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2008 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

Human Papillomavirus (HPV)*

A vaccine to prevent the human papillomavirus or HPV infection is available and
is called cervical cancer vaccine, HPV shot, or GARDASIL.
Have you EVER had the HPV vaccination?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,401 307 12.7 10.8-14.9 3,094 87.3 85.1-89.2
-Durham County 94 6 4.6 1.9-10.4 88 95.4 89.6-98.1
GENDER
Female 94 6 4.6 1.9-10.4 88 95.4 89.6-98.1
RACE
White 45 4 6.5 2.3-16.9 41 93.5 83.1-97.7
Other 49 2 3.3 0.8-13.2 47 96.7 86.8-99.2
AGE
18-44 73 4 4.1 1.5-11.1 69 95.9 88.9-98.5
45+ 21 2 7.0 1.6-25.6 19 93.0 74.4-98.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 23 1 1.9 0.3-12.5 22 98.1 87.5-99.7
Some College + 71 5 5.9 2.3-14.3 66 94.1 85.7-97.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 41 2 2.7 0.7-10.4 39 97.3 89.6-99.3
$50,000+ 46 3 4.8 1.4-15.0 43 95.2 85.0-98.6

Back to Human Papillomavirus (HPV)*.

*Asked of females 18 to 49 years of age.

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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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