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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston 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

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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
-Gaston County 372 101 24.3 19.8-29.5 271 75.7 70.5-80.2
GENDER
Male 132 30 21.9 15.1-30.8 102 78.1 69.2-84.9
Female 240 71 26.2 20.5-32.8 169 73.8 67.2-79.5
RACE
White 309 92 26.2 21.1-31.9 217 73.8 68.1-78.9
Other 62 9 17.0 8.2-32.0 53 83.0 68.0-91.8
AGE
18-44 136 4 4.4 1.6-11.6 132 95.6 88.4-98.4
45+ 232 96 38.6 31.7-46.0 136 61.4 54.0-68.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 200 63 26.9 20.7-34.1 137 73.1 65.9-79.3
Some College + 171 37 21.1 14.8-29.1 134 78.9 70.9-85.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 224 68 27.6 21.6-34.7 156 72.4 65.3-78.4
$50,000+ 75 7 8.8 4.1-18.1 68 91.2 81.9-95.9

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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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