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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

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
-Mecklenburg County 147 13 15.2 6.8-30.8 134 84.8 69.2-93.2
GENDER
Female 147 13 15.2 6.8-30.8 134 84.8 69.2-93.2
RACE
White 95 8 12.7 5.6-26.0 87 87.3 74.0-94.4
Other 50 5 18.7 5.0-49.9 45 81.3 50.1-95.0
AGE
18-44 105 12 18.2 8.0-36.2 93 81.8 63.8-92.0
45+ 42 1 2.3 0.3-14.7 41 97.7 85.3-99.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 21 1 2.7 0.4-17.5 20 97.3 82.5-99.6
Some College + 126 12 17.8 7.9-35.6 114 82.2 64.4-92.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 51 3 18.8 4.1-55.4 48 81.2 44.6-95.9
$50,000+ 79 8 11.5 5.6-22.4 71 88.5 77.6-94.4

Back to Human Papilloma Virus (HPV).

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.

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