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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Immunization

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 13,051 6,406 40.9 39.4-42.4 6,645 59.1 57.6-60.6
-Eastern NC 3,596 1,636 37.0 34.2-40.0 1,960 63.0 60.0-65.8
GENDER
Male 1,297 592 33.7 29.3-38.4 705 66.3 61.6-70.7
Female 2,299 1,044 40.1 36.6-43.7 1,255 59.9 56.3-63.4
RACE
White 2,407 1,189 40.3 36.8-43.9 1,218 59.7 56.1-63.2
African American 827 315 32.2 26.9-38.1 512 67.8 61.9-73.1
Other Minorities 339 119 27.7 19.0-38.6 220 72.3 61.4-81.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 145 46 17.0 9.9-27.7 99 83.0 72.3-90.1
Non-Hispanic 3,444 1,587 38.5 35.6-41.5 1,857 61.5 58.5-64.4
AGE
18-24 135 29 20.1 11.9-32.0 106 79.9 68.0-88.1
25-34 385 103 20.0 14.8-26.4 282 80.0 73.6-85.2
35-44 544 153 28.5 22.8-35.0 391 71.5 65.0-77.2
45-54 708 249 35.0 29.6-40.7 459 65.0 59.3-70.4
55-64 734 348 48.6 43.0-54.1 386 51.4 45.9-57.0
65+ 1,062 737 69.6 64.9-73.9 325 30.4 26.1-35.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 492 220 36.6 29.1-44.8 272 63.4 55.2-70.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,147 492 32.4 27.7-37.5 655 67.6 62.5-72.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,005 417 35.6 30.0-41.5 588 64.4 58.5-70.0
College Graduate 946 504 45.3 40.4-50.4 442 54.7 49.6-59.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 462 196 32.2 24.7-40.8 266 67.8 59.2-75.3
$15,000- 24,999 614 254 31.0 25.0-37.7 360 69.0 62.3-75.0
$25,000- 34,999 364 154 27.3 20.6-35.3 210 72.7 64.7-79.4
$35,000- 49,999 485 220 34.7 27.8-42.3 265 65.3 57.7-72.2
$50,000-74,999 482 218 42.7 35.8-49.9 264 57.3 50.1-64.2
$75,000+ 674 335 45.2 38.1-52.4 339 54.8 47.6-61.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,355 693 42.7 37.7-47.8 662 57.3 52.2-62.3
No 2,041 883 35.7 32.1-39.6 1,158 64.3 60.4-67.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 571 323 49.6 42.2-57.1 248 50.4 42.9-57.8
Non-Veteran 2,719 1,181 34.1 31.0-37.5 1,538 65.9 62.5-69.0

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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.

**Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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