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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
-Piedmont NC 7,072 224 4.8 3.9- 6.0 6,848 95.2 94.0-96.1
GENDER
Male 2,613 114 6.1 4.5- 8.1 2,499 93.9 91.9-95.5
Female 4,459 110 3.6 2.6- 4.9 4,349 96.4 95.1-97.4
RACE
White 5,654 157 4.3 3.3- 5.6 5,497 95.7 94.4-96.7
African American 981 48 6.5 4.0-10.4 933 93.5 89.6-96.0
Other Minorities 414 18 5.3 3.0- 9.2 396 94.7 90.8-97.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 311 12 4.0 1.9- 8.2 299 96.0 91.8-98.1
Non-Hispanic 6,748 212 4.9 3.9- 6.1 6,536 95.1 93.9-96.1
AGE
18-24 236 29 14.1 9.1-21.3 207 85.9 78.7-90.9
25-34 711 36 5.8 3.5- 9.6 675 94.2 90.4-96.5
35-44 1,207 57 4.1 3.0- 5.5 1,150 95.9 94.5-97.0
45-54 1,459 55 3.4 2.4- 4.7 1,404 96.6 95.3-97.6
55-64 1,426 30 2.3 1.5- 3.7 1,396 97.7 96.3-98.5
65-74 1,117 12 1.6 0.8- 3.0 1,105 98.4 97.0-99.2
75+ 870 4 0.4 0.1- 1.2 866 99.6 98.8-99.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 938 38 5.1 3.4- 7.5 900 94.9 92.5-96.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,965 52 4.8 3.0- 7.5 1,913 95.2 92.5-97.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,783 57 6.6 4.3-10.2 1,726 93.4 89.8-95.7
College Graduate 2,379 77 3.4 2.5- 4.4 2,302 96.6 95.6-97.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 644 24 4.6 2.6- 7.9 620 95.4 92.1-97.4
$15,000- 24,999 1,000 35 7.4 4.1-13.1 965 92.6 86.9-95.9
$25,000- 34,999 716 21 2.6 1.5- 4.6 695 97.4 95.4-98.5
$35,000- 49,999 976 32 5.6 3.4- 9.2 944 94.4 90.8-96.6
$50,000-74,999 1,040 36 5.0 3.0- 8.2 1,004 95.0 91.8-97.0
$75,000+ 1,694 49 4.6 2.9- 7.2 1,645 95.4 92.8-97.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,365 95 6.6 4.7- 9.2 2,270 93.4 90.8-95.3
No 4,410 123 4.2 3.1- 5.6 4,287 95.8 94.4-96.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 941 28 4.3 2.5- 7.2 913 95.7 92.8-97.5
Non-Veteran 6,129 196 4.9 3.9- 6.2 5,933 95.1 93.8-96.1

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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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