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2008 BRFSS Survey Results: Wayne 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
-Wayne County 112 11 10.8 5.0-21.5 101 89.2 78.5-95.0
GENDER
Female 112 11 10.8 5.0-21.5 101 89.2 78.5-95.0
RACE
White 55 7 15.9 6.5-33.8 48 84.1 66.2-93.5
Other 56 4 4.6 1.5-13.2 52 95.4 86.8-98.5
AGE
18-44 84 10 12.0 5.4-24.4 74 88.0 75.6-94.6
45+ 28 1 3.5 0.5-21.1 27 96.5 78.9-99.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 41 5 17.2 5.8-40.9 36 82.8 59.1-94.2
Some College + 71 6 6.5 2.7-14.7 65 93.5 85.3-97.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 63 5 6.0 1.9-17.3 58 94.0 82.7-98.1
$50,000+ 38 5 13.5 5.6-29.1 33 86.5 70.9-94.4

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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