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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

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
-Buncombe County 357 19 9.0 5.1-15.6 338 91.0 84.4-94.9
GENDER
Male 128 14 13.0 6.7-23.7 114 87.0 76.3-93.3
Female 229 5 5.5 1.8-15.9 224 94.5 84.1-98.2
RACE
White 319 16 8.5 4.4-15.9 303 91.5 84.1-95.6
Other 35 3 12.7 3.8-35.0 32 87.3 65.0-96.2
AGE
18-44 105 11 15.6 8.0-28.2 94 84.4 71.8-92.0
45+ 252 8 2.9 1.3- 6.0 244 97.1 94.0-98.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 129 9 14.5 6.3-29.9 120 85.5 70.1-93.7
Some College + 227 10 5.7 2.9-10.9 217 94.3 89.1-97.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 196 10 8.6 3.8-18.1 186 91.4 81.9-96.2
$50,000+ 107 6 6.1 2.5-13.9 101 93.9 86.1-97.5

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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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