BRFSS 2004 - Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes Counties: (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)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	14,655	3,767	22.7	21.9-23.5	10,888	77.3	76.5-78.1
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes	353	112	30.0	24.0-36.7	241	70.0	63.3-76.0
GENDER
Male	132	37	30.0	20.3-41.9	95	70.0	58.1-79.7
Female	221	75	29.9	24.0-36.7	146	70.1	63.3-76.0
RACE
White	334	111	30.3	25.2-36.0	223	69.7	64.0-74.8
Other	18	1	27.6	4.6-74.9	17	72.4	25.1-95.4
AGE
18-44	128	7	5.4	2.6-11.2	121	94.6	88.8-97.4
45+	225	105	44.2	35.8-53.0	120	55.8	47.0-64.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	192	67	32.8	24.1-42.8	125	67.2	57.2-75.9
Some College +	161	45	26.0	19.4-34.0	116	74.0	66.0-80.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	220	66	29.0	21.2-38.3	154	71.0	61.7-78.8
$50,000+	62	16	26.2	16.1-39.6	46	73.8	60.4-83.9

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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 (MAHEC): 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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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	14,655	3,767	22.7	21.9-23.5	10,888	77.3	76.5-78.1
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes	353	112	30.0	24.0-36.7	241	70.0	63.3-76.0
GENDER
Male	132	37	30.0	20.3-41.9	95	70.0	58.1-79.7
Female	221	75	29.9	24.0-36.7	146	70.1	63.3-76.0
RACE
White	334	111	30.3	25.2-36.0	223	69.7	64.0-74.8
Other	18	1	27.6	4.6-74.9	17	72.4	25.1-95.4
AGE
18-44	128	7	5.4	2.6-11.2	121	94.6	88.8-97.4
45+	225	105	44.2	35.8-53.0	120	55.8	47.0-64.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	192	67	32.8	24.1-42.8	125	67.2	57.2-75.9
Some College +	161	45	26.0	19.4-34.0	116	74.0	66.0-80.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	220	66	29.0	21.2-38.3	154	71.0	61.7-78.8
$50,000+	62	16	26.2	16.1-39.6	46	73.8	60.4-83.9

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes Counties

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