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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Immunization-FEMALES

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 9,323 2,461 23.0 22.0-24.1 6,862 77.0 75.9-78.0
RACE
White 6,941 1,997 25.3 24.1-26.5 4,944 74.7 73.5-75.9
African American 1,761 357 18.1 16.0-20.3 1,404 81.9 79.7-84.0
Asian 47 4 18.4 6.4-42.7 43 81.6 57.3-93.6
Native American 200 51 20.5 14.4-28.3 149 79.5 71.7-85.6
Other Minorities 314 38 10.5 7.0-15.3 276 89.5 84.7-93.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 361 62 14.5 10.8-19.2 299 85.5 80.8-89.2
-English Speaking 178 42 21.1 14.9-29.0 136 78.9 71.0-85.1
-Spanish Speaking 183 20 9.7 5.7-16.0 163 90.3 84.0-94.3
Non-Hispanic 8,949 2,397 23.5 22.5-24.5 6,552 76.5 75.5-77.5
AGE
18-24 488 40 10.0 6.8-14.4 448 90.0 85.6-93.2
25-34 1,459 93 6.4 5.0- 8.1 1,366 93.6 91.9-95.0
35-44 1,705 115 5.8 4.7- 7.2 1,590 94.2 92.8-95.3
45-54 1,740 254 14.4 12.5-16.6 1,486 85.6 83.4-87.5
55-64 1,537 416 26.8 24.2-29.6 1,121 73.2 70.4-75.8
65-74 1,285 777 58.8 55.4-62.1 508 41.2 37.9-44.6
75+ 1,053 752 73.2 69.9-76.4 301 26.8 23.6-30.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,489 590 34.0 31.2-37.0 899 66.0 63.0-68.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,791 761 24.2 22.4-26.2 2,030 75.8 73.8-77.6
Some Post-H.S. 2,429 583 21.3 19.4-23.3 1,846 78.7 76.7-80.6
College Graduate 2,601 524 17.9 16.3-19.7 2,077 82.1 80.3-83.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,206 452 34.5 31.2-37.9 754 65.5 62.1-68.8
$15,000- 24,999 1,687 520 27.6 25.1-30.3 1,167 72.4 69.7-74.9
$25,000- 34,999 1,046 264 23.9 20.9-27.2 782 76.1 72.8-79.1
$35,000- 49,999 1,129 224 18.1 15.6-20.9 905 81.9 79.1-84.4
$50,000-74,999 990 150 13.7 11.5-16.4 840 86.3 83.6-88.5
$75,000+ 1,108 141 12.5 10.3-15.0 967 87.5 85.0-89.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 3,074 1,278 38.4 36.3-40.5 1,796 61.6 59.5-63.7
No 6,015 1,132 16.3 15.2-17.4 4,883 83.7 82.6-84.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 160 39 20.8 14.4-29.2 121 79.2 70.8-85.6
Non-Veteran 9,123 2,415 23.1 22.1-24.1 6,708 76.9 75.9-77.9
Currently Serving 34 6 18.1 7.0-39.3 28 81.9 60.7-93.0

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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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