2013 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 7,573 3,078 31.3 30.0-32.7 4,495 68.7 67.3-70.0
-Eastern NC 2,269 896 31.5 28.9-34.2 1,373 68.5 65.8-71.1
GENDER
Male 838 302 29.8 25.8-34.2 536 70.2 65.8-74.2
Female 1,431 594 33.0 29.7-36.4 837 67.0 63.6-70.3
RACE
White 1,304 518 30.0 27.0-33.2 786 70.0 66.8-73.0
African American 545 217 35.4 29.8-41.4 328 64.6 58.6-70.2
Other minorities 386 148 30.8 22.6-40.4 238 69.2 59.6-77.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 81 22 21.1 13.1-32.2 59 78.9 67.8-86.9
Non-Hispanic 2,176 867 31.9 29.3-34.7 1,309 68.1 65.3-70.7
AGE
18-34 301 58 18.7 13.9-24.8 243 81.3 75.2-86.1
35-54 646 130 20.5 16.5-25.1 516 79.5 74.9-83.5
55-64 517 165 30.0 25.1-35.2 352 70.0 64.8-74.9
65-74 456 274 62.7 56.2-68.8 182 37.3 31.2-43.8
75+ 325 255 76.8 70.1-82.4 70 23.2 17.6-29.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 320 142 38.0 30.4-46.2 178 62.0 53.8-69.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 668 265 29.8 25.4-34.6 403 70.2 65.4-74.6
Some Post-H.S. 663 257 30.3 25.8-35.2 406 69.7 64.8-74.2
College Graduate 615 231 30.3 26.0-35.1 384 69.7 64.9-74.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 317 143 36.8 29.0-45.5 174 63.2 54.5-71.0
$15,000- 24,999 433 180 37.9 31.7-44.5 253 62.1 55.5-68.3
$25,000- 34,999 245 94 29.4 22.5-37.5 151 70.6 62.5-77.5
$35,000- 49,999 263 110 33.2 26.1-41.1 153 66.8 58.9-73.9
$50,000+ 607 187 25.4 21.2-30.1 420 74.6 69.9-78.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 737 379 47.5 42.2-52.8 358 52.5 47.2-57.8
No 1,519 513 25.6 22.8-28.7 1,006 74.4 71.3-77.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 347 176 43.5 36.9-50.4 171 56.5 49.6-63.1
Non-Veteran 1,922 720 29.1 26.3-32.0 1,202 70.9 68.0-73.7
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 1,689 658 32.4 29.4-35.5 1,031 67.6 64.5-70.6
No 580 238 27.4 23.0-32.3 342 72.6 67.7-77.0

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2013
are NOT comparable to 2010 and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2013 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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