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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)

A vaccine to prevent the human papilloma virus 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 2,683 249 11.9 9.7-14.4 2,434 88.1 85.6-90.3
-Eastern NC 803 66 8.9 6.2-12.6 737 91.1 87.4-93.8
GENDER
Female 803 66 8.9 6.2-12.6 737 91.1 87.4-93.8
RACE
White 508 43 8.9 5.8-13.4 465 91.1 86.6-94.2
African American 197 19 11.5 5.8-21.8 178 88.5 78.2-94.2
Other Minorities 94 4 2.3 0.7- 6.7 90 97.7 93.3-99.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 57 5 8.1 2.3-24.6 52 91.9 75.4-97.7
Non-Hispanic 745 61 9.0 6.2-12.9 684 91.0 87.1-93.8
AGE
18-24 59 15 15.8 8.0-28.8 44 84.2 71.2-92.0
25-34 230 19 8.3 4.2-15.8 211 91.7 84.2-95.8
35-44 319 17 7.3 3.4-15.1 302 92.7 84.9-96.6
45-49 195 15 5.1 2.7- 9.6 180 94.9 90.4-97.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 64 6 6.9 2.2-19.5 58 93.1 80.5-97.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 219 21 9.6 5.3-16.9 198 90.4 83.1-94.7
Some Post-H.S. 258 20 9.2 4.7-17.1 238 90.8 82.9-95.3
College Graduate 260 19 8.8 4.2-17.4 241 91.2 82.6-95.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 90 9 10.9 4.7-23.2 81 89.1 76.8-95.3
$15,000- 24,999 118 7 8.0 2.6-22.3 111 92.0 77.7-97.4
$25,000- 34,999 87 6 2.5 0.9- 6.8 81 97.5 93.2-99.1
$35,000- 49,999 123 10 4.8 2.1-10.5 113 95.2 89.5-97.9
$50,000-74,999 132 9 10.1 3.8-24.4 123 89.9 75.6-96.2
$75,000+ 170 14 10.1 4.6-21.0 156 89.9 79.0-95.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 211 16 6.9 3.7-12.6 195 93.1 87.4-96.3
No 586 50 9.6 6.3-14.4 536 90.4 85.6-93.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 41 5 8.3 3.1-20.3 36 91.7 79.7-96.9
Non-Veteran 696 54 8.7 5.9-12.8 642 91.3 87.2-94.1

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This question was asked of females between the ages of 18 and 49.

^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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