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

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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 559 23 3.6 2.0- 6.3 536 96.4 93.7-98.0
GENDER
Male 216 17 5.7 2.8-11.3 199 94.3 88.7-97.2
Female 343 6 1.7 0.7- 3.9 337 98.3 96.1-99.3
RACE
White 499 19 3.1 1.6- 5.9 480 96.9 94.1-98.4
Other 59 4 9.7 2.6-30.2 55 90.3 69.8-97.4
AGE
18-44 135 9 3.2 1.3- 7.4 126 96.8 92.6-98.7
45+ 423 14 3.9 1.8- 8.0 409 96.1 92.0-98.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 260 8 3.1 1.1- 8.9 252 96.9 91.1-98.9
Some College + 295 15 4.0 2.2- 7.4 280 96.0 92.6-97.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 360 18 4.2 2.1- 8.5 342 95.8 91.5-97.9
$50,000+ 126 2 1.3 0.3- 5.4 124 98.7 94.6-99.7

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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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