2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

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 4,117 1,761 37.9 36.0-39.8 2,356 62.1 60.2-64.0
Region 8 612 266 40.5 35.7-45.6 346 59.5 54.4-64.3
GENDER
Male 261 110 39.7 32.7-47.1 151 60.3 52.9-67.3
Female 351 156 41.4 34.8-48.3 195 58.6 51.7-65.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 346 162 42.3 36.2-48.6 184 57.7 51.4-63.8
Non-Hispanic Black 121 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 145 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 173 46 31.7 23.9-40.7 127 68.3 59.3-76.1
45-64 220 61 26.3 19.6-34.3 159 73.7 65.7-80.4
65+ 216 157 73.9 65.6-80.7 59 26.1 19.3-34.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 254 103 38.8 31.4-46.8 151 61.2 53.2-68.6
Some College + 357 162 41.9 35.6-48.4 195 58.1 51.6-64.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 319 132 39.9 33.1-47.2 187 60.1 52.8-66.9
$50,000+ 181 81 39.0 31.0-47.6 100 61.0 52.4-69.0

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2017 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2017 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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