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2010 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Immunization-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 11,962 6,108 42.2 40.8-43.6 5,854 57.8 56.4-59.2
-AFRICAN AMERICANS 1,852 752 33.5 30.1-37.0 1,100 66.5 63.0-69.9
GENDER
Male 544 197 26.8 21.7-32.7 347 73.2 67.3-78.3
Female 1,308 555 38.5 34.4-42.8 753 61.5 57.2-65.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 18 7 25.6 9.0-54.4 11 74.4 45.6-91.0
Non-Hispanic 1,831 743 33.4 30.0-36.9 1,088 66.6 63.1-70.0
AGE
18-24 73 14 22.4 12.4-37.0 59 77.6 63.0-87.6
25-34 203 51 22.6 15.7-31.4 152 77.4 68.6-84.3
35-44 249 68 21.4 15.5-28.8 181 78.6 71.2-84.5
45-54 417 157 37.1 30.3-44.5 260 62.9 55.5-69.7
55-64 438 192 41.9 35.7-48.4 246 58.1 51.6-64.3
65+ 448 256 58.8 51.8-65.5 192 41.2 34.5-48.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 301 131 35.8 27.2-45.5 170 64.2 54.5-72.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 599 220 30.0 24.1-36.6 379 70.0 63.4-75.9
Some Post-H.S. 484 192 35.5 29.5-42.0 292 64.5 58.0-70.5
College Graduate 464 208 35.1 29.0-41.6 256 64.9 58.4-71.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 348 132 33.0 26.6-40.2 216 67.0 59.8-73.4
$15,000- 24,999 380 127 26.2 19.8-33.7 253 73.8 66.3-80.2
$25,000- 34,999 230 96 34.9 25.7-45.3 134 65.1 54.7-74.3
$35,000-49,999 220 100 33.9 25.7-43.2 120 66.1 56.8-74.3
$50,000- 74,999 190 87 36.5 26.9-47.2 103 63.5 52.8-73.1
$75,000+ 196 83 33.8 26.2-42.5 113 66.2 57.5-73.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 782 360 41.0 35.6-46.7 422 59.0 53.3-64.4
No 989 367 29.7 25.5-34.3 622 70.3 65.7-74.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 234 128 45.9 36.7-55.3 106 54.1 44.7-63.3
Non-Veteran 1,617 624 31.6 28.0-35.4 993 68.4 64.6-72.0

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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.

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