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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover 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
-New Hanover County 387 10 3.9 1.5- 9.4 377 96.1 90.6-98.5
GENDER
Male 131 5 5.5 1.6-17.2 126 94.5 82.8-98.4
Female 256 5 2.2 0.9- 5.2 251 97.8 94.8-99.1
RACE
White 332 8 2.7 1.0- 6.6 324 97.3 93.4-99.0
Other 54 2 8.4 1.6-33.7 52 91.6 66.3-98.4
AGE
18-44 101 5 6.0 1.9-17.2 96 94.0 82.8-98.1
45+ 282 5 1.6 0.7- 3.9 277 98.4 96.1-99.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 125 2 6.8 1.7-23.9 123 93.2 76.1-98.3
Some College + 262 8 2.3 1.1- 4.7 254 97.7 95.3-98.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 173 4 5.5 1.6-17.2 169 94.5 82.8-98.4
$50,000+ 164 6 2.7 1.2- 6.1 158 97.3 93.9-98.8

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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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