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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Union 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
-Union County 108 7 7.2 3.2-15.5 101 92.8 84.5-96.8
GENDER
Female 108 7 7.2 3.2-15.5 101 92.8 84.5-96.8
RACE
White 90 5 6.3 2.3-16.0 85 93.7 84.0-97.7
Other 18 2 10.9 2.7-35.4 16 89.1 64.6-97.3
AGE
18-44 84 5 7.1 2.8-17.1 79 92.9 82.9-97.2
45+ 24 2 7.7 1.7-28.8 22 92.3 71.2-98.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 25 3 18.2 6.0-43.7 22 81.8 56.3-94.0
Some College + 83 4 3.8 1.3-10.4 79 96.2 89.6-98.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 36 2 5.3 1.1-22.4 34 94.7 77.6-98.9
$50,000+ 61 4 6.6 2.3-17.4 57 93.4 82.6-97.7

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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