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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Immunization

A flu shot is an influenza vaccine injected in your arm. During the past 12 months,
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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
-Piedmont NC 6,668 3,407 42.6 40.6-44.5 3,261 57.4 55.5-59.4
GENDER
Male 2,523 1,211 37.4 34.5-40.4 1,312 62.6 59.6-65.5
Female 4,145 2,196 47.5 44.9-50.0 1,949 52.5 50.0-55.1
RACE
White 5,376 2,895 46.7 44.6-48.9 2,481 53.3 51.1-55.4
African American 912 375 38.8 33.9-43.9 537 61.2 56.1-66.1
Other Minorities 328 116 21.6 16.5-27.8 212 78.4 72.2-83.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 232 79 22.0 15.8-29.9 153 78.0 70.1-84.2
Non-Hispanic 6,415 3,315 44.3 42.3-46.3 3,100 55.7 53.7-57.7
AGE
18-24 178 51 26.8 19.4-35.9 127 73.2 64.1-80.6
25-34 630 208 30.6 25.8-35.9 422 69.4 64.1-74.2
35-44 1,066 366 33.9 30.1-37.9 700 66.1 62.1-69.9
45-54 1,328 539 39.6 36.0-43.3 789 60.4 56.7-64.0
55-64 1,364 750 53.5 49.8-57.2 614 46.5 42.8-50.2
65+ 2,036 1,460 73.1 70.3-75.7 576 26.9 24.3-29.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 809 408 31.5 26.0-37.5 401 68.5 62.5-74.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,824 852 39.1 35.1-43.2 972 60.9 56.8-64.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,611 807 41.3 37.6-45.1 804 58.7 54.9-62.4
College Graduate 2,414 1,334 50.1 47.2-52.9 1,080 49.9 47.1-52.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 602 267 30.1 24.0-37.0 335 69.9 63.0-76.0
$15,000- 24,999 927 484 42.1 36.7-47.7 443 57.9 52.3-63.3
$25,000- 34,999 635 321 39.0 33.0-45.4 314 61.0 54.6-67.0
$35,000- 49,999 837 411 43.2 37.4-49.2 426 56.8 50.8-62.6
$50,000-74,999 953 479 44.7 39.8-49.7 474 55.3 50.3-60.2
$75,000+ 1,679 887 48.8 45.4-52.2 792 51.2 47.8-54.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,142 1,254 48.2 44.6-51.9 888 51.8 48.1-55.4
No 4,184 1,995 40.5 38.2-42.9 2,189 59.5 57.1-61.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 779 494 54.9 49.2-60.4 285 45.1 39.6-50.8
Non-Veteran 5,334 2,636 41.0 38.9-43.2 2,698 59.0 56.8-61.1

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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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