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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Immunization

A flu shot is an influenza vaccine injected in your arm. During the past 12 months,
have you had a flu shot?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,720 6,988 38.5 37.3-39.6 7,732 61.5 60.4-62.7
-Western NC 2,888 1,436 41.0 38.6-43.4 1,452 59.0 56.6-61.4
GENDER
Male 1,073 505 36.6 33.0-40.4 568 63.4 59.6-67.0
Female 1,815 931 45.1 42.2-48.0 884 54.9 52.0-57.8
RACE
White 2,666 1,348 41.6 39.2-44.1 1,318 58.4 55.9-60.8
African American 94 39 36.1 24.1-50.2 55 63.9 49.8-75.9
Other Minorities 118 43 33.8 21.9-48.1 75 66.2 51.9-78.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 69 27 39.9 24.9-57.0 42 60.1 43.0-75.1
Non-Hispanic 2,812 1,404 41.0 38.6-43.4 1,408 59.0 56.6-61.4
AGE
18-24 78 26 31.1 20.1-44.8 52 68.9 55.2-79.9
25-34 235 47 18.1 13.3-24.3 188 81.9 75.7-86.7
35-44 377 104 27.1 22.2-32.5 273 72.9 67.5-77.8
45-54 525 206 38.3 33.4-43.5 319 61.7 56.5-66.6
55-64 645 337 52.0 47.5-56.4 308 48.0 43.6-52.5
65-74 575 377 65.2 60.6-69.5 198 34.8 30.5-39.4
75+ 441 331 76.4 71.6-80.7 110 23.6 19.3-28.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 455 217 39.1 33.2-45.3 238 60.9 54.7-66.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 909 438 38.4 34.1-42.8 471 61.6 57.2-65.9
Some Post-H.S. 751 362 40.5 36.1-45.2 389 59.5 54.8-63.9
College Graduate 767 416 45.6 41.1-50.1 351 54.4 49.9-58.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 351 173 41.7 35.1-48.7 178 58.3 51.3-64.9
$15,000- 24,999 559 278 36.8 31.8-42.2 281 63.2 57.8-68.2
$25,000- 34,999 312 148 36.0 28.8-43.9 164 64.0 56.1-71.2
$35,000- 49,999 452 206 37.7 32.2-43.5 246 62.3 56.5-67.8
$50,000-74,999 396 193 41.1 35.2-47.3 203 58.9 52.7-64.8
$75,000+ 431 235 49.9 44.1-55.8 196 50.1 44.2-55.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,123 647 49.9 45.8-53.9 476 50.1 46.1-54.2
No 1,640 743 37.7 34.7-40.8 897 62.3 59.2-65.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 441 266 54.7 48.5-60.7 175 45.3 39.3-51.5
Non-Veteran 2,447 1,170 38.8 36.3-41.4 1,277 61.2 58.6-63.7

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^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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