2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Immunization

At what kind of place did you get your last flu shot or vaccine?

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  Total
Respond.^		 A doctor’s office or health maintenance organization (HMO) A store (supermarket, drug store) Workplace Other*
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,163 823 37.7 35.2-40.3 933 42.9 40.3-45.5 235 11.4 9.9-13.1 172 8.1 6.7- 9.6
-MALES 910 338 36.7 32.9-40.6 391 44.1 40.2-48.1 94 10.1 8.0-12.6 87 9.1 7.1-11.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 656 235 37.4 33.1-41.9 300 44.8 40.4-49.4 63 9.1 6.9-12.0 58 8.6 6.4-11.6
Non-Hispanic Black 124 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 17 13.3 7.7-22.0
Other 111 36 21.4 13.7-32.0 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 127 26 20.1 13.3-29.2 *** *** *** 25 18.2 11.8-27.1 16 11.4 6.5-19.1
35-44 97 *** *** *** *** *** *** 17 16.7 9.7-27.2 11 7.9 4.1-14.7
45-54 115 *** *** *** 38 31.0 22.3-41.4 21 18.0 11.2-27.6 *** *** ***
55-64 163 67 42.4 33.7-51.5 56 39.0 30.4-48.3 24 11.4 7.3-17.4 16 7.2 4.1-12.4
65-74 232 108 46.5 38.9-54.2 104 44.6 37.2-52.3 *** *** *** 14 6.8 3.8-11.9
75+ 159 62 42.2 32.7-52.2 78 45.5 36.0-55.2 *** *** *** 18 12.2 6.9-20.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 51 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 190 87 45.3 36.9-54.0 67 35.4 27.4-44.2 12 7.3 3.8-13.5 24 12.0 7.6-18.6
Some Post-H.S. 238 93 35.8 29.1-43.0 93 44.4 37.1-52.0 27 10.5 6.9-15.8 25 9.3 6.0-13.9
College Graduate 426 137 30.9 26.3-36.0 207 49.8 44.4-55.1 52 13.5 10.2-17.8 30 5.8 3.9- 8.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 28 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 58 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 70 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 111 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 11 7.5 3.8-14.3
$50,000- 74,999 132 52 37.7 28.5-48.0 53 40.1 30.7-50.4 17 14.8 8.9-23.5 *** *** ***
$75,000+ 351 113 32.7 27.0-38.8 156 46.2 39.8-52.7 55 13.8 10.3-18.2 27 7.3 4.7-11.2
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 290 127 41.2 34.3-48.4 112 39.8 32.8-47.3 23 9.5 5.9-15.2 28 9.5 6.1-14.5
No 613 210 34.7 30.2-39.4 274 46.1 41.4-50.9 70 10.1 7.8-13.0 59 9.1 6.8-12.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 287 110 38.8 32.1-45.9 114 37.2 30.6-44.3 23 8.4 5.1-13.7 40 15.6 11.0-21.6
Non-Veteran 619 227 35.8 31.3-40.5 274 46.9 42.1-51.8 71 10.8 8.3-13.9 47 6.5 4.6- 9.0
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 309 106 32.8 27.0-39.0 144 49.8 43.1-56.4 37 10.7 7.6-14.8 22 6.8 4.3-10.6
Regional City or Suburban County 239 80 33.2 26.2-40.9 97 42.5 35.1-50.4 29 11.2 7.2-17.0 33 13.1 8.7-19.3
Rural 362 152 43.8 37.5-50.2 150 39.5 33.6-45.8 28 8.5 5.4-13.1 32 8.2 5.5-12.1
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 452 147 32.4 27.5-37.8 175 41.5 36.0-47.2 90 18.5 14.7-23.0 40 7.6 5.3-10.8
Unemployed 26 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 346 141 40.1 33.9-46.6 168 48.4 41.9-54.9 *** *** *** 34 10.7 7.2-15.6
Unable to Work 57 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 24 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 10 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 39 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 47 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 67 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 582 207 35.0 30.5-39.8 251 44.3 39.4-49.3 76 12.7 10.0-16.1 48 8.0 5.8-10.9
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 209 85 39.1 31.0-47.7 74 37.6 29.7-46.2 25 12.5 7.4-20.3 25 10.8 6.8-16.7
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 383 155 41.9 36.0-48.0 159 40.3 34.6-46.3 33 8.8 6.0-12.6 36 9.0 6.2-13.0
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 318 98 30.7 25.0-36.9 158 50.8 44.2-57.4 36 10.1 7.1-14.1 26 8.4 5.4-12.9
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 312 108 33.3 27.4-39.8 158 51.8 45.1-58.4 28 8.6 5.8-12.7 18 6.2 3.6-10.5
2nd Quartile 222 83 37.1 30.0-44.8 96 43.8 36.1-51.8 23 10.6 6.7-16.2 20 8.6 5.1-14.1
3rd Quartile 268 94 37.1 30.2-44.5 101 37.8 31.1-44.9 33 11.5 7.7-16.8 40 13.6 9.7-18.8
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 108 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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*Other includes at a Health Department, a senior, recreation, or community center, a hospital (inpatient), an emergency room, a school, a drive through, or some other kind of place.

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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