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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Immunization

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,788 4,481 23.8 22.9-24.7 10,307 76.2 75.3-77.1
-Piedmont NC 8,252 2,431 22.3 21.1-23.5 5,821 77.7 76.5-78.9
GENDER
Male 2,967 872 21.6 19.8-23.6 2,095 78.4 76.4-80.2
Female 5,285 1,559 22.9 21.5-24.3 3,726 77.1 75.7-78.5
RACE
White 6,438 2,060 23.9 22.6-25.2 4,378 76.1 74.8-77.4
African American 1,265 270 17.7 15.3-20.4 995 82.3 79.6-84.7
Other Minorities 512 97 19.4 15.1-24.5 415 80.6 75.5-84.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 420 81 19.4 14.7-25.2 339 80.6 74.8-85.3
Non-Hispanic 7,817 2,345 22.6 21.4-23.8 5,472 77.4 76.2-78.6
AGE
18-24 298 33 11.1 7.4-16.3 265 88.9 83.7-92.6
25-34 968 75 8.3 6.2-11.0 893 91.7 89.0-93.8
35-44 1,459 123 9.8 7.9-11.9 1,336 90.2 88.1-92.1
45-54 1,651 218 13.4 11.4-15.6 1,433 86.6 84.4-88.6
55-64 1,617 445 27.9 25.2-30.7 1,172 72.1 69.3-74.8
65-74 1,237 778 62.7 59.3-65.9 459 37.3 34.1-40.7
75+ 956 745 76.7 73.2-79.9 211 23.3 20.1-26.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,186 489 29.7 26.2-33.6 697 70.3 66.4-73.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,379 767 24.3 22.2-26.6 1,612 75.7 73.4-77.8
Some Post-H.S. 2,008 547 20.4 18.2-22.9 1,461 79.6 77.1-81.8
College Graduate 2,655 619 18.8 17.1-20.7 2,036 81.2 79.3-82.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 843 384 34.7 29.8-39.9 459 65.3 60.1-70.2
$15,000- 24,999 1,289 481 28.0 24.9-31.4 808 72.0 68.6-75.1
$25,000- 34,999 912 266 22.7 19.4-26.2 646 77.3 73.8-80.6
$35,000- 49,999 1,139 283 19.6 16.9-22.6 856 80.4 77.4-83.1
$50,000-74,999 1,053 214 16.6 13.7-20.0 839 83.4 80.0-86.3
$75,000+ 1,792 301 14.4 12.6-16.4 1,491 85.6 83.6-87.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,831 1,226 35.7 33.3-38.2 1,605 64.3 61.8-66.7
No 5,186 1,153 16.8 15.6-18.1 4,033 83.2 81.9-84.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,062 526 41.8 38.1-45.6 536 58.2 54.4-61.9
Non-Veteran 7,181 1,905 19.7 18.5-20.9 5,276 80.3 79.1-81.5

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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.

** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

***Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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