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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western NC 2,887 84 4.2 3.1- 5.8 2,803 95.8 94.2-96.9
GENDER
Male 1,072 41 5.3 3.3- 8.3 1,031 94.7 91.7-96.7
Female 1,815 43 3.2 2.2- 4.7 1,772 96.8 95.3-97.8
RACE
White 2,665 72 3.3 2.4- 4.5 2,593 96.7 95.5-97.6
African American 94 4 12.8 3.0-41.6 90 87.2 58.4-97.0
Other Minorities 118 8 14.0 6.2-28.8 110 86.0 71.2-93.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 69 2 7.0 1.8-23.9 67 93.0 76.1-98.2
Non-Hispanic 2,811 82 4.1 3.0- 5.7 2,729 95.9 94.3-97.0
AGE
18-24 78 9 10.4 4.6-21.9 69 89.6 78.1-95.4
25-34 237 13 7.0 3.5-13.6 224 93.0 86.4-96.5
35-44 379 17 5.2 2.9- 9.2 362 94.8 90.8-97.1
45-54 525 27 4.5 2.9- 6.9 498 95.5 93.1-97.1
55-64 645 9 0.9 0.5- 1.8 636 99.1 98.2-99.5
65-74 574 5 0.8 0.3- 2.1 569 99.2 97.9-99.7
75+ 437 4 0.9 0.3- 2.6 433 99.1 97.4-99.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 454 16 6.3 3.2-12.1 438 93.7 87.9-96.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 908 20 2.3 1.2- 4.6 888 97.7 95.4-98.8
Some Post-H.S. 751 31 7.0 4.1-11.6 720 93.0 88.4-95.9
College Graduate 768 17 2.8 1.5- 4.9 751 97.2 95.1-98.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 348 12 4.8 2.2-10.3 336 95.2 89.7-97.8
$15,000- 24,999 560 27 8.7 5.2-14.4 533 91.3 85.6-94.8
$25,000- 34,999 312 5 4.4 1.2-15.2 307 95.6 84.8-98.8
$35,000- 49,999 452 12 3.6 1.6- 7.6 440 96.4 92.4-98.4
$50,000-74,999 396 12 3.0 1.5- 5.7 384 97.0 94.3-98.5
$75,000+ 431 9 2.3 1.0- 5.0 422 97.7 95.0-99.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,118 41 5.1 3.4- 7.5 1,077 94.9 92.5-96.6
No 1,644 41 4.0 2.5- 6.3 1,603 96.0 93.7-97.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 440 16 3.9 2.2- 6.7 424 96.1 93.3-97.8
Non-Veteran 2,447 68 4.3 3.0- 6.1 2,379 95.7 93.9-97.0

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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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