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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Rowan 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
-Rowan County 450 13 5.0 2.6- 9.5 437 95.0 90.5-97.4
GENDER
Male 188 8 7.2 3.3-15.0 180 92.8 85.0-96.7
Female 262 5 2.6 0.7- 9.3 257 97.4 90.7-99.3
RACE
White 383 7 2.8 1.0- 7.5 376 97.2 92.5-99.0
Other 65 6 13.7 5.6-29.7 59 86.3 70.3-94.4
AGE
18-44 130 8 8.2 3.8-17.0 122 91.8 83.0-96.2
45+ 316 5 1.6 0.6- 4.1 311 98.4 95.9-99.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 213 8 6.9 3.1-14.7 205 93.1 85.3-96.9
Some College + 237 5 2.8 0.9- 8.9 232 97.2 91.1-99.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 265 7 5.0 2.0-11.7 258 95.0 88.3-98.0
$50,000+ 133 3 1.8 0.6- 5.7 130 98.2 94.3-99.4

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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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