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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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
-AFRICAN AMERICANS 439 43 13.3 8.2-20.7 396 86.7 79.3-91.8
GENDER
Female 439 43 13.3 8.2-20.7 396 86.7 79.3-91.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 5 1 34.9 5.1-84.3 4 65.1 15.7-94.9
Non-Hispanic 434 42 13.0 7.9-20.5 392 87.0 79.5-92.1
AGE
18-24 35 10 22.2 8.2-47.6 25 77.8 52.4-91.8
25-34 133 14 10.4 5.2-19.7 119 89.6 80.3-94.8
35-44 166 12 13.2 5.9-26.8 154 86.8 73.2-94.1
45-49 105 7 5.6 2.2-13.4 98 94.4 86.6-97.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 46 6 16.3 6.2-36.7 40 83.7 63.3-93.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 120 12 9.6 4.4-19.7 108 90.4 80.3-95.6
Some Post-H.S. 125 11 20.6 8.3-42.7 114 79.4 57.3-91.7
College Graduate 146 14 9.5 5.0-17.3 132 90.5 82.7-95.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 86 9 21.7 7.3-49.3 77 78.3 50.7-92.7
$15,000- 24,999 84 6 9.8 3.6-23.9 78 90.2 76.1-96.4
$25,000- 34,999 50 1 0.6 0.1- 4.5 49 99.4 95.5-99.9
$35,000-49,999 45 7 16.9 7.1-35.1 38 83.1 64.9-92.9
$50,000- 74,999 67 8 19.7 8.0-41.1 59 80.3 58.9-92.0
$75,000+ 68 7 10.5 3.7-26.3 61 89.5 73.7-96.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 119 9 16.7 5.6-40.4 110 83.3 59.6-94.4
No 316 34 11.9 7.7-17.9 282 88.1 82.1-92.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 19 2 6.5 1.5-24.5 17 93.5 75.5-98.5
Non-Veteran 388 38 13.8 8.4-22.0 350 86.2 78.0-91.6

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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