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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Union 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
-Union County 427 98 19.7 15.9-24.3 329 80.3 75.7-84.1
GENDER
Male 130 29 19.8 13.5-28.1 101 80.2 71.9-86.5
Female 297 69 19.7 15.1-25.3 228 80.3 74.7-84.9
RACE
White 368 90 21.8 17.4-27.0 278 78.2 73.0-82.6
Other 58 8 10.3 4.8-20.6 50 89.7 79.4-95.2
AGE
18-44 186 10 5.3 2.7-10.0 176 94.7 90.0-97.3
45+ 239 86 31.5 25.1-38.7 153 68.5 61.3-74.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 166 49 23.6 17.3-31.3 117 76.4 68.7-82.7
Some College + 261 49 17.4 12.7-23.2 212 82.6 76.8-87.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 176 53 28.1 21.1-36.3 123 71.9 63.7-78.9
$50,000+ 167 16 7.6 4.4-12.8 151 92.4 87.2-95.6

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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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