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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

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 II 501 16 4.1 2.0- 8.0 485 95.9 92.0-98.0
GENDER
Male 178 11 5.1 2.0-12.3 167 94.9 87.7-98.0
Female 323 5 3.1 1.1- 8.3 318 96.9 91.7-98.9
RACE
White 335 6 1.1 0.4- 2.8 329 98.9 97.2-99.6
Other 164 10 9.2 4.1-19.2 154 90.8 80.8-95.9
AGE
18-44 129 6 6.5 2.5-15.5 123 93.5 84.5-97.5
45+ 369 10 2.2 1.1- 4.3 359 97.8 95.7-98.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 280 10 3.3 1.4- 7.6 270 96.7 92.4-98.6
Some College + 221 6 5.1 1.8-13.8 215 94.9 86.2-98.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 297 9 2.6 1.2- 5.5 288 97.4 94.5-98.8
$50,000+ 130 3 5.3 1.1-21.4 127 94.7 78.6-98.9

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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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