2011 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Immunization

A pneumonia shot or pneumococcal vaccine is usually given only once or twice in a person’s lifetime
and is different from the flu shot.

Have you EVER had a pneumonia shot?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 10,205 4,153 30.2 28.8-31.5 6,052 69.8 68.5-71.2
-Eastern NC 2,764 1,089 30.0 27.4-32.7 1,675 70.0 67.3-72.6
GENDER
Male 940 374 30.4 26.2-34.9 566 69.6 65.1-73.8
Female 1,824 715 29.6 26.5-32.8 1,109 70.4 67.2-73.5
RACE
White 1,860 780 31.9 28.7-35.2 1,080 68.1 64.8-71.3
African American 602 216 28.4 23.1-34.4 386 71.6 65.6-76.9
Other minorities 288 87 19.8 13.7-27.6 201 80.2 72.4-86.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 136 39 20.8 12.8-32.1 97 79.2 67.9-87.2
Non-Hispanic 2,621 1,047 30.5 27.8-33.3 1,574 69.5 66.7-72.2
AGE
18-34 371 76 20.6 15.5-26.8 295 79.4 73.2-84.5
35-54 826 166 17.3 13.8-21.4 660 82.7 78.6-86.2
55-64 620 205 30.3 25.2-36.0 415 69.7 64.0-74.8
65-74 500 317 59.8 52.9-66.3 183 40.2 33.7-47.1
75+ 413 316 76.3 67.5-83.2 97 23.7 16.8-32.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 393 191 33.2 26.5-40.7 202 66.8 59.3-73.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 833 332 30.6 26.0-35.7 501 69.4 64.3-74.0
Some Post-H.S. 747 285 28.8 24.3-33.8 462 71.2 66.2-75.7
College Graduate 786 277 27.2 23.2-31.7 509 72.8 68.3-76.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 379 161 37.9 30.3-46.2 218 62.1 53.8-69.7
$15,000- 24,999 459 193 27.7 22.1-34.2 266 72.3 65.8-77.9
$25,000- 34,999 268 107 26.7 19.8-34.9 161 73.3 65.1-80.2
$35,000- 49,999 387 153 32.0 25.4-39.3 234 68.0 60.7-74.6
$50,000+ 791 249 24.5 20.4-29.1 542 75.5 70.9-79.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 905 475 45.3 40.2-50.6 430 54.7 49.4-59.8
No 1,845 609 24.5 21.6-27.7 1,236 75.5 72.3-78.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 437 220 46.5 39.3-53.8 217 53.5 46.2-60.7
Non-Veteran 2,326 869 26.8 24.1-29.7 1,457 73.2 70.3-75.9

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2011 are NOT comparable to previous years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2011 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).

**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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