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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Rowan 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
-Rowan County 84 8 9.1 4.1-19.3 76 90.9 80.7-95.9
GENDER
Female 84 8 9.1 4.1-19.3 76 90.9 80.7-95.9
RACE
White 69 8 12.1 5.4-24.9 61 87.9 75.1-94.6
Other 14 0 0.0 . - . 14 100 . - .
AGE
18-44 63 6 9.4 3.8-21.6 57 90.6 78.4-96.2
45+ 21 2 7.8 1.9-27.0 19 92.2 73.0-98.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 36 5 10.7 3.8-27.0 31 89.3 73.0-96.2
Some College + 48 3 7.8 2.1-24.5 45 92.2 75.5-97.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 46 3 5.8 1.6-19.5 43 94.2 80.5-98.4
$50,000+ 31 3 7.8 2.4-22.8 28 92.2 77.2-97.6

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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.

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