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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 401 114 27.1 22.5-32.2 287 72.9 67.8-77.5
GENDER
Male 151 46 29.2 22.0-37.6 105 70.8 62.4-78.0
Female 250 68 25.0 19.7-31.2 182 75.0 68.8-80.3
RACE
White 304 95 30.3 24.9-36.4 209 69.7 63.6-75.1
Other 95 19 17.3 10.4-27.3 76 82.7 72.7-89.6
AGE
18-44 139 10 5.8 3.0-10.9 129 94.2 89.1-97.0
45+ 259 104 40.5 33.9-47.4 155 59.5 52.6-66.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 203 55 25.4 19.3-32.5 148 74.6 67.5-80.7
Some College + 197 59 29.0 22.5-36.6 138 71.0 63.4-77.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 229 68 28.4 22.3-35.4 161 71.6 64.6-77.7
$50,000+ 79 18 23.1 14.2-35.3 61 76.9 64.7-85.8

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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 (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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