2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 1

Immunization

Have you ever had a pneumonia shot also known as a pneumococcal vaccine?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,663 1,446 34.9 32.8-37.1 2,217 65.1 62.9-67.2
Medicaid Region 1 453 207 36.8 30.7-43.3 246 63.2 56.7-69.3
GENDER
Male 183 83 33.5 24.4-43.9 100 66.5 56.1-75.6
Female 270 124 39.7 31.6-48.4 146 60.3 51.6-68.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 370 180 40.1 33.2-47.3 190 59.9 52.7-66.8
Non-Hispanic Black 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 53 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 102 16 16.1 9.2-26.6 86 83.9 73.4-90.8
45-64 153 42 23.2 14.5-34.9 111 76.8 65.1-85.5
65+ 189 144 74.9 65.3-82.6 45 25.1 17.4-34.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 123 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 140 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 188 89 38.8 30.4-47.8 99 61.2 52.2-69.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 160 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 185 79 33.7 25.8-42.6 106 66.3 57.4-74.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 108 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2023 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2023 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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