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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe 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 14,727 484 4.9 4.2- 5.7 14,243 95.1 94.3-95.8
-Buncombe County 354 13 5.5 2.5-11.8 341 94.5 88.2-97.5
GENDER
Male 134 7 8.4 3.4-19.6 127 91.6 80.4-96.6
Female 220 6 2.0 0.8- 4.8 214 98.0 95.2-99.2
RACE
White 310 8 2.1 1.0- 4.6 302 97.9 95.4-99.0
Other 42 5 26.3 9.3-55.2 37 73.7 44.8-90.7
AGE
18-44 94 6 8.9 3.4-21.4 88 91.1 78.6-96.6
45+ 257 7 2.2 0.9- 5.2 250 97.8 94.8-99.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 130 5 5.0 1.4-16.4 125 95.0 83.6-98.6
Some College + 223 8 5.9 2.2-15.2 215 94.1 84.8-97.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 192 7 7.7 2.8-19.1 185 92.3 80.9-97.2
$50,000+ 115 5 3.6 1.4- 9.4 110 96.4 90.6-98.6

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Risk behaviors include having multiple sex partners, intravenous drug use, HIV positive -- see questionnaire for complete 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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