2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 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 4,184 1,692 34.7 32.9-36.4 2,492 65.3 63.6-67.1
Region 5 494 213 36.2 31.7-41.1 281 63.8 58.9-68.3
GENDER
Male 212 87 34.7 28.1-42.0 125 65.3 58.0-71.9
Female 282 126 37.6 31.3-44.3 156 62.4 55.7-68.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 311 141 37.7 32.0-43.8 170 62.3 56.2-68.0
Non-Hispanic Black 127 55 35.2 26.4-45.1 72 64.8 54.9-73.6
Other 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 168 36 18.0 13.0-24.5 132 82.0 75.5-87.0
45-64 168 53 29.0 22.1-37.1 115 71.0 62.9-77.9
65+ 149 118 76.7 66.9-84.3 31 23.3 15.7-33.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 164 73 40.4 32.3-49.0 91 59.6 51.0-67.7
Some Post-H.S. 133 51 29.1 21.7-37.8 82 70.9 62.2-78.3
College Graduate 196 88 37.7 30.8-45.2 108 62.3 54.8-69.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 208 92 39.6 32.2-47.5 116 60.4 52.5-67.8
$50,000+ 198 80 33.0 26.3-40.4 118 67.0 59.6-73.7
Don't know/Not Sure 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2018 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2018 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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