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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Immunization-FEMALES

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 5,960 2,273 34.3 32.5-36.1 3,687 65.7 63.9-67.5
RACE
White 4,345 1,791 36.7 34.6-38.8 2,554 63.3 61.2-65.4
African American 1,264 366 26.0 22.6-29.8 898 74.0 70.2-77.4
Asian 25 7 25.8 9.0-55.0 18 74.2 45.0-91.0
Native American 146 48 27.8 17.6-41.0 98 72.2 59.0-82.4
Other Minorities 161 52 35.5 24.4-48.3 109 64.5 51.7-75.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 167 61 34.9 23.7-48.0 106 65.1 52.0-76.3
-English Speaking 83 35 40.5 24.4-58.9 48 59.5 41.1-75.6
-Spanish Speaking 84 26 32.3 18.7-49.9 58 67.7 50.1-81.3
Non-Hispanic 5,786 2,210 34.2 32.4-36.0 3,576 65.8 64.0-67.6
AGE
18-24 360 69 18.8 13.3-25.9 291 81.2 74.1-86.7
25-34 882 161 16.0 12.9-19.6 721 84.0 80.4-87.1
35-44 1,098 242 24.5 20.6-28.9 856 75.5 71.1-79.4
45-54 1,157 374 32.3 28.4-36.4 783 67.7 63.6-71.6
55-64 946 430 44.0 39.3-48.7 516 56.0 51.3-60.7
65-74 811 503 61.9 56.8-66.8 308 38.1 33.2-43.2
75+ 657 468 68.9 63.3-74.1 189 31.1 25.9-36.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 992 445 41.5 36.6-46.6 547 58.5 53.4-63.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,799 657 33.2 30.0-36.6 1,142 66.8 63.4-70.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,535 552 31.0 27.7-34.5 983 69.0 65.5-72.3
College Graduate 1,617 613 34.3 31.0-37.7 1,004 65.7 62.3-69.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 805 323 37.4 32.5-42.5 482 62.6 57.5-67.5
$15,000- 24,999 1,113 402 31.9 27.8-36.4 711 68.1 63.6-72.2
$25,000- 34,999 671 229 29.0 24.1-34.6 442 71.0 65.4-75.9
$35,000- 49,999 714 249 29.8 25.3-34.8 465 70.2 65.2-74.7
$50,000-74,999 575 200 29.5 24.7-34.7 375 70.5 65.3-75.3
$75,000+ 652 237 33.4 28.7-38.5 415 66.6 61.5-71.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 274 112 37.0 31.0-43.5 162 63.0 56.5-69.0
Guilford 281 111 36.6 30.3-43.4 170 63.4 56.6-69.7
Mecklenburg 278 92 29.5 24.0-35.6 186 70.5 64.4-76.0
Orange 280 120 33.1 25.5-41.8 160 66.9 58.2-74.5
Wake 277 108 34.3 28.3-40.9 169 65.7 59.1-71.7
Chatham/Lee 246 107 41.3 34.3-48.6 139 58.7 51.4-65.7
Nash/Wilson 240 94 35.3 29.0-42.2 146 64.7 57.8-71.0
Craven/Pamlico 284 129 41.7 35.2-48.4 155 58.3 51.6-64.8
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 276 103 34.0 27.9-40.6 173 66.0 59.4-72.1
Appalachian/Wilkes 287 107 28.4 22.5-35.1 180 71.6 64.9-77.5
Franklin/Gran./Vance 301 114 37.2 30.3-44.7 187 62.8 55.3-69.7
Graham/Swain/Jackson 264 96 33.2 26.7-40.4 168 66.8 59.6-73.3
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 297 92 29.4 24.0-35.5 205 70.6 64.5-76.0
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 291 95 31.3 25.7-37.6 196 68.7 62.4-74.3
Northeast NC I 317 120 34.7 29.0-40.7 197 65.3 59.3-71.0
Northeast NC II 328 114 31.8 26.5-37.6 214 68.2 62.4-73.5
Northeastern Partnership 645 234 32.9 28.9-37.1 411 67.1 62.9-71.1
Mountain AHEC 814 336 39.5 35.2-43.9 478 60.5 56.1-64.8
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,148 788 33.9 30.7-37.2 1,360 66.1 62.8-69.3
Piedmont 2,512 978 34.7 32.1-37.3 1,534 65.3 62.7-67.9
Western NC 1,300 507 33.6 30.2-37.2 793 66.4 62.8-69.8

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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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