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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Western North Carolina**

Immunization

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Respond.^
Doctor's office Health department Workplace Other
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 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
-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
GENDER
Male 297 160 44.0 35.9-52.4 47 12.9 8.8-18.5 51 26.0 18.0-35.9 39 17.1 10.9-25.9
Female 507 260 46.8 41.0-52.6 94 20.6 16.2-25.9 82 19.0 14.4-24.6 71 13.6 10.3-17.8
RACE
White 742 384 45.3 40.2-50.5 130 16.7 13.4-20.7 126 22.9 18.0-28.7 102 15.0 11.7-19.1
African American 23 13 40.1 13.1-74.8 6 17.2 5.0-45.2 1 4.5 0.6-28.6 3 38.2 8.2-80.9
Other Minorities 33 20 47.1 19.8-76.3 4 17.5 5.3-44.3 4 32.1 7.2-74.3 5 3.3 1.0- 9.9
AGE
18-24 27 6 23.9 9.1-49.6 9 19.2 8.4-37.9 4 27.1 8.6-59.5 8 29.9 13.1-54.7
25-34 51 15 20.5 9.8-38.0 3 2.8 0.8- 9.5 28 73.9 55.6-86.4 5 2.8 1.0- 7.4
35-44 69 19 22.0 11.6-37.7 10 13.2 5.9-27.1 27 48.3 31.5-65.5 13 16.5 7.8-31.7
45-54 107 39 29.6 18.1-44.6 17 7.8 4.0-14.8 43 42.8 27.8-59.2 8 19.7 7.2-43.5
55-64 155 76 47.4 36.9-58.1 29 23.6 15.5-34.3 26 15.0 9.4-23.1 24 13.9 8.1-22.9
65-74 231 154 64.5 55.7-72.5 41 19.9 13.4-28.5 3 0.4 0.1- 1.5 33 15.1 10.0-22.2
75+ 157 108 66.8 56.5-75.7 31 21.2 14.0-30.9 0 0.0 . - . 18 12.0 6.6-20.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 160 107 57.6 44.8-69.4 29 17.5 10.4-27.9 8 11.0 3.7-28.4 16 14.0 6.6-27.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 232 116 40.8 32.0-50.4 37 15.6 10.4-22.7 44 31.2 21.8-42.4 35 12.4 7.7-19.2
Some Post-H.S. 199 96 39.4 29.6-50.3 35 16.2 10.6-24.1 35 21.4 12.4-34.4 33 22.9 13.6-35.7
College Graduate 210 99 48.2 39.3-57.1 39 18.3 12.3-26.3 46 21.1 14.4-29.9 26 12.4 7.6-19.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 103 63 56.2 42.5-69.1 21 17.9 10.3-29.4 2 2.3 0.6- 8.8 17 23.6 12.6-39.9
$15,000- 24,999 152 81 44.3 33.0-56.3 25 17.4 10.5-27.4 23 21.8 11.6-37.3 23 16.4 8.9-28.3
$25,000- 34,999 94 37 34.1 21.5-49.4 18 10.3 5.1-19.6 28 45.6 29.0-63.2 11 10.0 4.8-19.9
$35,000- 49,999 98 48 41.0 27.6-55.8 18 16.2 8.8-27.9 20 23.9 12.6-40.8 12 18.9 7.3-40.9
$50,000-74,999 77 29 29.9 19.2-43.3 14 16.6 8.4-30.3 25 39.6 26.0-55.1 9 13.9 6.2-28.3
$75,000+ 80 40 50.4 35.6-65.1 7 8.0 3.2-18.6 20 20.2 11.8-32.3 13 21.3 11.1-37.1
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

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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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