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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

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
-Western NC 472 42 15.2 8.4-25.7 430 84.8 74.3-91.6
GENDER
Female 472 42 15.2 8.4-25.7 430 84.8 74.3-91.6
RACE
White 436 41 16.2 9.0-27.3 395 83.8 72.7-91.0
African American 11 1 4.5 0.6-27.9 10 95.5 72.1-99.4
Other Minorities 24 0 0.0 . - . 24 100 . - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic 19 1 13.7 2.0-54.9 18 86.3 45.1-98.0
Non-Hispanic 453 41 15.2 8.3-26.3 412 84.8 73.7-91.7
AGE
18-24 35 12 44.2 20.4-70.9 23 55.8 29.1-79.6
25-34 113 5 5.8 2.2-14.8 108 94.2 85.2-97.8
35-44 199 13 6.2 3.2-11.6 186 93.8 88.4-96.8
45-49 125 12 12.8 5.7-26.1 113 87.2 73.9-94.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 35 2 8.0 1.8-29.2 33 92.0 70.8-98.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 120 13 16.3 8.1-29.8 107 83.7 70.2-91.9
Some Post-H.S. 153 17 24.5 10.5-47.4 136 75.5 52.6-89.5
College Graduate 163 10 4.6 2.3- 9.1 153 95.4 90.9-97.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 44 3 14.3 3.8-40.9 41 85.7 59.1-96.2
$15,000- 24,999 78 7 11.1 4.6-24.4 71 88.9 75.6-95.4
$25,000- 34,999 50 3 2.6 0.8- 8.0 47 97.4 92.0-99.2
$35,000- 49,999 77 10 16.7 8.1-31.3 67 83.3 68.7-91.9
$50,000-74,999 95 4 6.0 1.4-22.7 91 94.0 77.3-98.6
$75,000+ 82 9 31.5 9.9-65.8 73 68.5 34.2-90.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 119 11 12.1 6.2-22.2 108 87.9 77.8-93.8
No 352 31 16.0 8.0-29.4 321 84.0 70.6-92.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 11 1 11.5 1.6-50.9 10 88.5 49.1-98.4
Non-Veteran 430 41 16.3 9.1-27.6 389 83.7 72.4-90.9

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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.

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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