BRFSS 2004 - Buncombe County: (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
-Buncombe County	361	98	26.9	21.9-32.4	263	73.1	67.6-78.1
GENDER
Male	137	42	29.4	21.7-38.4	95	70.6	61.6-78.3
Female	224	56	24.5	18.6-31.5	168	75.5	68.5-81.4
RACE
White	320	91	27.9	22.6-33.8	229	72.1	66.2-77.4
Other	39	6	18.4	8.1-36.4	33	81.6	63.6-91.9
AGE
18-44	132	12	10.6	5.7-18.9	120	89.4	81.1-94.3
45+	229	86	37.9	31.1-45.4	143	62.1	54.6-68.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	131	40	27.2	19.6-36.3	91	72.8	63.7-80.4
Some College +	230	58	26.7	20.5-33.9	172	73.3	66.1-79.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	207	59	27.2	20.9-34.6	148	72.8	65.4-79.1
$50,000+	85	16	18.6	11.3-29.2	69	81.4	70.8-88.7

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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
-Buncombe County	361	98	26.9	21.9-32.4	263	73.1	67.6-78.1
GENDER
Male	137	42	29.4	21.7-38.4	95	70.6	61.6-78.3
Female	224	56	24.5	18.6-31.5	168	75.5	68.5-81.4
RACE
White	320	91	27.9	22.6-33.8	229	72.1	66.2-77.4
Other	39	6	18.4	8.1-36.4	33	81.6	63.6-91.9
AGE
18-44	132	12	10.6	5.7-18.9	120	89.4	81.1-94.3
45+	229	86	37.9	31.1-45.4	143	62.1	54.6-68.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	131	40	27.2	19.6-36.3	91	72.8	63.7-80.4
Some College +	230	58	26.7	20.5-33.9	172	73.3	66.1-79.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	207	59	27.2	20.9-34.6	148	72.8	65.4-79.1
$50,000+	85	16	18.6	11.3-29.2	69	81.4	70.8-88.7

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

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