2016 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

Immunization

Since 2005, have you had a tetanus shot?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes, Tdap Yes, tetanus shot, but not Tdap Yes, tetanus shot/not sure what type No tetanus shot since 2005
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 5,586 1,171 22.4 21.0-23.8 399 7.3 6.5- 8.2 1,811 33.1 31.6-34.6 2,205 37.2 35.7-38.8
Region 8 493 79 17.8 13.8-22.6 37 6.6 4.6- 9.4 173 37.0 32.2-42.2 204 38.6 33.8-43.6
GENDER
Male 238 34 13.7 9.4-19.4 14 4.9 2.7- 8.8 90 42.2 35.2-49.6 100 39.2 32.4-46.4
Female 255 45 22.0 15.8-29.8 23 8.3 5.3-12.9 83 31.6 25.4-38.6 104 38.1 31.5-45.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 311 51 17.0 12.3-23.1 20 6.4 4.0-10.1 123 42.7 36.4-49.2 117 34.0 28.3-40.1
Non-Hispanic Black 98 *** *** *** *** *** *** 21 16.6 10.1-25.9 *** *** ***
Other 80 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 154 34 23.2 16.1-32.1 *** *** *** 54 37.8 29.7-46.6 59 34.4 26.9-42.8
45-64 181 27 15.1 10.2-21.8 20 10.7 6.8-16.4 72 39.2 31.7-47.4 62 34.9 27.5-43.2
65+ 157 19 10.9 6.6-17.4 *** *** *** 46 32.2 24.4-41.1 82 52.2 43.4-60.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 223 20 12.9 7.5-21.2 13 4.8 2.6- 8.9 74 34.6 27.5-42.4 116 47.7 40.0-55.5
Some College + 270 60 22.6 17.3-28.8 24 8.2 5.3-12.6 99 39.4 32.9-46.3 87 29.8 24.2-36.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 258 45 20.6 14.6-28.2 17 5.1 3.0- 8.7 84 35.0 28.3-42.2 112 39.3 32.6-46.4
$50,000+ 140 24 15.7 10.3-23.1 17 12.6 7.6-20.2 53 38.2 29.7-47.5 46 33.5 25.3-42.9

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2016 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2016 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.

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