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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC*

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 15,536 6,432 34.3 33.3-35.3 9,104 65.7 64.7-66.7
-Mtn. AHEC 923 417 36.9 33.0-41.0 506 63.1 59.0-67.0
GENDER
Male 345 143 32.5 26.9-38.6 202 67.5 61.4-73.1
Female 578 274 40.8 35.6-46.3 304 59.2 53.7-64.4
RACE
White 822 383 38.1 34.0-42.4 439 61.9 57.6-66.0
Other 97 33 25.1 15.5-38.0 64 74.9 62.0-84.5
AGE
18-44 242 62 21.4 15.6-28.6 180 78.6 71.4-84.4
45+ 680 355 48.3 43.7-52.9 325 51.7 47.1-56.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 392 175 32.0 26.2-38.3 217 68.0 61.7-73.8
Some College + 526 241 41.1 36.0-46.4 285 58.9 53.6-64.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 561 247 35.0 30.0-40.2 314 65.0 59.8-70.0
$50,000+ 234 103 42.9 35.5-50.6 131 57.1 49.4-64.5

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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.


*Mountain AHEC: Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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