2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 2

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 2 514 199 32.6 27.7-37.9 315 67.4 62.1-72.3
GENDER
Male 211 68 27.4 20.7-35.2 143 72.6 64.8-79.3
Female 303 131 37.2 30.4-44.5 172 62.8 55.5-69.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 366 155 36.8 30.6-43.4 211 63.2 56.6-69.4
Non-Hispanic Black 79 24 19.7 11.9-30.9 55 80.3 69.1-88.1
Other 63 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 152 32 19.8 13.4-28.3 120 80.2 71.7-86.6
45-64 192 44 20.8 14.5-28.9 148 79.2 71.1-85.5
65+ 163 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 165 67 32.3 24.7-41.0 98 67.7 59.0-75.3
Some Post-H.S. 128 45 32.7 23.3-43.7 83 67.3 56.3-76.7
College Graduate 218 85 32.0 25.1-39.8 133 68.0 60.2-74.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 174 82 42.9 34.0-52.4 92 57.1 47.6-66.0
$50,000+ 216 65 27.3 20.3-35.5 151 72.7 64.5-79.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 124 52 27.8 19.4-38.0 72 72.2 62.0-80.6

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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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