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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Immunization

A flu shot is an influenza vaccine injected in your arm. During the past 12 months, have you had a flu shot?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 17,219 5,669 27.6 26.7-28.4 11,550 72.4 71.6-73.3
-Eastern NC 5,554 1,791 28.3 26.8-29.8 3,763 71.7 70.2-73.2
GENDER
Male 1,931 626 27.4 25.0-30.0 1,305 72.6 70.0-75.0
Female 3,623 1,165 29.0 27.2-30.9 2,458 71.0 69.1-72.8
RACE
White 3,704 1,313 29.8 28.0-31.7 2,391 70.2 68.3-72.0
African American 1,363 351 24.8 22.0-27.9 1,012 75.2 72.1-78.0
Other Minorities 469 118 25.4 20.1-31.6 351 74.6 68.4-79.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 245 67 29.8 22.6-38.2 178 70.2 61.8-77.4
Non-Hispanic 5,302 1,722 28.1 26.6-29.7 3,580 71.9 70.3-73.4
AGE
18-24 274 69 24.3 18.6-31.1 205 75.7 68.9-81.4
25-34 774 134 17.9 14.9-21.5 640 82.1 78.5-85.1
35-44 993 158 15.3 12.9-18.2 835 84.7 81.8-87.1
45-54 1,140 245 20.6 17.7-23.8 895 79.4 76.2-82.3
55-64 1,036 342 33.3 29.9-36.9 694 66.7 63.1-70.1
65-74 768 442 56.1 51.9-60.2 326 43.9 39.8-48.1
75+ 537 388 70.3 65.3-74.9 149 29.7 25.1-34.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 870 315 29.3 25.4-33.6 555 70.7 66.4-74.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,832 571 26.6 24.0-29.4 1,261 73.4 70.6-76.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,417 440 28.1 25.2-31.2 977 71.9 68.8-74.8
College Graduate 1,426 461 30.1 27.4-32.9 965 69.9 67.1-72.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 755 259 30.9 26.8-35.2 496 69.1 64.8-73.2
$15,000- 24,999 1,032 312 27.9 24.1-32.0 720 72.1 68.0-75.9
$25,000- 34,999 710 251 31.1 26.6-36.0 459 68.9 64.0-73.4
$35,000- 49,999 787 232 25.6 22.3-29.2 555 74.4 70.8-77.7
$50,000-74,999 716 190 23.4 19.9-27.2 526 76.6 72.8-80.1
$75,000+ 754 226 27.3 23.7-31.2 528 72.7 68.8-76.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,886 783 36.8 33.9-39.8 1,103 63.2 60.2-66.1
No 3,511 954 24.1 22.3-25.9 2,557 75.9 74.1-77.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 900 409 41.5 37.6-45.5 491 58.5 54.5-62.4
Non-Veteran 4,638 1,376 25.3 23.7-27.0 3,262 74.7 73.0-76.3

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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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
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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