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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Union 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
-Union County 371 6 1.6 0.6- 4.1 365 98.4 95.9-99.4
GENDER
Male 146 4 2.3 0.7- 7.7 142 97.7 92.3-99.3
Female 225 2 0.8 0.2- 3.2 223 99.2 96.8-99.8
RACE
White 317 4 1.0 0.4- 2.6 313 99.0 97.4-99.6
Other 53 2 3.5 0.7-16.6 51 96.5 83.4-99.3
AGE
18-44 122 2 1.7 0.4- 7.7 120 98.3 92.3-99.6
45+ 247 4 1.4 0.5- 3.7 243 98.6 96.3-99.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 152 5 2.1 0.8- 5.1 147 97.9 94.9-99.2
Some College + 219 1 1.2 0.2- 7.7 218 98.8 92.3-99.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 162 4 3.0 0.9- 9.3 158 97.0 90.7-99.1
$50,000+ 157 1 0.4 0.1- 2.9 156 99.6 97.1-99.9

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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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