2014 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Immunization

Have you ever had the shingles or zoster vaccine?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,253 1,112 22.5 21.2-23.9 3,141 77.5 76.1-78.8
-Eastern NC 1,354 315 19.9 17.6-22.3 1,039 80.1 77.7-82.4
GENDER
Male 524 122 20.3 16.7-24.4 402 79.7 75.6-83.3
Female 830 193 19.5 16.7-22.7 637 80.5 77.3-83.3
RACE
White 943 274 25.1 22.2-28.4 669 74.9 71.6-77.8
African American 328 30 7.9 5.2-11.9 298 92.1 88.1-94.8
Other minorities 69 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HISPANIC
Hispanic 28 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 1,320 310 20.1 17.8-22.7 1,010 79.9 77.3-82.2
AGE
35-54 177 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 495 60 11.6 8.8-15.1 435 88.4 84.9-91.2
65-74 397 141 33.9 28.7-39.5 256 66.1 60.5-71.3
75+ 266 99 35.6 29.2-42.6 167 64.4 57.4-70.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 180 29 16.5 11.2-23.6 151 83.5 76.4-88.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 416 72 15.3 11.9-19.4 344 84.7 80.6-88.1
Some Post-H.S. 373 85 20.1 15.9-25.0 288 79.9 75.0-84.1
College Graduate 380 129 30.6 25.8-35.8 251 69.4 64.2-74.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 162 22 12.5 7.6-19.7 140 87.5 80.3-92.4
$15,000- 24,999 211 30 12.7 8.4-18.7 181 87.3 81.3-91.6
$25,000- 34,999 150 28 15.4 10.1-22.8 122 84.6 77.2-89.9
$35,000- 49,999 163 38 19.1 13.5-26.3 125 80.9 73.7-86.5
$50,000+ 370 111 26.4 21.7-31.7 259 73.6 68.3-78.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 499 111 19.9 16.1-24.4 388 80.1 75.6-83.9
No 842 202 20.0 17.2-23.0 640 80.0 77.0-82.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 233 73 28.0 22.2-34.5 160 72.0 65.5-77.8
Non-Veteran 1,120 242 18.1 15.7-20.8 878 81.9 79.2-84.3
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 1,145 254 19.2 16.8-21.9 891 80.8 78.1-83.2
No 209 61 24.1 18.3-31.0 148 75.9 69.0-81.7

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*Question asked of those age 50 or older.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2014 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2014 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^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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