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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes Counties

Immunization

Engaged in one or more risk behaviors that can lead to hepatitis B infection.*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,374 592 5.4 4.8- 6.0 14,782 94.6 94.0-95.2
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 411 12 4.8 2.0-10.7 399 95.2 89.3-98.0
GENDER
Male 148 7 7.5 2.5-20.0 141 92.5 80.0-97.5
Female 263 5 2.4 0.9- 6.3 258 97.6 93.7-99.1
RACE
White 354 11 5.3 2.1-12.4 343 94.7 87.6-97.9
Other 56 1 2.3 0.3-14.7 55 97.7 85.3-99.7
AGE
18-44 112 9 9.3 3.7-21.2 103 90.7 78.8-96.3
45+ 294 3 0.8 0.2- 2.4 291 99.2 97.6-99.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 184 6 6.4 1.9-19.2 178 93.6 80.8-98.1
Some College + 225 6 3.3 1.4- 7.6 219 96.7 92.4-98.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 235 6 2.7 1.1- 6.4 229 97.3 93.6-98.9
$50,000+ 124 4 3.0 1.1- 8.3 120 97.0 91.7-98.9

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Risk behaviors include having multiple sex partners, intravenous drug use, HIV positive -- see questionnaire for list of risk behaviors.

^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.


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