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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake 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
-Wake County 158 13 8.4 4.3-15.8 145 91.6 84.2-95.7
GENDER
Female 158 13 8.4 4.3-15.8 145 91.6 84.2-95.7
RACE
White 111 8 8.8 3.7-19.8 103 91.2 80.2-96.3
Other 45 4 7.1 2.6-18.2 41 92.9 81.8-97.4
AGE
18-44 127 11 9.0 4.4-17.5 116 91.0 82.5-95.6
45+ 31 2 4.7 1.1-18.3 29 95.3 81.7-98.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 21 2 12.8 2.2-49.1 19 87.2 50.9-97.8
Some College + 137 11 7.3 4.0-13.2 126 92.7 86.8-96.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 41 9 24.7 11.5-45.2 32 75.3 54.8-88.5
$50,000+ 107 3 2.1 0.7- 6.5 104 97.9 93.5-99.3

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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