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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County 681 28 5.3 3.3- 8.3 653 94.7 91.7-96.7
GENDER
Male 247 19 8.5 4.8-14.7 228 91.5 85.3-95.2
Female 434 9 2.2 1.1- 4.3 425 97.8 95.7-98.9
RACE
White 475 20 5.6 3.2- 9.9 455 94.4 90.1-96.8
Other 201 8 4.7 2.1-10.6 193 95.3 89.4-97.9
AGE
18-44 242 16 7.3 4.0-12.7 226 92.7 87.3-96.0
45+ 430 12 2.8 1.5- 5.2 418 97.2 94.8-98.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 179 4 5.3 1.6-16.3 175 94.7 83.7-98.4
Some College + 501 24 5.2 3.4- 8.1 477 94.8 91.9-96.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 250 7 3.2 1.4- 7.0 243 96.8 93.0-98.6
$50,000+ 332 21 8.3 4.8-14.1 311 91.7 85.9-95.2

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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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