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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

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
-Eastern NC 4,768 176 5.5 4.4- 6.9 4,592 94.5 93.1-95.6
GENDER
Male 1,638 88 7.7 5.6-10.4 1,550 92.3 89.6-94.4
Female 3,130 88 3.4 2.5- 4.4 3,042 96.6 95.6-97.5
RACE
White 3,216 95 4.6 3.4- 6.3 3,121 95.4 93.7-96.6
African American 1,092 53 6.9 4.5-10.5 1,039 93.1 89.5-95.5
Other Minorities 439 28 7.4 4.2-12.7 411 92.6 87.3-95.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 215 10 6.2 2.4-14.8 205 93.8 85.2-97.6
Non-Hispanic 4,536 166 5.4 4.3- 6.9 4,370 94.6 93.1-95.7
AGE
18-24 179 26 14.1 8.6-22.1 153 85.9 77.9-91.4
25-34 553 38 6.8 4.5-10.3 515 93.2 89.7-95.5
35-44 749 38 4.9 3.3- 7.2 711 95.1 92.8-96.7
45-54 932 45 4.6 3.2- 6.6 887 95.4 93.4-96.8
55-64 992 17 2.1 1.0- 4.3 975 97.9 95.7-99.0
65-74 782 9 1.1 0.6- 2.2 773 98.9 97.8-99.4
75+ 553 3 0.5 0.1- 1.6 550 99.5 98.4-99.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 729 29 7.2 4.1-12.3 700 92.8 87.7-95.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,544 63 6.3 4.3- 9.2 1,481 93.7 90.8-95.7
Some Post-H.S. 1,266 53 5.6 3.6- 8.7 1,213 94.4 91.3-96.4
College Graduate 1,222 31 2.9 1.9- 4.5 1,191 97.1 95.5-98.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 541 29 5.5 3.5- 8.6 512 94.5 91.4-96.5
$15,000- 24,999 842 53 8.3 5.8-11.8 789 91.7 88.2-94.2
$25,000- 34,999 588 30 9.0 5.0-15.7 558 91.0 84.3-95.0
$35,000- 49,999 662 17 3.6 2.0- 6.3 645 96.4 93.7-98.0
$50,000-74,999 655 12 1.6 0.8- 3.0 643 98.4 97.0-99.2
$75,000+ 791 18 3.8 1.6- 8.7 773 96.2 91.3-98.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,796 79 6.5 4.8- 8.7 1,717 93.5 91.3-95.2
No 2,777 81 4.5 3.1- 6.4 2,696 95.5 93.6-96.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 786 20 5.0 2.4-10.3 766 95.0 89.7-97.6
Non-Veteran 3,981 156 5.6 4.4- 7.1 3,825 94.4 92.9-95.6

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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.

** 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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