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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake County

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
-Wake County 644 25 5.1 3.0- 8.4 619 94.9 91.6-97.0
GENDER
Male 224 14 8.0 4.1-15.0 210 92.0 85.0-95.9
Female 420 11 2.6 1.3- 4.9 409 97.4 95.1-98.7
RACE
White 474 15 4.6 2.2- 9.2 459 95.4 90.8-97.8
Other 162 10 6.5 3.2-12.7 152 93.5 87.3-96.8
AGE
18-44 264 12 6.1 3.1-11.9 252 93.9 88.1-96.9
45+ 371 13 3.7 2.0- 6.9 358 96.3 93.1-98.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 132 7 6.1 2.6-13.7 125 93.9 86.3-97.4
Some College + 511 18 4.8 2.5- 8.9 493 95.2 91.1-97.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 250 15 10.0 5.2-18.4 235 90.0 81.6-94.8
$50,000+ 312 7 2.2 0.9- 5.4 305 97.8 94.6-99.1

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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.


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