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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston 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
-Gaston County 387 21 6.0 3.4-10.3 366 94.0 89.7-96.6
GENDER
Male 149 7 4.4 1.8-10.6 142 95.6 89.4-98.2
Female 238 14 7.6 3.7-14.8 224 92.4 85.2-96.3
RACE
White 337 20 6.8 3.8-11.9 317 93.2 88.1-96.2
Other 50 1 2.0 0.3-13.1 49 98.0 86.9-99.7
AGE
18-44 116 10 8.1 3.8-16.2 106 91.9 83.8-96.2
45+ 270 10 3.6 1.6- 7.9 260 96.4 92.1-98.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 197 11 7.1 3.3-14.6 186 92.9 85.4-96.7
Some College + 190 10 4.7 2.1-10.2 180 95.3 89.8-97.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 208 12 4.0 2.1- 7.6 196 96.0 92.4-97.9
$50,000+ 116 5 4.9 1.7-13.4 111 95.1 86.6-98.3

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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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