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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Immunization-MALES

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,463 1,246 33.5 31.1-36.0 2,217 66.5 64.0-68.9
RACE
White 2,572 995 36.1 33.2-39.0 1,577 63.9 61.0-66.8
African American 602 182 32.8 27.3-38.8 420 67.2 61.2-72.7
Asian 26 9 27.5 10.5-55.2 17 72.5 44.8-89.5
Native American 83 22 18.4 9.3-33.0 61 81.6 67.0-90.7
Other Minorities 162 37 16.5 10.4-25.2 125 83.5 74.8-89.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 170 39 17.3 10.9-26.4 131 82.7 73.6-89.1
-English Speaking 54 18 29.7 14.5-51.4 36 70.3 48.6-85.5
-Spanish Speaking 116 21 13.8 7.5-24.0 95 86.2 76.0-92.5
Non-Hispanic 3,290 1,207 34.9 32.4-37.5 2,083 65.1 62.5-67.6
AGE
18-24 214 68 34.6 25.7-44.6 146 65.4 55.4-74.3
25-34 533 91 18.0 13.5-23.4 442 82.0 76.6-86.5
35-44 687 130 21.0 17.0-25.7 557 79.0 74.3-83.0
45-54 685 204 30.6 25.7-36.0 481 69.4 64.0-74.3
55-64 585 235 38.6 33.2-44.3 350 61.4 55.7-66.8
65-74 463 298 67.6 61.3-73.3 165 32.4 26.7-38.7
75+ 275 216 82.3 75.6-87.4 59 17.7 12.6-24.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 603 232 30.9 25.5-36.9 371 69.1 63.1-74.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,024 330 30.3 26.1-34.7 694 69.7 65.3-73.9
Some Post-H.S. 809 277 33.3 28.0-39.0 532 66.7 61.0-72.0
College Graduate 1,015 402 38.5 34.4-42.8 613 61.5 57.2-65.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 296 105 30.0 22.5-38.8 191 70.0 61.2-77.5
$15,000- 24,999 613 191 28.7 23.2-34.8 422 71.3 65.2-76.8
$25,000- 34,999 366 140 35.0 27.9-42.9 226 65.0 57.1-72.1
$35,000- 49,999 525 181 34.2 28.6-40.2 344 65.8 59.8-71.4
$50,000-74,999 436 151 34.3 27.4-41.9 285 65.7 58.1-72.6
$75,000+ 504 190 34.2 28.7-40.1 314 65.8 59.9-71.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 179 71 35.3 27.7-43.8 108 64.7 56.2-72.3
Guilford 165 60 36.0 28.0-44.9 105 64.0 55.1-72.0
Mecklenburg 169 63 31.3 23.4-40.6 106 68.7 59.4-76.6
Orange 170 51 24.4 17.5-32.9 119 75.6 67.1-82.5
Wake 176 53 24.1 18.1-31.5 123 75.9 68.5-81.9
Chatham/Lee 152 58 32.6 23.4-43.4 94 67.4 56.6-76.6
Nash/Wilson 140 45 27.9 20.5-36.6 95 72.1 63.4-79.5
Craven/Pamlico 170 73 37.4 29.4-46.2 97 62.6 53.8-70.6
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 161 54 35.6 25.9-46.7 107 64.4 53.3-74.1
Appalachian/Wilkes 167 63 33.5 25.3-42.9 104 66.5 57.1-74.7
Franklin/Gran./Vance 176 58 31.5 21.1-44.1 118 68.5 55.9-78.9
Graham/Swain/Jackson 161 59 37.0 21.4-56.0 102 63.0 44.0-78.6
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 177 55 28.9 21.7-37.3 122 71.1 62.7-78.3
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 124 38 30.3 19.9-43.3 86 69.7 56.7-80.1
Northeast NC I 143 51 41.6 29.4-55.0 92 58.4 45.0-70.6
Northeast NC II 185 61 28.8 22.1-36.6 124 71.2 63.4-77.9
Northeastern Partnership 328 112 32.9 26.5-40.0 216 67.1 60.0-73.5
Mountain AHEC 489 194 35.9 29.6-42.6 295 64.1 57.4-70.4
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,162 413 35.4 30.9-40.2 749 64.6 59.8-69.1
Piedmont 1,528 536 32.1 28.9-35.5 992 67.9 64.5-71.1
Western NC 773 297 35.2 30.1-40.7 476 64.8 59.3-69.9

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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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