BRFSS 2004 - Mountain AHEC (Excludes 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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County)	591	191	29.0	24.8-33.5	400	71.0	66.5-75.2
GENDER
Male	207	58	28.2	21.5-35.9	149	71.8	64.1-78.5
Female	384	133	29.6	24.6-35.2	251	70.4	64.8-75.4
RACE
White	496	164	29.2	24.9-33.9	332	70.8	66.1-75.1
Other	92	25	24.9	12.8-42.8	67	75.1	57.2-87.2
AGE
18-44	197	23	12.6	7.6-20.1	174	87.4	79.9-92.4
45+	389	167	38.9	33.3-44.9	222	61.1	55.1-66.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	283	92	29.1	22.9-36.2	191	70.9	63.8-77.1
Some College +	304	97	28.6	23.2-34.7	207	71.4	65.3-76.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	342	116	30.3	24.7-36.6	226	69.7	63.4-75.3
$50,000+	118	29	22.9	15.4-32.6	89	77.1	67.4-84.6

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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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County)	591	191	29.0	24.8-33.5	400	71.0	66.5-75.2
GENDER
Male	207	58	28.2	21.5-35.9	149	71.8	64.1-78.5
Female	384	133	29.6	24.6-35.2	251	70.4	64.8-75.4
RACE
White	496	164	29.2	24.9-33.9	332	70.8	66.1-75.1
Other	92	25	24.9	12.8-42.8	67	75.1	57.2-87.2
AGE
18-44	197	23	12.6	7.6-20.1	174	87.4	79.9-92.4
45+	389	167	38.9	33.3-44.9	222	61.1	55.1-66.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	283	92	29.1	22.9-36.2	191	70.9	63.8-77.1
Some College +	304	97	28.6	23.2-34.7	207	71.4	65.3-76.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	342	116	30.3	24.7-36.6	226	69.7	63.4-75.3
$50,000+	118	29	22.9	15.4-32.6	89	77.1	67.4-84.6

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes 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