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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Immunization-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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%)
TOTAL 2,623 542 18.4 16.7-20.2 2,081 81.6 79.8-83.3
GENDER
Male 862 185 18.9 16.1-22.0 677 81.1 78.0-83.9
Female 1,761 357 18.1 16.0-20.3 1,404 81.9 79.7-84.0
AGE
18-24 166 23 13.7 8.2-22.0 143 86.3 78.0-91.8
25-34 452 31 7.0 4.6-10.5 421 93.0 89.5-95.4
35-44 520 51 8.2 5.9-11.2 469 91.8 88.8-94.1
45-54 514 84 15.7 12.3-19.8 430 84.3 80.2-87.7
55-64 419 99 23.6 19.0-28.9 320 76.4 71.1-81.0
65-74 319 144 42.1 35.6-49.0 175 57.9 51.0-64.4
75+ 217 107 48.9 40.7-57.1 110 51.1 42.9-59.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 586 184 27.7 23.6-32.1 402 72.3 67.9-76.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 900 174 18.3 15.4-21.6 726 81.7 78.4-84.6
Some Post-H.S. 647 93 13.1 10.3-16.4 554 86.9 83.6-89.7
College Graduate 484 89 16.2 12.7-20.4 395 83.8 79.6-87.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 519 134 22.6 18.8-27.1 385 77.4 72.9-81.2
$15,000- 24,999 605 130 19.8 16.1-24.2 475 80.2 75.8-83.9
$25,000- 34,999 332 64 19.6 15.0-25.2 268 80.4 74.8-85.0
$35,000- 49,999 293 51 16.5 12.2-22.0 242 83.5 78.0-87.8
$50,000-74,999 187 20 11.0 6.6-17.7 167 89.0 82.3-93.4
$75,000+ 145 16 10.7 6.1-18.3 129 89.3 81.7-93.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 926 296 30.2 26.8-33.9 630 69.8 66.1-73.2
No 1,593 226 12.6 10.8-14.7 1,367 87.4 85.3-89.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 302 87 25.9 20.7-32.0 215 74.1 68.0-79.3
Non-Veteran 2,277 448 17.2 15.5-19.2 1,829 82.8 80.8-84.5
Currently Serving 37 7 19.3 7.6-40.8 30 80.7 59.2-92.4

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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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