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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Immunization-MALES

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%)
TOTAL 5,323 243 6.4 5.3- 7.8 5,080 93.6 92.2-94.7
RACE
White 4,241 152 5.4 4.2- 6.9 4,089 94.6 93.1-95.8
African American 674 62 10.4 6.8-15.4 612 89.6 84.6-93.2
Asian 39 1 3.6 0.5-21.6 38 96.4 78.4-99.5
Native American 91 11 17.9 8.8-32.9 80 82.1 67.1-91.2
Other Minorities 255 16 5.8 3.1-10.5 239 94.2 89.5-96.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 246 12 5.0 2.5- 9.9 234 95.0 90.1-97.5
-English Speaking 79 2 2.3 0.5-10.1 77 97.7 89.9-99.5
-Spanish Speaking 167 10 5.8 2.7-12.1 157 94.2 87.9-97.3
Non-Hispanic 5,060 231 6.6 5.4- 8.1 4,829 93.4 91.9-94.6
AGE
18-24 206 29 15.5 10.0-23.1 177 84.5 76.9-90.0
25-34 476 39 8.6 5.6-13.1 437 91.4 86.9-94.4
35-44 863 45 4.5 3.2- 6.2 818 95.5 93.8-96.8
45-54 1,123 76 5.7 4.3- 7.6 1,047 94.3 92.4-95.7
55-64 1,166 34 3.4 2.2- 5.2 1,132 96.6 94.8-97.8
65-74 922 16 1.8 1.0- 3.2 906 98.2 96.8-99.0
75+ 550 4 0.8 0.3- 2.1 546 99.2 97.9-99.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 777 48 7.8 5.3-11.3 729 92.2 88.7-94.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,554 76 7.2 4.9-10.4 1,478 92.8 89.6-95.1
Some Post-H.S. 1,262 56 7.8 5.1-11.9 1,206 92.2 88.1-94.9
College Graduate 1,721 63 3.9 2.9- 5.3 1,658 96.1 94.7-97.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 405 31 6.8 4.0-11.1 374 93.2 88.9-96.0
$15,000- 24,999 821 47 8.5 5.1-13.8 774 91.5 86.2-94.9
$25,000- 34,999 601 33 8.0 4.7-13.2 568 92.0 86.8-95.3
$35,000- 49,999 814 30 6.4 4.0-10.1 784 93.6 89.9-96.0
$50,000-74,999 839 31 4.6 2.5- 8.2 808 95.4 91.8-97.5
$75,000+ 1,320 46 5.7 3.6- 9.0 1,274 94.3 91.0-96.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,870 103 8.4 6.2-11.4 1,767 91.6 88.6-93.8
No 3,216 128 5.5 4.2- 7.2 3,088 94.5 92.8-95.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,944 57 4.6 3.0- 7.0 1,887 95.4 93.0-97.0
Non-Veteran 3,377 186 7.0 5.6- 8.8 3,191 93.0 91.2-94.4

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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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