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2008 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Immunization-AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,708 7,559 40.4 39.2-41.5 8,149 59.6 58.5-60.8
-AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES 716 306 38.0 33.0-43.3 410 62.0 56.7-67.0
AGE
18-24 29 11 43.1 23.0-65.7 18 56.9 34.3-77.0
25-34 69 20 22.6 13.6-35.1 49 77.4 64.9-86.4
35-44 132 39 27.2 19.3-36.8 93 72.8 63.2-80.7
45-54 176 66 37.0 28.1-46.9 110 63.0 53.1-71.9
55-64 152 70 42.8 33.1-53.0 82 57.2 47.0-66.9
65-74 90 53 62.3 50.5-72.9 37 37.7 27.1-49.5
75+ 62 44 72.9 56.4-84.8 18 27.1 15.2-43.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 125 62 48.8 35.0-62.8 63 51.2 37.2-65.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 284 110 36.4 28.4-45.2 174 63.6 54.8-71.6
Some Post-H.S. 173 75 37.0 28.4-46.6 98 63.0 53.4-71.6
College Graduate 131 57 35.8 26.6-46.1 74 64.2 53.9-73.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 102 42 35.1 24.0-48.1 60 64.9 51.9-76.0
$15,000- 24,999 131 69 42.7 29.7-56.8 62 57.3 43.2-70.3
$25,000- 34,999 92 39 44.0 28.1-61.2 53 56.0 38.8-71.9
$35,000- 49,999 130 53 38.0 28.4-48.7 77 62.0 51.3-71.6
$50,000-74,999 87 27 25.2 15.8-37.8 60 74.8 62.2-84.2
$75,000+ 100 44 38.4 27.3-50.8 56 61.6 49.2-72.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 290 151 48.7 40.4-57.1 139 51.3 42.9-59.6
No 392 144 32.2 26.1-38.9 248 67.8 61.1-73.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 244 123 47.5 38.5-56.7 121 52.5 43.3-61.5
Non-Veteran 472 183 34.0 28.3-40.2 289 66.0 59.8-71.7

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^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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