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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Immunization

A flu shot is an influenza vaccine injected in your arm.
During the past 12 months, have you had a flu shot?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,720 6,988 38.5 37.3-39.6 7,732 61.5 60.4-62.7
-Eastern NC 4,755 2,148 37.1 35.2-39.1 2,607 62.9 60.9-64.8
GENDER
Male 1,628 722 35.3 32.2-38.5 906 64.7 61.5-67.8
Female 3,127 1,426 38.9 36.7-41.2 1,701 61.1 58.8-63.3
RACE
White 3,209 1,599 39.6 37.3-42.1 1,610 60.4 57.9-62.7
African American 1,088 407 36.1 32.1-40.4 681 63.9 59.6-67.9
Other Minorities 437 134 25.8 20.6-31.7 303 74.2 68.3-79.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 213 75 28.9 21.6-37.4 138 71.1 62.6-78.4
Non-Hispanic 4,525 2,067 37.9 35.9-39.9 2,458 62.1 60.1-64.1
AGE
18-24 177 44 22.3 15.8-30.4 133 77.7 69.6-84.2
25-34 550 154 26.3 22.0-31.2 396 73.7 68.8-78.0
35-44 749 199 23.1 19.8-26.9 550 76.9 73.1-80.2
45-54 928 307 31.8 28.3-35.6 621 68.2 64.4-71.7
55-64 988 499 52.2 48.5-55.9 489 47.8 44.1-51.5
65-74 781 504 64.2 60.1-68.2 277 35.8 31.8-39.9
75+ 553 429 78.3 73.9-82.1 124 21.7 17.9-26.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 727 338 34.6 29.5-40.1 389 65.4 59.9-70.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,541 676 35.6 32.2-39.0 865 64.4 61.0-67.8
Some Post-H.S. 1,261 535 35.1 31.5-38.9 726 64.9 61.1-68.5
College Graduate 1,219 595 43.4 39.9-46.9 624 56.6 53.1-60.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 538 243 39.8 33.8-46.2 295 60.2 53.8-66.2
$15,000- 24,999 841 371 36.0 31.4-40.8 470 64.0 59.2-68.6
$25,000- 34,999 588 250 36.9 31.3-43.0 338 63.1 57.0-68.7
$35,000- 49,999 657 295 37.5 32.7-42.5 362 62.5 57.5-67.3
$50,000-74,999 652 282 37.6 32.8-42.7 370 62.4 57.3-67.2
$75,000+ 791 361 37.8 33.6-42.3 430 62.2 57.7-66.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,790 974 45.9 42.4-49.5 816 54.1 50.5-57.6
No 2,771 1,114 33.8 31.4-36.3 1,657 66.2 63.7-68.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 781 433 54.9 50.2-59.5 348 45.1 40.5-49.8
Non-Veteran 3,973 1,714 33.4 31.4-35.4 2,259 66.6 64.6-68.6

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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.

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