2013 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Immunization-FEMALES

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
-FEMALES 4,713 1,993 32.2 30.5-34.0 2,720 67.8 66.0-69.5
RACE
White 3,327 1,446 32.8 30.7-34.8 1,881 67.2 65.2-69.3
African American 939 372 31.7 27.7-36.0 567 68.3 64.0-72.3
Other Minorities 388 155 31.9 25.1-39.5 233 68.1 60.5-74.9
AGE
18-34 566 88 13.3 10.4-16.9 478 86.7 83.1-89.6
35-44 545 80 16.0 12.5-20.3 465 84.0 79.7-87.5
45-54 795 187 22.5 18.9-26.5 608 77.5 73.5-81.1
55-64 993 324 31.4 27.7-35.3 669 68.6 64.7-72.3
65-74 954 647 67.9 63.7-71.8 307 32.1 28.2-36.3
75+ 809 639 79.8 75.9-83.2 170 20.2 16.8-24.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 574 308 44.9 39.1-50.8 266 55.1 49.2-60.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,310 619 36.3 33.0-39.7 691 63.7 60.3-67.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,370 559 29.7 26.7-32.8 811 70.3 67.2-73.3
College Graduate 1,456 506 24.5 22.0-27.3 950 75.5 72.7-78.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 636 313 39.7 34.2-45.5 323 60.3 54.5-65.8
$15,000- 24,999 868 400 36.9 32.6-41.4 468 63.1 58.6-67.4
$25,000- 34,999 484 214 33.6 28.1-39.5 270 66.4 60.5-71.9
$35,000- 49,999 538 213 30.5 25.7-35.7 325 69.5 64.3-74.3
$50,000- 74,999 486 163 27.1 22.4-32.4 323 72.9 67.6-77.6
$75,000+ 753 211 20.3 17.1-23.8 542 79.7 76.2-82.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,444 822 50.9 47.1-54.6 622 49.1 45.4-52.9
No 3,248 1,163 26.0 24.1-27.9 2,085 74.0 72.1-75.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 101 39 27.4 18.4-38.9 62 72.6 61.1-81.6
Non-Veteran 4,612 1,954 32.3 30.6-34.1 2,658 67.7 65.9-69.4
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 2,498 1,028 33.4 31.0-35.9 1,470 66.6 64.1-69.0
No 2,215 965 31.0 28.5-33.6 1,250 69.0 66.4-71.5

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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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