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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I*

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
-Northeast Partnership I 428 22 9.0 5.1-15.4 406 91.0 84.6-94.9
GENDER
Male 150 13 13.7 6.6-26.5 137 86.3 73.5-93.4
Female 278 9 5.1 2.3-11.2 269 94.9 88.8-97.7
RACE
White 204 11 9.2 4.4-18.1 193 90.8 81.9-95.6
Other 223 11 9.0 3.8-19.7 212 91.0 80.3-96.2
AGE
18-44 104 11 17.1 8.3-31.9 93 82.9 68.1-91.7
45+ 320 11 3.9 2.0- 7.4 309 96.1 92.6-98.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 256 17 11.2 5.7-20.9 239 88.8 79.1-94.3
Some College + 171 5 5.2 2.1-12.7 166 94.8 87.3-97.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 281 18 10.4 6.1-17.3 263 89.6 82.7-93.9
$50,000+ 76 1 1.8 0.3-11.9 75 98.2 88.1-99.7

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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.


*Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
*Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.

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