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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC*

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
-Mtn. AHEC 916 42 5.3 3.5- 7.9 874 94.7 92.1-96.5
GENDER
Male 344 31 8.0 4.9-12.8 313 92.0 87.2-95.1
Female 572 11 2.9 1.3- 6.1 561 97.1 93.9-98.7
RACE
White 818 35 4.7 3.0- 7.5 783 95.3 92.5-97.0
Other 94 7 11.1 4.6-24.4 87 88.9 75.6-95.4
AGE
18-44 240 20 7.6 4.4-13.0 220 92.4 87.0-95.6
45+ 675 22 3.6 1.9- 6.5 653 96.4 93.5-98.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 389 17 6.2 3.1-11.7 372 93.8 88.3-96.9
Some College + 522 25 4.6 2.9- 7.2 497 95.4 92.8-97.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 556 28 5.5 3.2- 9.2 528 94.5 90.8-96.8
$50,000+ 233 8 3.1 1.5- 6.5 225 96.9 93.5-98.5

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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.


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

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