2011 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
-Piedmont NC 5,673 2,273 29.3 27.6-31.2 3,400 70.7 68.8-72.4
GENDER
Male 2,094 825 27.8 25.1-30.6 1,269 72.2 69.4-74.9
Female 3,579 1,448 30.7 28.4-33.1 2,131 69.3 66.9-71.6
RACE
White 4,361 1,858 32.4 30.2-34.6 2,503 67.6 65.4-69.8
African American 944 329 23.9 20.4-27.9 615 76.1 72.1-79.6
Other minorities 329 75 18.3 13.3-24.8 254 81.7 75.2-86.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 256 58 20.4 14.1-28.4 198 79.6 71.6-85.9
Non-Hispanic 5,401 2,205 30.0 28.2-31.9 3,196 70.0 68.1-71.8
AGE
18-34 623 96 15.4 11.9-19.6 527 84.6 80.4-88.1
35-54 1,857 311 16.9 14.4-19.8 1,546 83.1 80.2-85.6
55-64 1,209 411 34.7 30.8-38.8 798 65.3 61.2-69.2
65-74 1,070 760 70.3 65.7-74.6 310 29.7 25.4-34.3
75+ 843 674 80.0 75.3-84.1 169 20.0 15.9-24.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 647 299 32.6 27.4-38.3 348 67.4 61.7-72.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,536 695 31.8 28.3-35.6 841 68.2 64.4-71.7
Some Post-H.S. 1,364 575 31.8 28.3-35.5 789 68.2 64.5-71.7
College Graduate 2,108 699 22.6 20.3-25.1 1,409 77.4 74.9-79.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 575 261 30.4 25.2-36.2 314 69.6 63.8-74.8
$15,000- 24,999 940 439 29.7 25.6-34.2 501 70.3 65.8-74.4
$25,000- 34,999 522 266 38.8 32.3-45.6 256 61.2 54.4-67.7
$35,000- 49,999 680 291 35.2 29.9-40.9 389 64.8 59.1-70.1
$50,000+ 1,989 556 21.9 19.2-24.8 1,433 78.1 75.2-80.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,649 947 45.2 41.4-49.1 702 54.8 50.9-58.6
No 4,004 1,314 24.3 22.3-26.4 2,690 75.7 73.6-77.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 712 416 50.9 45.1-56.7 296 49.1 43.3-54.9
Non-Veteran 4,959 1,857 26.7 24.9-28.6 3,102 73.3 71.4-75.1

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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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