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2008 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford 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
-Guilford County 89 9 18.7 7.6-39.1 80 81.3 60.9-92.4
GENDER
Female 89 9 18.7 7.6-39.1 80 81.3 60.9-92.4
RACE
White 51 6 26.7 9.4-56.1 45 73.3 43.9-90.6
Other 36 3 8.4 2.2-26.8 33 91.6 73.2-97.8
AGE
18-44 54 7 23.2 9.0-48.1 47 76.8 51.9-91.0
45+ 35 2 4.9 1.2-18.0 33 95.1 82.0-98.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 26 2 26.6 6.8-64.2 24 73.4 35.8-93.2
Some College + 63 7 12.5 5.5-25.8 56 87.5 74.2-94.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 39 5 16.3 5.2-40.8 34 83.7 59.2-94.8
$50,000+ 41 0 0.0 . - . 41 100 . - .

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*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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