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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 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
Female 1,253 485 38.5 35.1-42.0 542 41.9 38.5-45.4 141 12.4 10.3-14.8 85 7.2 5.6- 9.4
Have Health Insurance
Yes 2,065 795 38.2 35.6-40.8 888 42.4 39.8-45.1 232 11.8 10.2-13.6 150 7.6 6.2- 9.2
No 64 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 21 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 583 188 32.5 27.9-37.4 282 46.4 41.4-51.5 63 10.8 8.2-14.1 50 10.3 7.3-14.3
Overweight 720 260 33.8 29.8-38.1 324 46.2 41.8-50.7 76 11.2 8.8-14.3 60 8.7 6.5-11.6
Obese 683 309 45.8 41.0-50.6 252 36.2 31.6-41.0 74 12.2 9.4-15.7 48 5.8 4.1- 8.2
Current Smoker
Yes 178 86 46.6 37.7-55.8 65 39.3 30.6-48.9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,977 735 36.9 34.3-39.6 864 43.2 40.4-45.9 218 11.7 10.1-13.5 160 8.2 6.8- 9.9
History of CVD**
Yes 290 146 50.6 43.3-58.0 115 38.9 32.1-46.2 *** *** *** 21 7.7 4.6-12.6
No 1,849 668 35.7 33.1-38.5 806 43.3 40.5-46.2 226 12.8 11.0-14.7 149 8.2 6.7- 9.9
Binge Drinker
Yes 239 74 31.1 24.4-38.7 110 46.4 38.8-54.2 33 14.0 9.4-20.2 22 8.5 5.3-13.4
No 1,845 720 38.7 36.0-41.5 786 42.1 39.3-45.0 196 11.2 9.6-13.1 143 8.0 6.5- 9.7
Heavy Drinker
Yes 103 33 29.5 20.6-40.2 *** *** *** 14 16.8 9.4-28.2 *** *** ***
No 1,976 757 37.9 35.3-40.6 846 42.7 39.9-45.4 214 11.3 9.7-13.1 159 8.1 6.7- 9.7
COPD
Yes 192 104 56.9 48.0-65.3 69 33.3 25.7-41.9 *** *** *** 14 6.7 3.7-11.7
No 1,964 716 36.0 33.4-38.7 862 43.7 41.0-46.5 229 12.1 10.5-14.0 157 8.2 6.8- 9.8
Current Asthma
Yes 199 88 43.3 34.9-52.1 84 42.8 34.3-51.6 16 9.4 5.4-15.7 *** *** ***
No 1,961 734 37.2 34.5-39.9 848 42.9 40.2-45.7 219 11.6 10.0-13.4 160 8.4 7.0-10.1
Diabetes
Yes 376 192 53.2 46.8-59.5 135 34.6 28.9-40.7 19 4.9 2.7- 8.7 30 7.3 4.6-11.2
No 1,786 630 34.6 31.9-37.4 798 44.5 41.7-47.4 216 12.7 10.9-14.6 142 8.2 6.7-10.0
Functional Disability
Yes 704 343 46.0 41.2-50.8 265 38.9 34.3-43.8 46 7.3 5.1-10.3 50 7.8 5.5-10.8
No 1,440 476 34.1 31.1-37.2 657 44.6 41.4-47.8 185 13.0 11.1-15.2 122 8.3 6.7-10.2
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 832 384 47.3 43.0-51.6 346 39.4 35.3-43.6 45 6.7 4.8- 9.3 57 6.6 4.9- 8.9
No 1,331 439 32.5 29.5-35.7 587 44.8 41.4-48.1 190 13.9 11.9-16.2 115 8.8 7.1-11.0

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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.

**History of cardiovascular disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

†Chronic diseases include heart disease (heart attack/stoke/angina), current asthma, skin cancer, other cancer, COPD, arthritis, depression, kidney disease and diabetes.

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.

^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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