2014 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
-Piedmont NC 2,218 616 23.9 22.0-25.9 1,602 76.1 74.1-78.0
GENDER
Male 907 238 22.3 19.5-25.3 669 77.7 74.7-80.5
Female 1,311 378 25.3 22.7-27.9 933 74.7 72.1-77.3
RACE
White 1,718 547 27.7 25.5-30.1 1,171 72.3 69.9-74.5
African American 390 55 13.0 9.6-17.4 335 87.0 82.6-90.4
Other minorities 86 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HISPANIC
Hispanic 54 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 2,147 610 24.5 22.6-26.5 1,537 75.5 73.5-77.4
AGE
35-54 307 16 4.7 2.8- 7.8 291 95.3 92.2-97.2
55-64 720 142 19.3 16.3-22.6 578 80.7 77.4-83.7
65-74 666 266 39.9 35.7-44.1 400 60.1 55.9-64.3
75+ 471 180 36.0 31.2-41.1 291 64.0 58.9-68.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 260 45 15.7 11.6-20.9 215 84.3 79.1-88.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 581 150 22.9 19.4-26.7 431 77.1 73.3-80.6
Some Post-H.S. 569 142 23.0 19.4-27.0 427 77.0 73.0-80.6
College Graduate 795 276 30.6 27.2-34.2 519 69.4 65.8-72.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 208 39 13.8 9.7-19.2 169 86.2 80.8-90.3
$15,000- 24,999 334 69 18.1 14.1-23.1 265 81.9 76.9-85.9
$25,000- 34,999 207 62 28.8 22.5-36.0 145 71.2 64.0-77.5
$35,000- 49,999 257 81 27.3 21.6-33.9 176 72.7 66.1-78.4
$50,000+ 708 238 28.2 24.8-31.9 470 71.8 68.1-75.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 743 195 22.2 19.1-25.5 548 77.8 74.5-80.9
No 1,463 420 24.9 22.6-27.4 1,043 75.1 72.6-77.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 322 96 26.0 21.1-31.6 226 74.0 68.4-78.9
Non-Veteran 1,892 520 23.6 21.6-25.8 1,372 76.4 74.2-78.4
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 811 206 21.4 18.5-24.5 605 78.6 75.5-81.5
No 1,407 410 25.4 23.0-28.0 997 74.6 72.0-77.0

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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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