BRFSS 2006 - Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)*: (A flu shot is an influenza vaccine injected in your arm. During the past 12 months, have you had a flu shot?)

2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)*

Immunization

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	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	15,536	6,432	34.3	33.3-35.3	9,104	65.7	64.7-66.7
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	566	253	37.3	32.3-42.5	313	62.7	57.5-67.7
GENDER
Male	217	93	33.8	26.7-41.7	124	66.2	58.3-73.3
Female	349	160	40.3	33.6-47.4	189	59.7	52.6-66.4
RACE
White	503	234	38.8	33.6-44.4	269	61.2	55.6-66.4
Other	62	19	17.5	8.3-33.3	43	82.5	66.7-91.7
AGE
18-44	137	33	21.8	14.1-32.1	104	78.2	67.9-85.9
45+	428	220	47.4	41.7-53.2	208	52.6	46.8-58.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	263	111	31.4	24.3-39.4	152	68.6	60.6-75.7
Some College +	299	141	42.8	36.0-49.8	158	57.2	50.2-64.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	365	155	35.1	29.0-41.8	210	64.9	58.2-71.0
$50,000+	127	62	47.4	37.2-57.9	65	52.6	42.1-62.8

Total
Respond.^

Yes

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

15,536

6,432

34.3

33.3-35.3

9,104

65.7

64.7-66.7

-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)

566

253

37.3

32.3-42.5

313

62.7

57.5-67.7

GENDER

Male

217

33.8

26.7-41.7

124

66.2

58.3-73.3

Female

349

160

40.3

33.6-47.4

189

59.7

52.6-66.4

RACE

White

503

234

38.8

33.6-44.4

269

61.2

55.6-66.4

Other

17.5

8.3-33.3

82.5

66.7-91.7

AGE

18-44

137

21.8

14.1-32.1

104

78.2

67.9-85.9

45+

428

220

47.4

41.7-53.2

208

52.6

46.8-58.3

EDUCATION

H.S. or Less

263

111

31.4

24.3-39.4

152

68.6

60.6-75.7

Some College +

299

141

42.8

36.0-49.8

158

57.2

50.2-64.0

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $50,000

365

155

35.1

29.0-41.8

210

64.9

58.2-71.0

$50,000+

127

47.4

37.2-57.9

52.6

42.1-62.8

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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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