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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Immunization

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,195 4,357 26.4 25.1-27.8 7,838 73.6 72.2-74.9
-Western NC 2,626 1,014 29.3 26.3-32.4 1,612 70.7 67.6-73.7
GENDER
Male 989 366 29.0 23.8-34.7 623 71.0 65.3-76.2
Female 1,637 648 29.5 26.5-32.7 989 70.5 67.3-73.5
RACE
White 2,421 946 30.2 27.0-33.5 1,475 69.8 66.5-73.0
African American 71 26 20.9 11.8-34.3 45 79.1 65.7-88.2
Other Minorities 123 38 18.0 10.0-30.3 85 82.0 69.7-90.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 51 12 16.0 6.3-35.0 39 84.0 65.0-93.7
Non-Hispanic 2,570 1,001 29.7 26.7-32.9 1,569 70.3 67.1-73.3
AGE
18-24 75 14 25.3 10.6-49.1 61 74.7 50.9-89.4
25-34 163 15 10.5 3.8-25.7 148 89.5 74.3-96.2
35-44 310 26 6.5 4.1-10.2 284 93.5 89.8-95.9
45-54 463 75 13.9 10.7-17.9 388 86.1 82.1-89.3
55-64 621 186 29.6 25.4-34.3 435 70.4 65.7-74.6
65+ 976 694 70.7 66.9-74.2 282 29.3 25.8-33.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 373 187 43.7 32.2-55.9 186 56.3 44.1-67.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 858 324 26.6 23.1-30.4 534 73.4 69.6-76.9
Some Post-H.S. 637 236 23.3 19.3-27.9 401 76.7 72.1-80.7
College Graduate 754 266 30.4 25.3-36.1 488 69.6 63.9-74.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 344 169 36.8 29.0-45.3 175 63.2 54.7-71.0
$15,000- 24,999 486 199 31.2 26.1-36.7 287 68.8 63.3-73.9
$25,000- 34,999 329 123 29.8 24.2-36.0 206 70.2 64.0-75.8
$35,000- 49,999 349 119 25.2 20.4-30.8 230 74.8 69.2-79.6
$50,000-74,999 333 99 26.4 18.1-36.9 234 73.6 63.1-81.9
$75,000+ 382 118 21.1 16.5-26.7 264 78.9 73.3-83.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,010 522 40.9 36.9-45.1 488 59.1 54.9-63.1
No 1,513 452 22.4 19.3-25.8 1,061 77.6 74.2-80.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 327 200 55.9 49.3-62.2 127 44.1 37.8-50.7
Non-Veteran 2,076 720 25.6 22.2-29.3 1,356 74.4 70.7-77.8

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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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