2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

Immunization

During the past 12 months, have you had either a flu vaccine that was sprayed in your nose
or a flu shot injected into your arm?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,781 2,409 46.0 44.3-47.8 2,372 54.0 52.2-55.7
-Eastern NC 1,791 910 44.5 41.6-47.4 881 55.5 52.6-58.4
GENDER
Male 791 380 41.9 37.7-46.2 411 58.1 53.8-62.3
Female 1,000 530 46.9 42.9-51.1 470 53.1 48.9-57.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,015 572 48.4 44.5-52.4 443 51.6 47.6-55.5
Non-Hispanic Black 432 192 41.0 35.2-47.1 240 59.0 52.9-64.8
Other 319 134 34.6 27.8-42.0 185 65.4 58.0-72.2
AGE
18-34 334 118 30.8 25.3-37.0 216 69.2 63.0-74.7
35-44 238 75 31.4 24.9-38.6 163 68.6 61.4-75.1
45-54 256 108 40.2 33.4-47.5 148 59.8 52.5-66.6
55-64 327 157 47.5 40.8-54.3 170 52.5 45.7-59.2
65-74 384 271 72.9 66.8-78.2 113 27.1 21.8-33.2
75+ 214 159 68.1 58.5-76.5 55 31.9 23.5-41.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 166 67 36.0 27.3-45.8 99 64.0 54.2-72.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 486 218 39.8 34.5-45.2 268 60.2 54.8-65.5
Some Post-H.S. 504 241 42.1 36.8-47.7 263 57.9 52.3-63.2
College Graduate 627 380 57.7 52.8-62.5 247 42.3 37.5-47.2
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 625 326 46.1 41.0-51.3 299 53.9 48.7-59.0
No 1,152 573 43.3 39.7-46.9 579 56.7 53.1-60.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 300 192 60.1 53.1-66.7 108 39.9 33.3-46.9
Non-Veteran 1,486 714 41.0 37.8-44.2 772 59.0 55.8-62.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 887 378 38.2 34.4-42.2 509 61.8 57.8-65.6
Unemployed 99 29 23.4 15.2-34.4 70 76.6 65.6-84.8
Retired 539 385 70.2 64.7-75.2 154 29.8 24.8-35.3
Unable to Work 150 71 47.7 37.9-57.6 79 52.3 42.4-62.1
Other not in Labor Force 98 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 106 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 188 83 36.1 27.3-45.9 105 63.9 54.1-72.7
$25,000- 34,999 193 89 44.1 35.6-53.0 104 55.9 47.0-64.4
$35,000- 49,999 213 99 42.0 34.2-50.3 114 58.0 49.7-65.8
$50,000- 74,999 226 124 41.5 32.9-50.7 102 58.5 49.3-67.1
$75,000+ 455 264 51.5 46.0-57.1 191 48.5 42.9-54.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 410 207 44.7 38.7-51.0 203 55.3 49.0-61.3
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 47 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 137 56 37.7 28.1-48.3 81 62.3 51.7-71.9
101% to 150% 159 66 31.0 22.3-41.3 93 69.0 58.7-77.7
151% to 200% 175 78 41.8 33.1-51.0 97 58.2 49.0-66.9
More than 200% 858 484 49.4 45.0-53.7 374 50.6 46.3-55.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 410 207 44.7 38.7-51.0 203 55.3 49.0-61.3
HOUSING
Own 1,203 672 49.0 45.3-52.7 531 51.0 47.3-54.7
Rent 439 172 33.0 27.8-38.7 267 67.0 61.3-72.2
Other arrangement 133 *** *** *** 77 63.6 53.0-73.1
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 142 87 52.6 43.0-62.1 55 47.4 37.9-57.0
Regional City or Suburban County 500 256 46.1 40.8-51.4 244 53.9 48.6-59.2
Rural 1,149 567 42.8 39.1-46.6 582 57.2 53.4-60.9
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 909 452 43.6 39.2-48.0 457 56.4 52.0-60.8
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 706 382 47.8 43.3-52.3 324 52.2 47.7-56.7
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 176 76 37.1 29.3-45.8 100 62.9 54.2-70.7
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 357 195 46.3 40.2-52.6 162 53.7 47.4-59.8
2nd Quartile 214 96 43.6 36.0-51.5 118 56.4 48.5-64.0
3rd Quartile 589 310 44.1 39.4-49.0 279 55.9 51.0-60.6
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 631 309 44.1 38.4-50.0 322 55.9 50.0-61.6

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2021 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2021 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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