1-71.6
$50,000-74,999 1,011 351 32.0 27.6-36.7 660 68.0 63.3-72.4
$75,000+ 1,156 427 33.8 30.1-37.8 729 66.2 62.2-69.9
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***
Eastern NC 3,310 1,201 34.6 31.9-37.5 2,109 65.4 62.5-68.1
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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