2013 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Immunization-African Americans

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
-African Americans 1,422 537 30.9 27.7-34.2 885 69.1 65.8-72.3
GENDER
Male 483 165 29.8 24.9-35.2 318 70.2 64.8-75.1
Female 939 372 31.7 27.7-36.0 567 68.3 64.0-72.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 13 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 1,404 533 30.8 27.7-34.2 871 69.2 65.8-72.3
AGE
18-34 226 40 18.4 13.0-25.4 186 81.6 74.6-87.0
35-44 178 32 18.1 12.1-26.1 146 81.9 73.9-87.9
45-54 271 70 24.4 18.5-31.5 201 75.6 68.5-81.5
55-64 331 136 43.0 36.1-50.2 195 57.0 49.8-63.9
65-74 248 147 58.9 49.5-67.7 101 41.1 32.3-50.5
75+ 152 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 229 105 37.6 29.3-46.8 124 62.4 53.2-70.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 451 176 30.4 25.3-36.0 275 69.6 64.0-74.7
Some Post-H.S. 411 149 29.8 24.4-35.9 262 70.2 64.1-75.6
College Graduate 330 107 26.0 20.6-32.2 223 74.0 67.8-79.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 286 123 37.5 29.7-45.9 163 62.5 54.1-70.3
$15,000- 24,999 323 124 34.6 28.2-41.6 199 65.4 58.4-71.8
$25,000- 34,999 178 66 28.1 20.4-37.5 112 71.9 62.5-79.6
$35,000- 49,999 156 49 24.5 17.1-33.9 107 75.5 66.1-82.9
$50,000- 74,999 104 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 137 *** *** *** *** *** ***
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 451 227 50.7 44.0-57.3 224 49.3 42.7-56.0
No 965 307 23.6 20.4-27.2 658 76.4 72.8-79.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 158 80 49.4 39.7-59.1 78 50.6 40.9-60.3
Non-Veteran 1,264 457 28.3 25.0-31.8 807 71.7 68.2-75.0
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 698 271 34.7 29.9-39.7 427 65.3 60.3-70.1
No 724 266 27.2 23.2-31.6 458 72.8 68.4-76.8

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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.

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