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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 9,235 2,325 21.8 20.5-23.1 6,910 78.2 76.9-79.5
GENDER
Male 3,347 810 21.5 19.5-23.7 2,537 78.5 76.3-80.5
Female 5,888 1,515 22.1 20.6-23.6 4,373 77.9 76.4-79.4
RACE
White 6,786 1,863 23.7 22.2-25.3 4,923 76.3 74.7-77.8
African American 1,831 367 18.5 16.0-21.3 1,464 81.5 78.7-84.0
Asian 47 3 3.8 1.0-13.5 44 96.2 86.5-99.0
Native American 227 47 23.7 13.6-37.9 180 76.3 62.1-86.4
Other Minorities 310 37 11.1 6.9-17.3 273 88.9 82.7-93.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 322 50 11.1 6.8-17.4 272 88.9 82.6-93.2
-English Speaking 132 30 20.5 11.1-34.8 102 79.5 65.2-88.9
-Spanish Speaking 190 20 8.1 4.0-15.6 170 91.9 84.4-96.0
Non-Hispanic 8,903 2,274 22.5 21.2-23.8 6,629 77.5 76.2-78.8
AGE
18-24 551 63 12.7 8.7-18.2 488 87.3 81.8-91.3
25-34 1,372 87 6.5 4.8- 8.8 1,285 93.5 91.2-95.2
35-44 1,753 125 8.4 6.6-10.7 1,628 91.6 89.3-93.4
45-54 1,814 268 14.6 12.2-17.4 1,546 85.4 82.6-87.8
55-64 1,509 373 26.3 23.0-29.8 1,136 73.7 70.2-77.0
65-74 1,255 745 61.0 57.0-64.9 510 39.0 35.1-43.0
75+ 913 647 72.9 68.5-76.9 266 27.1 23.1-31.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,562 571 30.4 27.0-34.0 991 69.6 66.0-73.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,773 685 21.6 19.4-24.0 2,088 78.4 76.0-80.6
Some Post-H.S. 2,294 548 21.7 19.0-24.7 1,746 78.3 75.3-81.0
College Graduate 2,578 510 16.4 14.6-18.5 2,068 83.6 81.5-85.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,074 388 33.4 29.0-38.1 686 66.6 61.9-71.0
$15,000- 24,999 1,698 468 24.4 21.3-27.9 1,230 75.6 72.1-78.7
$25,000- 34,999 1,017 223 20.8 17.0-25.1 794 79.2 74.9-83.0
$35,000- 49,999 1,218 224 17.0 14.1-20.4 994 83.0 79.6-85.9
$50,000-74,999 985 173 17.7 14.1-21.9 812 82.3 78.1-85.9
$75,000+ 1,132 161 12.1 9.7-14.9 971 87.9 85.1-90.3
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
Mountain AHEC 1,282 381 26.2 22.9-29.7 901 73.8 70.3-77.1
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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