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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Immunization

During the past 12 months, have you had a flu vaccine that was sprayed in your nose?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 17,231 159 1.2 0.9- 1.4 17,072 98.8 98.6-99.1
-Western NC 2,000 20 1.3 0.6- 2.4 1,980 98.7 97.6-99.4
GENDER
Male 714 7 1.4 0.5- 4.0 707 98.6 96.0-99.5
Female 1,286 13 1.1 0.5- 2.4 1,273 98.9 97.6-99.5
RACE
White 1,781 15 0.9 0.5- 1.6 1,766 99.1 98.4-99.5
African American 94 1 0.4 0.1- 2.8 93 99.6 97.2-99.9
Other Minorities 124 4 6.0 1.5-21.7 120 94.0 78.3-98.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 79 1 4.4 0.6-25.0 78 95.6 75.0-99.4
Non-Hispanic 1,919 19 1.0 0.6- 1.8 1,900 99.0 98.2-99.4
AGE
18-24 102 2 1.8 0.4- 7.7 100 98.2 92.3-99.6
25-34 267 1 0.0 0.0- 0.3 266 100 99.7- 100
35-44 311 5 3.6 1.1-10.8 306 96.4 89.2-98.9
45-54 348 3 0.8 0.3- 2.7 345 99.2 97.3-99.7
55-64 379 2 0.5 0.1- 2.4 377 99.5 97.6-99.9
65-74 310 5 1.1 0.4- 2.7 305 98.9 97.3-99.6
75+ 275 2 0.9 0.2- 3.8 273 99.1 96.2-99.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 347 6 2.5 0.6- 9.3 341 97.5 90.7-99.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 610 3 0.8 0.2- 3.3 607 99.2 96.7-99.8
Some Post-H.S. 479 5 1.3 0.4- 3.5 474 98.7 96.5-99.6
College Graduate 555 6 0.9 0.4- 2.2 549 99.1 97.8-99.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 280 2 0.5 0.1- 1.9 278 99.5 98.1-99.9
$15,000- 24,999 414 5 2.4 0.6- 8.3 409 97.6 91.7-99.4
$25,000- 34,999 270 1 0.1 0.0- 0.5 269 99.9 99.5- 100
$35,000- 49,999 295 2 0.8 0.2- 3.2 293 99.2 96.8-99.8
$50,000-74,999 214 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8 213 99.7 98.2- 100
$75,000+ 226 4 1.5 0.6- 4.2 222 98.5 95.8-99.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 672 5 1.4 0.3- 6.4 667 98.6 93.6-99.7
No 1,277 14 1.1 0.6- 2.2 1,263 98.9 97.8-99.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 265 2 0.9 0.2- 3.7 263 99.1 96.3-99.8
Non-Veteran 1,734 18 1.3 0.6- 2.7 1,716 98.7 97.3-99.4

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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: 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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