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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Immunization

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  Total
Respond.^
Doctor's office Health department Workplace Other
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,717 2,084 43.2 41.3-45.0 1,011 19.7 18.3-21.1 576 14.9 13.5-16.4 1,046 22.3 20.7-23.8
-Western NC 609 263 43.0 38.2-47.9 168 26.7 22.7-31.3 60 11.4 8.5-15.0 118 18.9 15.5-22.9
GENDER
Male 203 100 51.1 42.5-59.6 53 23.1 16.7-31.0 10 5.2 2.6-10.1 40 20.6 14.6-28.3
Female 406 163 37.8 32.4-43.5 115 29.1 24.0-34.7 50 15.3 11.2-20.5 78 17.9 14.0-22.5
RACE
White 558 241 42.1 37.4-47.0 155 27.2 23.0-31.9 55 11.4 8.5-15.3 107 19.2 15.7-23.3
African American 23 12 65.8 42.4-83.4 8 26.3 11.8-48.6 0 0.0 . - . 3 8.0 2.3-24.3
Other Minorities 28 10 42.4 17.3-72.1 5 19.9 6.5-47.0 5 16.8 5.8-40.0 8 20.9 6.8-49.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 13 4 51.7 18.1-83.8 3 13.7 3.4-41.9 3 14.0 3.5-42.2 3 20.6 4.2-60.6
Non-Hispanic 595 258 42.5 37.9-47.3 165 27.3 23.2-31.9 57 11.3 8.4-15.0 115 18.9 15.5-22.8
AGE
18-24 14 5 28.0 9.4-59.1 7 54.5 25.6-80.7 2 17.5 3.7-54.3 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 38 14 32.5 18.7-50.3 7 15.0 6.8-30.1 10 29.5 15.4-49.1 7 22.9 10.4-43.1
35-44 57 20 38.0 22.2-56.8 9 18.2 8.4-34.8 19 28.2 16.9-43.3 9 15.6 6.7-32.3
45-54 71 20 33.3 21.1-48.1 19 23.6 14.5-36.1 19 25.4 16.0-37.8 13 17.7 9.9-29.5
55-64 118 51 41.4 31.7-51.9 42 35.7 26.5-46.1 8 4.8 2.2-10.1 17 18.1 10.8-28.7
65-74 158 78 50.7 42.0-59.3 47 28.6 21.5-37.0 2 1.1 0.3- 4.4 31 19.6 13.8-27.2
75+ 152 74 52.5 43.5-61.4 37 23.2 16.4-31.9 0 0.0 . - . 41 24.2 17.5-32.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 105 51 51.2 38.3-64.0 32 23.8 15.8-34.3 4 6.3 1.7-20.4 18 18.7 10.7-30.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 161 74 42.3 33.4-51.7 38 28.3 20.0-38.5 9 6.8 3.4-12.9 40 22.7 16.0-31.1
Some Post-H.S. 158 69 41.6 32.9-50.8 37 26.2 18.5-35.7 20 13.2 8.1-20.6 32 19.0 12.9-27.1
College Graduate 182 68 39.7 31.7-48.4 59 27.1 20.6-34.8 27 17.3 11.4-25.5 28 15.9 10.5-23.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 88 44 48.5 36.2-61.0 20 20.1 12.5-30.8 1 1.6 0.2-10.7 23 29.8 18.8-43.7
$15,000- 24,999 116 54 47.2 35.0-59.7 33 27.9 18.2-40.3 5 6.6 2.1-18.6 24 18.3 11.0-28.9
$25,000- 34,999 75 30 37.8 26.1-51.0 21 30.3 19.3-44.1 8 12.3 5.9-23.8 16 19.6 11.2-32.1
$35,000- 49,999 84 32 38.5 27.4-50.9 29 33.6 22.7-46.6 13 14.7 8.3-24.7 10 13.2 6.4-25.2
$50,000-74,999 62 24 35.8 23.7-50.1 18 30.9 18.8-46.3 11 18.4 9.9-31.9 9 14.9 7.2-28.2
$75,000+ 84 31 38.2 27.5-50.2 22 24.0 15.8-34.6 17 20.0 12.2-31.0 14 17.8 10.4-28.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 252 111 45.7 37.7-53.8 67 23.1 17.5-29.8 12 6.3 3.0-12.6 62 25.0 18.9-32.2
No 351 149 41.0 35.1-47.2 98 28.8 23.3-35.0 48 15.0 11.1-20.1 56 15.2 11.3-20.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 113 59 56.3 45.9-66.2 24 17.9 11.6-26.6 3 1.9 0.5- 6.5 27 23.9 16.1-33.9
Non-Veteran 496 204 39.9 34.7-45.5 144 28.7 24.0-33.9 57 13.5 10.1-17.9 91 17.8 14.1-22.3

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*Asked only of those who had a flu shot or spray vaccine.

^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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