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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

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
-Mecklenburg County 879 225 21.6 18.5-25.0 654 78.4 75.0-81.5
GENDER
Male 313 68 19.0 14.3-24.9 245 81.0 75.1-85.7
Female 566 157 24.0 20.4-28.1 409 76.0 71.9-79.6
RACE
White 601 171 23.8 20.2-27.8 430 76.2 72.2-79.8
Other 274 54 17.7 12.4-24.7 220 82.3 75.3-87.6
AGE
18-44 347 44 13.6 9.5-19.1 303 86.4 80.9-90.5
45+ 523 178 30.7 26.6-35.2 345 69.3 64.8-73.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 231 80 27.0 20.0-35.3 151 73.0 64.7-80.0
Some College + 646 144 19.1 16.0-22.6 502 80.9 77.4-84.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 361 100 23.6 18.3-30.0 261 76.4 70.0-81.7
$50,000+ 385 85 19.2 15.3-23.9 300 80.8 76.1-84.7

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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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