2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

COVID Vaccination

Would you say you will definitely get a vaccine, will probably get a vaccine, will probably not get a vaccine, will definitely not get a vaccine, or are you not sure?*

(Asked on interviews conducted July through December, 2021.)
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  Total
Respond.^		 Definitely will/probably will Probably will NOT/Definitely will NOT Don't know/not sure
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 483 105 20.8 16.8-25.4 254 55.5 50.0-60.9 124 23.7 19.2-28.8
GENDER
Male 235 59 23.2 17.5-30.2 120 53.6 45.8-61.2 56 23.2 16.9-30.8
Female 248 46 18.6 13.4-25.1 134 57.3 49.4-64.8 68 24.2 18.1-31.5
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 293 51 17.5 13.0-23.1 179 60.6 53.6-67.2 63 21.9 16.5-28.5
Non-Hispanic Black 75 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 19 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 7 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 6 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Hispanic 76 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 137 36 25.2 18.0-34.2 61 44.2 34.8-53.9 40 30.6 22.1-40.7
35-44 112 25 16.0 10.1-24.3 *** *** *** 25 18.4 10.8-29.5
45-54 86 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 86 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 41 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 17 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 77 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 157 35 20.2 13.9-28.6 80 53.8 44.0-63.4 42 26.0 17.7-36.3
Some Post-H.S. 152 28 18.8 12.7-27.0 89 60.2 50.8-68.8 35 21.0 14.4-29.5
College Graduate 96 18 19.6 11.8-30.7 *** *** *** 23 22.5 14.6-33.0
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 166 37 20.9 14.5-29.2 82 52.9 42.9-62.7 47 26.1 18.1-36.2
No 312 67 21.0 16.1-26.9 170 56.6 49.9-63.1 75 22.4 17.3-28.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 37 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 446 100 21.1 16.9-25.9 229 54.8 49.0-60.4 117 24.2 19.5-29.6
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 323 77 21.9 17.1-27.5 160 51.2 44.6-57.8 86 26.9 21.2-33.5
Unemployed 32 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 44 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 50 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 29 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 37 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 45 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 60 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 54 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000-74,999 50 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000-100,000 51 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$100,000-150,000 37 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$150,000+ 29 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 120 29 20.5 13.2-30.3 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 19 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 48 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 62 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 45 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 188 29 16.2 11.0-23.2 117 59.9 51.6-67.7 42 23.8 17.3-31.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 120 29 20.5 13.2-30.3 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 277 46 17.8 13.0-23.7 164 60.8 53.7-67.5 67 21.5 16.3-27.7
Rent 153 41 22.9 16.2-31.2 68 49.0 39.1-59.0 44 28.1 19.4-39.0
Other arrangement 47 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 103 25 23.1 15.0-33.8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 139 34 26.3 18.5-35.9 75 54.7 45.0-64.0 30 19.0 12.8-27.4
Rural 241 46 15.7 11.3-21.5 128 59.0 50.8-66.7 67 25.3 18.7-33.3
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 161 35 20.4 13.9-28.9 81 59.1 48.9-68.5 45 20.6 13.6-29.8
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 203 44 21.5 15.5-29.1 110 53.1 44.6-61.4 49 25.4 18.6-33.6
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 119 26 20.0 13.0-29.5 *** *** *** 30 24.1 15.9-34.8
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 119 20 13.7 8.3-21.8 *** *** *** 33 22.9 15.6-32.2
2nd Quartile 132 24 19.4 12.7-28.4 80 57.2 47.0-66.8 28 23.4 15.5-33.7
3rd Quartile 132 36 26.5 18.7-36.2 63 46.6 36.8-56.8 33 26.9 18.3-37.6
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 100 *** *** *** *** *** *** 30 20.3 12.6-30.8

Back to COVID Vaccination.

*Asked of respondents that said no to 'Have you had a COVID-19 Vaccination?'

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

2Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. 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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