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2008 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Human Papillomavirus (HPV)--By Risks, Conditions, and Quality of Life Measures

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%)
TOTAL 3,401 307 12.7 10.8-14.9 3,094 87.3 85.1-89.2
Have Health Insurance
Yes 2,756 265 14.0 11.7-16.6 2,491 86.0 83.4-88.3
No 641 42 8.1 5.1-12.7 599 91.9 87.3-94.9
Body Mass Index
Underweight 59 10 16.9 5.7-40.5 49 83.1 59.5-94.3
Recommended Range 1,230 107 13.4 10.0-17.7 1,123 86.6 82.3-90.0
Overweight 916 77 12.2 9.2-16.1 839 87.8 83.9-90.8
Obese 990 89 11.6 8.2-16.2 901 88.4 83.8-91.8
Current Smoker
No 2,667 250 13.3 11.1-15.8 2,417 86.7 84.2-88.9
Yes 728 57 10.7 7.2-15.7 671 89.3 84.3-92.8
History of CVD**
Yes 90 12 27.2 11.0-52.9 78 72.8 47.1-89.0
No 3,301 295 12.4 10.5-14.6 3,006 87.6 85.4-89.5
Binge Drinker
No 3,042 269 12.1 10.2-14.4 2,773 87.9 85.6-89.8
Yes 337 35 18.6 11.5-28.7 302 81.4 71.3-88.5
Heavy Drinker
No 3,242 296 12.4 10.5-14.6 2,946 87.6 85.4-89.5
Yes 128 9 22.8 9.4-45.5 119 77.2 54.5-90.6
Current Asthma
Yes 326 34 16.9 9.9-27.3 292 83.1 72.7-90.1
No 3,061 273 12.3 10.4-14.6 2,788 87.7 85.4-89.6
Diabetes
Yes 154 10 6.3 2.2-16.6 144 93.7 83.4-97.8
No 3,247 297 13.0 11.0-15.3 2,950 87.0 84.7-89.0
Disability
Yes 828 69 12.5 8.4-18.2 759 87.5 81.8-91.6
No 2,562 238 12.8 10.7-15.3 2,324 87.2 84.7-89.3

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*Asked of females 18 to 49 years of age.

**History of Cardiovascular Disease: includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

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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